Posted in 1, tagged Christmas, decorations, hyacinths, paperwhite narcissi, railway carriage house on January 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »
A New Year’s Day posting, mainly of pictures. The sun rising on Christmas morning, through the porch window…. and the light passing through the “birdcage” sitting room into the open space between the carriages where we have the tree.
I love the rituals of Christmas; dressing the tree with the same decorations – some inherited, [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged Christmas, eco-building, porch, railway carriages on December 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve been delaying posting again till I had good recent pictures; and delayed taking pictures because either the light was poor or the house was untidy – or both. But today after lunch the light was just so beautiful – and on this, the shortest day of the year, so magical – that I ran [...]
Homemade: Gorgeous Things to Make with Love
with Ros Badger
(Collins £20).
People have been talking about the Weekend Book in messages here, so I thought I would put a cover up (click for a link to order it) - and one of my next book (written with my friend Ros Badger ) - which will be out in early May. As people who have always made things at home - Ros is a great knitter and crocheter, and I love making things from the garden, whether that's planting up pots as presents, cooking chutney and jams or festooning the house with leaves and flowers - we've collected some of what we think are our best ideas into a book of around 80 projects, all of which have all been beautifully photographed. For more on these books, and the others that I have written, and links to order them, please go to my website and click on Books.
The Wonderful Weekend Book: Reclaim Life's Simple Pleasures
(John Murray £12.99)
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