Day 2. Once Mr M and No 2 finally got out of bed, and after a quick cappuccino and croissant breakfast we headed for the Picasso Museum. You would have been excused in thinking I was taking them to the guillotine they were so thrilled. Ignoramus. The Museum in its current form only reopened in …
Paris by train… isn’t it great to be able to do this? So quick too. And one arrives right in the centre of the city… fabulous. This is the view from the flat we’re staying in this week (on the left bank, near St Germain des Pres): … it’s a pretty bonkers place, the …
So less than a week into the summer holidays and school seems months ago… how lovely is that? The big boys are on the other side of the world having a blast and playing hockey and having a blast playing hockey so Mr M and I grabbed No 3 and planned a few days in …
I love slow, early (not too early), morning walks. It’s not too hot, the air smells clean and fresh… coffee in one hand and dog lead in the other. This morning I swapped the coffee for my camera, we’re going to Paris this week and I need to reacquaint myself with it… iPhones cameras are …
I’m hiding in my kitchen behind this screen because the house is overrun by people and I literally don’t know what to do with myself. There are three chaps sorting out the wifi. THREE. There is one technician servicing the alarm system. Three of them would like a white coffee with two sugars, one of …
On Friday Mr M and I were invited to the races at Ascot for the day by my sister and her husband. Oh my what a fun day. As you know (or maybe not) the dress code at Ascot is VERY strict. There’s a whole page with instructions on the website. Jumpsuits were only allowed …
Back in 2013, Mr M and I visited Nashville. For me it was a dream come true, I love country music and was in music heaven… for Mr M it was a work trip and days of endurance… his feet are firmly grounded in 80s British music so that wasn’t really his thang. Bourbon helped. …
I have so many things to talk to you about this week I don’t know where to start… three books (three!!), a tidy studio (rare occurrence), a finished quilt (even rarer than a tidy studio)… geesh… first things first though; what I want to share is the beautiful visit to Hauser & Wirth Somerset. We …
I had a fabulous birthday. Fabulous, daaaahling! After sending the boys to school we leisurely drove to Babington House where we had a most delicious lunch with friends and then chilled out in the spa. You know when you’re so relaxed that you lose the sense of time? That. Can you believe it was once …
There are certain ‘dates’ in the yearly event diary of this country that are so unmistakably English, so entrenched in the psyche and fabric of life of the people here that to miss them, or to ignore them is to really miss out on something that would help you to understand what it is like …
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