I think it’s safe to say my tasseomancy skills are not improving much; in yesterdays cuppa all I saw was a canary on an elephant’s back at 9:00.

I think luck or magic or …whatever was on my side earlier in the day though…I found some fabulous lacy doily type things at a garage sale (there [...]

I am afraid that, in anticipation of chillier climes, harvest colours and woolier textures, I may have gone a wee bit overboard with my autumn wardrobe preparations. In my defense, however, every “new” piece I have purchased is actually vintage, or gently-used, or whatever you choose to call it, AND for every piece I [...]

Last week The Man brought roses home to me, the most intensely beautiful shade of red-orange (or orange red); I neglected to photograph the flowers and by the time I had enough get-up-and-go to do so, they had already begun to fade and wilt. I would like to issue a formal apology to [...]

Friday night I sat on on the back porch in the dimming light of the late afternoon and re-read Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla. My innards were warmed by a glass or two of white wine but the weather was comfortable out ; my thin sweater dress was more than sufficient for the evening’s temperatures.
I went to [...]

A chronicle of the past few weeks goings-on; not much to note, really. This really is though, the best bread recipe in the world. My sister who was just mentioning to me that maybe she should be cooking more? I think this would impress…whoever you are trying to impress and I think [...]