Cuppa Tea?

We’re in Portland for a few days, staying in a hotel where my husband has full days of meetings scheduled. I’ve packed my writing, my reading, my knitting, a sketchbook, a mini-paintbox . . .…

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Friday’s Five. . .

1. It’s sunny today, with that brisk wind that often comes along to sweep the gloom out of the way. Very welcome as yesterday the skies poured and poured and poured out buckets, and I…

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Photo to Sketch, Bringing Italy Home

A week or two ago, I posted this photo on Instagram; it was taken in Tivoli, Italy, at the beginning of the year. Something about the way the mortar/stucco exterior is falling away to reveal…

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Table for One — a Solo Travel post

As lovely as it is, when travelling with a friend or a romantic partner, to be able to share pleasure in new sights, sounds . . . and tastes! . . . as lovely as…

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Five Things Friday, Palm Springs to Vancouver. . . .

1.  Let me lead with the lizard, if you don’t mind. Worth clicking on that photo to enlarge — the colours are mesmerising, and I’m thinking they could be the inspiration for a future Fair…

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