Rose covered cottages
This morning i was rudely awoken by the sound of cheeping and banging. There was a blue tit in my kitchen. Not in a Mary Poppin's way merrily doing the washing up but flinging itself against the...
View ArticleMy salad days
When I was green in judgment: cold in blood, To say as I said then! But, come, away; Get me ink and paper: He shall have every day a several greeting, Or I'll unpeople Egypt. Cleopatra by Shakespeare...
View ArticleOf nominations and churches
Yesterday The Hound and I discovered this very blog had been shortlisted for a Wedding Magazine Wedding blog award. I didn't even know we had been nominated, so being shortlisted is lovely. Thank you...
View ArticleThe world was on fire and no one could save me but you
There has been a lot of pink lately, and some starfish. Which smell, potentially even worse than gyp. Add stocks and mint It is summer "add stocks and mint" is generally the answer to most problems....
View ArticleRidin' around in your jeep or your Benzos
Summer summer summertime Dj Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince It has been a gloriously sunny week too bloody hot, but the forecast for the weekend was somewhat apocalyptic. My heart goes out to brides...
View ArticleThe other side of the embroidery
On Saturday night Mr Naylor and I went to the cinema to see Chinese Puzzle Romain Duris AND Audrey Tatou. hashtag allthefrenchcliches. It is good. In the film they make reference to life being like an...
View ArticleA wedding
The mother of this bride and I have previous. We have done this before, for the bride's sister. So it was an honour to be asked to do the wedding of Mike and Anna. Roses, peonies, sunshine and morning...
View ArticleSchool days
This morning i received the Old Girls' Guild newsletter. In it were images of the new home economics room. It looks like something from a tv studio, so very different to our day. I wasn't very good at...
View ArticleFlower school and flower pizza
22nd September At the shop Tablecentres It is a day for anybody who is interested in making table centres. Whether you are a bride thinking about doing your own flowers, or just somebody that has a...
View ArticleIf you gave me a million years to ponder
I would never have guessed that true romance and Detroit would ever go together. And til this day, the events that followed all still seems like a distant dream. But the dream was real and was to...
View ArticleWhen you knew that it was over
were you suddenly aware that the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of her hair Crumbled feta 2 grated courgettes handful of herbs salt pepper 4 eggs tablespoon of spelt flour Mix Make pancakes...
View ArticleThe Beehive challenge
It was a cold January day, not much was happening in the shop, when Mr Naylor rang "I'm putting together a team to work with Farm Africa, your skill set might be useful, do you want to come?" Skill...
View ArticleSoup
Earlier a couple came into the shop "We've been married for 66 years" They said "What is the secret to a long marriage?" I asked "Keep your head down" he said It is proper soup making weather now....
View ArticleThis much i know - the Tanzanian edition
1 team of 8 people who barely know one another, and not a single falling out or cross word. hashtag beeteam hashtag invincible. Saving the world would be easier if Kenya airways had functioning air...
View ArticleChristmas flower school - How to decorate the home
Course: How to decorate the home at Christmas Date: Monday December 1st 2014 Price: £300.00 We are venturing out of the shop, with it's mediaeval low ceilings, and stone floors, and into a beautiful...
View ArticleOf beehives and blisters
We landed at Kilimanjaro International airport at sometime on Monday morning. The drive to Babati was one of contrasts, watch the video for a taste of it. Arid orange dust, the city of Arusha, herds...
View ArticleThe road to Endoji
was long and dusty. 11 people and many beehives in one Toyota Landcruiser climbing higher and higher along the pot hole filled track. One of the things that struck me the most was how far away from...
View ArticleChristmas Wreath Workshop in aid of Farm Africa
On the 4th of December we are hosting a Christmas Wreath workshop at Browne's hospital Broad Street Stamford. The above painting dated 1870 is the room we are using. You can't beat a bit of history....
View ArticleHold on tightly let go lightly
I have tried to write this post so many times and failed. The Hound passed away last week, he became very poorly very quickly, and i had to make the decision that was right for him but is haunting me....
View ArticleOf Speculoos and Guy Bourdin
Bonne année and all that jazz Firstly, thank you for all of your wonderfully caring comments on the passing of The Hound. I cried all day everyday throughout December, customers cried with me, people...
View ArticleNew flower school date and a puppy…..
Spring flower school 27th April 2015 - Techniques This class is a back to basics/ the building blocks of floristry sort of thing. In the informal surroundings of the shop, you will learn the...
View ArticleLately and in no particular order
I fell down the rabbit hole that is owning a puppy. I have never been here before, it is filled with joyous choral angels and butterflies and you land softly on a bed of cashmere. There have also been...
View ArticleYou say I'm crazy
'cause you don't think i know what you've done but when you call me baby i know I'm not the only one. There have been two delphinium harvests, the Highlands of Scotland, the wilds of Exmoor and...
View ArticleThe fundamental things apply
as time goes by. Life has changed, scrolling, swiping, an endless stream of controlled images with the odd butterfly filter to make us seem less rigid. "Look, I'm a real person! I'm just searching for...
View ArticleIt was one of those days you sometimes get
latish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the air that sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins. (P.G. Wodehouse) When ex shop display...
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