" I'm having a massive party and everyone is invited. " is what the Duke of Richmond may as well have said. Goodwood Revival this year...

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. -...

Susan Fenn - Scout & Guide Camp. International Jamboree. 1950's Into my sleepy world tumbled a vibrant noisy young lady navigating the...

" They are not long, the days of wine and roses." Ernest Dowson - Vitae Summa Brevis This weekend in England we celebrate our last long...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick - but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life - Proverbs 13:12 MONDAY - Today is an...

On this unexciting day in August I sit at my desk writing after a few weeks of absence. It would be poetic to say that the sun is shining...

Last week I found myself with some time on my hands and nothing to do. It was that time of day and week when people are working. Mid-day...

I have been quiet for a few weeks. I decided to remain hidden for a season. Resting in the shadows. You may not realise it but although I...

Photo credit - Studio Yuki In the last week of school holidays the Stevens tribe decided to fill the week with 5 different activities....

I sit outside on the patio writing this blog post. It is still cool in the shade and there is the slightest hint of a soft breeze...

“The artist ... speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives, to our sense of pity and...

I sit at my desk on a rainy Thursday enjoying the downpour and making the most of a chance to be inside and catch up. The last few days...

Photo credit - Chapel Lane Today is another boiling hot day in Surrey. I sit inside with all the windows flung open, waiting for the...

Last year I wrote 2 posts about my love of old cars. I wrote about the car I owned, a 1960's Beetle ( September 2017 ) which I drove to...

"They are not long, the days of wine and roses ..." Ernest Dowson, Vitae Summa Brevis Summer is here. Spring is over and now the long hot...

Here are a few of my favourites from Goodwood race course. Next weekend is the end of season August Bank holiday event which is a throw...

"We ate well & cheaply and drank well & cheaply and slept well & warm together and loved each other." A moveable feast - Ernest...

when California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout it's entire length. Wherever a bee might fly within the bounds of this...

Psalm 42:7 (Amplified Bible) Roaring deep calls to roaring deep at the thunder of your water sprouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling...

Every year as we approach the longest day of the year, Chilworth Manor opens its gardens for 3 evenings of summer parties now known as...