Lavender's blue, dilly dilly
I love lavender and my garden in Ste Maxime is overgrown with it.
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The most romantic love song
I recently ran a question survey via SurveyMonkey and Goodreads to discover people’s ‘most romantics’. For the question ‘What is the most romantic love song?’, the results were as follows: ‘I Will Always Love You’ – 36% ‘Make You Feel My Love’ – 29% ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’
Montmatre and painter Maurice Utrillo
There is something inherently inspirational about the Montmatre in Paris, which gives its name to the surrounding district. On a clear, sunny day, climb the many steps to the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur at the summit, sit with a baguette de jambon et fromage (cheese and ham baguette) and gaze
A theatrical house on the beach
This house, in St Margaret’s Bay, near my Kentish home, used to belong to actor Noel Coward. I often walk along the beach there.
The most romantic nationality
I recently ran a question survey via SurveyMonkey and Goodreads to discover people’s ‘most romantics’. For the question ‘Which nationality most says “romantic” to you?’, the results were as follows: Italian: 42% French: 33% Spanish: 20% British: 4% American: 1% I was not surprised to see Italy, France and Spain
Me, in a nutshell
Some months ago now I discovered word clouds. I love words and I love art, so combining the two is perfect. I regularly visit Terri Guillemets’ website, Quote Garden, because, like her, I love quotations and use them often in my writing. While browsing the site this week I came
Spectacular, spectacular: The Olympics opening ceremony
“Serious and silly, subversive and mainstream, high and low: Danny Boyle’s bonkers Olympics opening ceremony could only have been made by a British artist.” – Guardian “Leftie multi-cultural rubbish” – Conservative MP Aidan Burley “Brilliant but bonkers…” – Australian TV commentator “It’s corny, cheesy, altogether over the top. And it