As I type this, it’s snowing outside. I’ve lost count of how many snowstorms have come through this winter, but the last patches of snow were finally melting when I got up this morning, and now a new layer of snow is fast turning the ground white again. I’m not going to post a photo […] Read more…
“Is it Halloween yet? Do I need to do some tricks to get some treats? Because, you know, I can do that.” Read more…
May is my favorite month, because that’s when England is bursting with blooms everywhere. All my favorites come out: bluebells, wisteria, laburnum, and rhododendrons. But this year they were all late, due to our extra cold spring. The bluebells were fantastic, despite their late arrival. Even my dog got in on the bluebell action: Not […] Read more…
“Mary Jane and I have been wet through once already today, we set off in the Donkey Carriage for Farringdon…but were obliged to turn back before we got there, but not soon enough to avoid a Pelter all the way home.” —Jane Austen, letter to James Edward Austen, 9 July 1816. Yesterday when I drove […] Read more…
I don’t know about you guys but I’m a little sick of the constant promo. I’m in the middle of my blog tour, and I’ve written guest posts, tweeted links, had chats on Facebook, and I’m completely bored with me, me, me. So I’m going to do the unthinkable and write about something that’s not […] Read more…
The River Avon at dusk I visited Bath the other day, not my first visit, but my first visit in the winter. Bath is a lovely town, and that beauty isn’t diminished by the “headache gray” skies of winter. The Portland stone buildings glow even under the dingy light of early January. Christmas lights dazzle […] Read more…
Southern England doesn’t get much snow, but in the last couple of years we’ve woken up to snow more than once. I love a snowy morning, before the snow drops from the tree limbs. This is the view from my bedroom window this morning. Last night we got about two inches of snow, on top […] Read more…
This is Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough. This is the imposing side. This is the less imposing side: After visiting the newly completed Blenheim Palace, King George is said to have murmured to Queen Charlotte, “We have nothing to equal this.” Really George? Not even Windsor? Blenheim Palace, along with other […] Read more…
I thought you might like to see the full image from the banner above. The bluebells that arrive in Spring in England are one of my favorite sights. And with that, welcome to my blog. Read more…