Butternut Squash and other vegetables! Well girls, guess what? According to a recent survey conducted by 'The Vitality Show' we all want to have the shape of a Butternut Squash. True ! ( The enviable shape of a butternut ! ) According to the illustrious survey 3000 women were asked what fruit or vegetable would… Read more »
Amongst the Turmoil there is calm…… Ladies – a somewhat philosophical blog coming up……… Yesterday evening I attended Mozart's Requiem Mass in D minor, in the beautiful candle lit setting of St Martins in the Fields. It is a piece of music I have long loved and have indeed sung. Yet for some reason,… Read more »
Opening the door to a New Year. What awaits on the other side? (Dorchester Abbey) Life is somewhat of a mystery for we never know completely what a new year will bring. We plan and strive for joyous occasions, successes and achievements. We hope for love and happiness and for health and wealth and all… Read more »
Christmas Frivolities…… ( Buttons and Bertie, obviously not overly impressed with the whole idea of dressing up for Christmas! Have to say though, they were far more enthusiastic about the celebrations once they discovered they had bones hidden underneath the tree.) Oh what a joyous Christmas we had, with family, friends, babies and dogs all… Read more »
Great Excitement ! Guess what? Carolyn de la Drapiere has a new studio/shop Yippee…….. But not quite yet…… We can't get too excited just yet as our new studio is under construction! And what a great deal of construction is needed, for our new premises is currently in a bad way and needs a massive… Read more »
*** Surprise *** Happy 70th Birthday Dad ! I know you keep an eye on my blogs Dad, so I thought I would surprise you with a big Thank-you blog on this momentous week when you turn the grand age of 70! (Garrie at 70!) I am not sure how much you know about women's… Read more »
Glamorous days!! One of my pet topics when it comes to women and fashion in the 2000's is the general lack of glamour and classical elegance displayed in the way we dress these days. Walk down Oxford street on a busy week day and what is the overwhelming feeling one gets as they watch hundreds… Read more »
The luxury of Corsets. Oh what fun to be laced into a snug, perfectly fitting luxurious silk corset. And that is exactly what I did last week, for I met Dee, Lynda and Heather of Twin Cheeks Corsets who specialise in the most glamorous and most truly divine corsets imaginable. In their lovely studio at… Read more »
TEA AT THE WOLSELEY. Today I slipped into one of my all time favourite places in London, The Wolseley. Officially I was there for a business meeting over a cup of coffee, but in reality whenever I step foot through those old doors I get transported to another world. A world in which the Great… Read more »
A Christmas gift and a few afternoons by the fire reading! “In The Company of the Courtesan.” by Sarah Dunant Have you read it ? A novel set in Venice 1527. … Read more »
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