French Friday

29 Jul 201629 Jul 2016

This was what I envisaged when I started paneling my dining room. I thought I could whip up something similar with the little box of water colors and a brush…

Well Connected

6 Sep 20156 Sep 2015

This was one of my earliest images I used when I started my blog in November last year. Thanks to a wonderful connection I spent 2 weeks in Oxford and…

Beware the Victoria and Albert Museum

20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015

Jennifer Nichole Wells' One Word Photo Challenge is "Hail". It made me think of this snuff box which reminded me of a frozen lake covered with shards of ice. (only…

Loves Lost

11 Jun 201511 Jun 2015

Find inspiration In the loss of autumn leaves Love’s farewell kisses The poem can be read... Find inspiration in the loss of autumn leaves In the loss of autumn leaves,…

Satsuma Sunday

3 May 20159 Aug 2015

This Japanese Satsuma plate I found at a local antique fair. This amazing dish is super-saturated with decoration all done by hand by an artist in the late Meiji era…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge 8

1 May 20153 May 2015

Teapot How very genteel! A solid silver teapot! Ladies! Gossip time! If you would like to participate in this challenge then you can use any aspect of the household item…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge 7 – Box

26 Apr 201526 Apr 2015

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge 7 – Box Springtime and cleaning I opened up an old box and found a lost dream Remember, if you would like to participate then you can use…

Papa Bouilloire: The Dinner

13 Mar 201514 Mar 2015

In which we at last eat our dinner! With a feeling of dread and perspiration already darkening my under arms we set out for our great dinner. Would we be…

Papa Bouilloire Chapter the Sixth

28 Feb 2015

Chapter the 6th – A Red Letter Day In 2 installments containing how...I repent the Jacobite Glasses, a stroll through the meadows, exhaustion sets in, Tour of Christchurch. Snubbing the…

Life is Short

18 Feb 201527 Feb 2015

Day 3 of Writing 201. The theme? Writing 201: Trust. The form? Acrostic. Today’s device: internal rhyme I thought I might use my blog name as an inspiration for a sonnet…

A Haiku

2 Feb 201523 Apr 2015

A star and the moon, Whisper sobriquets, but none hear how they sparkle.   Weekly photo challenge: Early Bird

Mont Saint-Michel

31 Jan 2015

In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Depth." How fascinating Mont Saint-Michel is. Rising above the surrounding tidal marshes no picture can do justice to the size and sheer…

Paristalsis

30 Jan 201530 Jan 2015

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Play Lexicographer." Paristalsis - a basic natural function that causes certain individuals to be drawn inexorably towards Paris. People experiencing Paristalsis are…

Papa Bouilloire Chapter the Second

17 Jan 20155 Jun 2015

Papa Bouilloire Goes to Oxford Chapter the second Our first true glimpse of Oxford came as the coach drew in next to Balliol College, where we all debouched and escorted…

From Above

2 Dec 201426 May 2015

After wandering in bliss about the ever charming streets of Dinan we went in search of the river Rance which runs back to St Malo. Never having been here before…