One of the best parts of travel is experiencing how different places feel and look. In Sweden the lines are eye-catchingly clean and crisp, and “Clean Lines”
Travel Day
We covered many miles yesterday, driving around London on the M25 to the new and improved Heathrow Terminal 2 (wow, I still can’t believe we “Travel Day”
Calming
We are off to Sweden tomorrow to meet up with a group of labyrinth enthusiasts for a visit to Gotland, an island in the middle of “Calming”
Woodland Friends
The woods at Hanningfield Reservoir Nature Reserve have become home to some familiar and beloved woodland characters, and we met them all on our walk “Woodland Friends”
Wildflower Garden
It’s impossible to walk past this garden without smiling! The California poppies I photographed last week have been joined by their European cousins, Papaveroideae, and “Wildflower Garden”
Floral Abundance
Lovely! The peony (Paeonia) certainly brightens the world, doesn’t it? This lush bloom is named after Paeon, a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. “Floral Abundance”
Smell the Roses
We have some fantastic gardeners in our neighbourbood, people who surround their homes with foreign poppies, Nessie hedges, and seasonal blooms that take my breath away. “Smell the Roses”
Catching Up
The Mexican Kitchen van and an evening of good food with good friends last Friday — it was a perfect start to a quiet weekend of “Catching Up”
Royalty Walked Here!
Hadleigh Castle can be bleak in the winter, but come spring when the sun comes out and the wind dies down, it is one “Royalty Walked Here!”
A California Immigrant
California poppies, Eschscholzia californica… these golden beauties are a touch of home-away-from-home for me, and always evoke a flood of memories. As a child I was “A California Immigrant”