There was a raging wind outside last night and I woke up angry because so many of the leaves have now been ripped off the trees and the...

I was reading Nigel Slater's 'The Christmas Chronicles' and it put me in the mood for bonfires and winter soups. Up until that point I...

' Burnt out ends of smokey days ...' TS Eliot - Preludes It is Autumn and there is the smell of woodsmoke in the air. It is also grape...

'Season of mists & mellow fruitfulness' John Keats Next weekend Loseley will be hosting the Surrey Game & Country Fair. If the weather is...

Next weekend is the utterly amazing and wonderful Goodwood Revival. ( https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/goodwood-revival/ ) My...

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...

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." ...

"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...

This is one of my favourite photos that I've stumbled across this year. It is my idea of a little piece of heaven on earth, a magical...

'Wander a whole summer if you can ... time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening it, it will definitely...

"At the back of our brains, so to speak, there was a forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the...

'From the outside, the world of Polo seems almost impossibly glamorous: a private elite club of millionaires and royals, of champagne...

"Everybody needs beauty ... places to play in and pray in where nature may heal & cheer and give strength to the body & soul alike." ...

With a May Bank Holiday on the horizon this weekend and the leaves now on the trees, our green and pleasant land is furiously growing its...

This week I'm talking about creativity having been inspired by the Wisteria bush at Loseley which is just about to show off it's perfumed...

Easter for me means new birth, whether that is as seen in the natural world around me, daffodils, cherry blossom, spring bunnies, Easter...

I was out walking my brother's dogs, Poppy & Biscuit, last weekend and was delighted to see my first bluebell. There I was meandering...