We're well into Autumn.  This week, something that made me feel that I was making the most of the season was a few minutes spent gatheri...

My busy vignettes of London's high culture .  Who doesn't like an evening out in Theatreland? Surrounded by plush velvet, tassel...

My love of a rusticated pilaster is documented.  I can dig a dog-tooth and ogle an ogee.  There is a wealth of obscure words for different s...

PART ONE:   Today is St. George's Day! In honour of my national day, here are seven birds in formation.  The formation happens to be t...

I spend a lot of time thinking Hampshire thoughts, compiling snippets of geography and history.  There's a lot of Hampshire that I'v...

Destination Litomyšl!  My husband spent this weekend in the Czech Republic, staying in a UNESCO world heritage site, for a conference.  This...

The crop of 2016. Fifteen minutes away by bicycle, the allotment is almost completely cleared and covered for winter (the last thing to ...