As a young adult, when friends stayed at our house for more than a few days it raised real difficulties. The problem was that houseguests obliged me not only to be polite and sociable, but also to forgo some of my everyday and precious routines. Accordingly, it suited me to follow an adage which was,…
Two Roses and Juliet’s Pledge
For centuries, roses have been one of the world’s favourite flowers. It is the colour of their petals, their unique fragrance and the form of the flowers themselves that has rightly made them the ‘Flower Queens’. We have six roses growing in our Brittany garden and of these two are very special. This blog is…
Beauty, Tears and Friendship
A few weeks ago, Rohan suggested we go together to Kew Gardens to see a display of blossom of the rarest beauty. Each Spring, the buds on a now celebrated avenue of cherry trees come into flower and Rohan, who had just seen them with a friend wanted to see them again and hoped I…
When Two Robins Shared a Secret
When asked which is my favourite season, for as long as I can remember I have said - ‘Spring’. For me it represents a re-awakening after Winter, serving each year as a wonderful reminder of how Nature can come back to life and importantly that nature is indomitable if left to its own devices. In…
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