My week

I was very glad that everything seems to have calmed down in London today and I can ride my bicycle again.   I'm absolutely loving my new found freedom and I've been going all over the place.  The first day I rode it I didn't even like a car going past me!  I'm fine now although I'm steering clear of main roads, bendy buses and car doors opening!   I never took my driving test and haven't had a

My garden

View from my back door, June 2010
I love seeing people's gardens and all the fabulous things they grow.  Gardening is something I'd love to get into but have no idea what I'm doing.
When I moved here fourteen years ago my garden had no plants whatsoever.  All the surrounding gardens had mature trees but mine had nothing.  It was full of Japanese knotweed with a bit of scrubby grass and a

Thinking of summer

 





Photography by Mark SegalLara Stone
I love this shoot styled by Carine Roitfeld for Paris Vogue in March 2007.  It makes me want to sort out my summer clothes for my holiday.
The Actor and I are off to the South of France in June.  I have pretty much everything already so no need to spend.  The only things I could do with is a new bikini, a swimsuit for proper swimming and some sandals

A bit of evening sun

Marseillan beach near our friends house in the South of France
I'd love to be on the beach in the picture above.  We had a fantastic holiday there two years ago when our friends Danny and Russ lent us their gorgeous Medieval house in France.
I don't want to moan, but it is BOILING in London!  I hear there are warnings on the news about a heatwave this weekend.  I love this weather but there is