A visit to Kew Gardens last week was full of the earliest signs of spring. Birds carrying scraps of nesting material in their beaks, a carpet of Crocus tommasinianus in the grass, swelling buds on the magnolias, and the camellia walk in full colour gave me a tiny glimpse of what is to come. I… Read More »
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Goodbye January
I had a trip to London last week. I was attending a work event at the Linnean Society next door to the Royal Academy. It is the world’s oldest active biological society, and somewhere I’d love to return to with an appointment to browse in the intriguing library. After my press launch had finished, I… Read More »
Checking in
I’m a little late to 2023 on here. This was due to some technical issues which are now resolved. Happy New Year! I hope it has started well for you. It hasn’t been the best kick off here, but things can only get better, as they say. I am excited about planning and making our… Read More »
A quick reminder
Just a quick reminder that I design and sell a selection of hand painted charts, prints and tea towels which make lovely Christmas gifts from just £10. My A3 size British apple charts always prove very popular. I had a stand at our town’s wonderful Apple Day in October and a cider maker bought one… Read More »
New for 2022
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a good festive season. Our plans seemed to change every day for Covid-related reasons, but this year, we did manage to see everyone, just not quite at the same time. But it was a vast improvement on last Christmas and we were grateful. That’s the way… Read More »
Tea towels and prints
I’ve just had a big delivery of tea towels, and as lots of people on Instagram and Twitter have been asking to have a closer look at the different designs, I’ve spent the afternoon photographing my stock. I took them to my dad’s potting shed, firstly harvesting sun flowers and dahlias from the flower patch… Read More »