Gifts of Spring — Scarf Prettiness

When I heard that I’d won the contest for a lovely vintage silk scarf over at Hostess of the Humble Bungalow, I settled in to practise patience waiting for it to arrive. I needn’t have…

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Spring transitions

Right now the garden’s at that transitional stage in which there are still tatty, tired remnants of winter, but they’re everywhere being replaced by new growth. Above, for example, new leaves and buds of clematis…

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in the pink of spring . . .

I was pleased enough with this spring concoction I wore the other day that I thought I’d snap it, Polyvore-style, for you. Does anything say “spring sunshine” as well as pink, especially pink shoes?! I…

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Two Female Sleuths and a Cello Suite!

I’ve made the most of no-marking weekends lately — that’s the end of them for a while, so I’m glad I did. Some good escape reading: Alan Bradley’s Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.…

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Remembering this ‘n that at “certain ages”

The sunshine was fabulous while it lasted, although it’s certainly whetted our appetites for more. The weather forecast originally promised a warm sunny weekend, but today is grey, wet, and windy, not the best weather…

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