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'June came in with fields of white clover, and Catherine spent long mornings in the open, reading to Audrey whilst Adam slept and the su...

I think we could safely say we're in late spring, or even early summer, so this passage about Russia in late spring 1910 is timely. Ne...

'She wore green sandals, which fact in itself is enough to explain any of the subsequent eccentricities in her conduct. Green as a Corni...

I know we're only three days in but so far May has been glorious. The gardens are coming alive, blossom is everywhere, the skies are blu...

The herald of spring is wonderful in so many countries. Reading these spring thoughts in Australia, could be spring thoughts in many other c...

'On a table in the bay window was a glass vase with a bunch of long-stalked narcissi in it. The flower-heads on their thin, giant stalks...

Cheerful Weather for a Wedding all takes place on 5th March so it seems appropriate to quote from it today. 'Mrs. Thatcham always kept...

Started with seeing more than just a few inches of blue in the sky. Hurrah! Perfect weather cold, crisp. dry and blue for a New Year walk. O...

I think our days have been a little more than 'fine cold' but a post to help us look to spring never goes amiss. 'It was the m...

Mother and I had a delightful day in Bath during the holidays. I'll post about it later but first of all this to put us in the mood ...

The prompt for #shareadvent today is. ' Light a candle. Remember. Give Thanks.' 'Audrey stood and looked at the Christmas tree...

Anna at Skin and Blister is hosting a wonderful idea of #shareadvent . I'm hoping to join in through taking part with activities and p...

We started some of our Christmas shopping this weekend and had our traditional Christmas shopping lunch of a Pret turkey sandwich. 'Eit...

Autumn makes me, as perhaps you, want to go to the woods and scuff the gorgeous leaves with my feet. 'It was better there, the woods w...

Autumn is really creeping up so just a glimpse back to summer before we go full steam ahead. 'The villa was surrounded by a garden fil...

I'm going to miss pottering in the garden with no sense of time now I'm back to school. But the sweet peas are still hanging in and ...

"A lilac band of heat haze spread all along the horizon line, and out of this dim region a few upward-curling, clotted-cream clouds had...

London by A.S.J. Tessimond (1902-1962) I am the city of two-divided cities Where the eyes of rich and poor collide and wonder; Wher...

One flower bed is looking especially gorgeous this summer. I think it might be something to do with an abundance of foxgloves. "They ...

Perhaps one criterion for a beautiful day is being able to plan for and have a picnic? "They unpacked the basket and saw that Mrs. Br...