The Man and I had a quiet Valentines Day dinner at our favourite little restaurant, which -despite the fact that it’s changed hands and the service gets weirder and weirder - remains our favourite.  “Our place”, I guess.  It was a little Malaysian eatery, although now I think they are pushing a Chinese menu.  Perhaps [...]

I hadn’t heard anything about this so-called winter storm until I went into work yesterday, and then it was all anyone could talk about.  I don’t put stock in such mutterings; I believe it when I see it!
Well, for what it is worth, this is what I saw when I peeked out the door this [...]

Christmas was rainy and quiet this year. The Man presented me with a home-made card emblazoned with the phrase HAVE A SMELLY CHRISTMAS, and which included a gift certificate for The Perfumed Court. I wish I could say that I decided to hang onto it for a rainy day. But …it’s already [...]

I suppose it is that time of year again…all my plants are shriveling and blackening…and I have no wish to brave the cold to attempt reviving them, or bring them inside where it is warm. The long evening shadows darken the roads before 5 o’clock. Stepping out of bed in the morning is [...]

Time for baking spiced pumpkin bread…

Time for ghost stories…

Time for warm, soft cashmere sweaters (vintage sweater from Violet Folklore…it arrived yesterday and it is GORGEOUS)…

Time for quiet, contemplative leaf strewn evening walks .  I don’t walk past anything quite like this though! Still, it is a lovely, recent find, and I can’t stop [...]