Hungover
Reading time 5 minutes
If I had made any New Year’s Resolutions, one of them would have been to spend more time appreciating where I live. Folk […]
Photography
Spick and Span
Reading time 5 minutes
“Every day is a fresh beginning, Listen my soul to the glad refrain. And, spite of old sorrows And older sinning, Troubles forecasted And […]
Christmas at The Watch House
Reading time 13 minutes
Motivated by the prospect of an OK-style, ‘At Home with Mr Christmas’ photoshoot this week, I have been decorating every corner of The Watch […]
Countdown to Christmas
Reading time 6 minutes
I can count the number of days I get to spend at home before Christmas on one hand. I’ve stopped buying an advent calendar […]
Winter Sun
Reading time 4 minutes
I love it when it’s cold and sunny. I can tolerate the frostiest weather so long as I have the sun’s rays on my […]
Preparing The Watch House for Winter
Reading time 6 minutes
When I left my garden, in early October, it was still a summer garden. By the time I returned, at the end of […]
Nan Lian Garden, 南蓮園池, Hong Kong
Reading time 11 minutes
“A classical garden in a modern city. serenity in the midst of urban hustle and bustle. Ingenious imitation of nature by man” The […]
Chi Lin Nunnery 志蓮淨苑, Hong Kong
Reading time 12 minutes
Three cheers for British Airways! Why? Because without them charging £1000 more to travel on a Friday night versus a Saturday night, I […]
On The Moove
Reading time 5 minutes
I’m on the road again. Or rather I’m in the skies and generally racking-up the air miles. It’s buying season and there’s no rest […]
Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 9 minutes
My last hurrah before departing for India was a trip aross Kent to the Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair. I neither had the […]
Heligan Harvest
Reading time 9 minutes
I first started visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan as a student in the very early 1990s. By then the Tremayne family’s forgotten […]
Eternal Eden
Reading time 5 minutes
I can smell Cornwall before I can see it. Driving across the ancient border between Devon and Cornwall at night it’s pitch black, […]