After enjoying some amazing, sticky toffee pudding while visiting London over the Christmas holidays, I had serious cravings upon my return and decided to make to my own. It has been several years since I made it and the last experience doing so was a …
A short trip this summer to Kennebunk and Wells, Maine yielded such a potent mix of beautiful seaside vistas, salt marsh farm views, gardening shops and some very interesting art. I truly enjoyed puttering around at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, a National Estuarine Research …
On a quick trip through Vermont recently, I hoped that I would have enough time to visit at a new, much-talked-about lifestyle destination shop, Farmhouse Pottery in Woodstock, Vermont and so very glad that I did. My visit to Zoe and James Zilian’s workroom-studio-shop was …
Last Saturday I made a beeline road trip to Snug Harbor Farm in Kennebunk, Maine. The farm has been on my must-go-to list for quite sometime. The additional lure was a reception with one of my favorite potters, Frances Palmer, and an opportunity to shop …
Haven’t done much painting lately aside from my kitchen walls and woodwork here and there which does not allow for much escapism except for a tea break every so often. The views to the sea in Newport, Rhode Island have inspired me to pull out …
As I noodle around on my bike, I pass all sorts of interesting properties and wonder about the world inside the gates. Wouldn’t this be a fantastic driveway to turn into each day? Then drive on to this lovely stone farmhouse. I could whittle away …
This spring seems to be a bit more stormy than years past. The vegetable garden and the boatyard are slow to bustle with activity. I don’t recall so many days of rain last spring. I like the cool weather, but if only we could have …
A great score at my dump swap shop a few weeks ago yielded this seemingly, forgotten bike. I had been looking for a vintage, English, three speed off and on for some time now to replace my 1966 Raleigh Sports bike that went in the …
There was something about this scooter parked by the side porch of a Newport, Rhode Island victorian home that grabbed me. Perhaps somewhat vicariously I wish that had a scooter to bop about town, but my practical side realizes that just isn’t the right transportation …
After a long, cold and quite snowy winter, the brights of spring color bring a welcome hint to my desk for what I hope will soon be appearing in the garden.