The one get-out clause from self isolation from COVID-19 seems to be ‘taking healthy exercise’. So, now that I am only a very short stone’s throw from Hampstead Heath, I intend to take full advantage so that I can deliver a daily diet of cheering , hopefully sun-filled, images…. So for today – my all …
Hampstead Heath in the sun
The media output at 8am this morning was filled with doom and gloom – but – the sun was shining for the first time in days. And, in my new residence, I genuinely am only 4 minutes walk from Hampstead Heath. How was I to resist. So, hopefully to cheer your morning…. A bank of …
Apologies……
Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the lack of recent posts. Christmas came and went but was hotly pursued by the judging for the annual FreeFrom Food Awards which has always happened in my house in Lawn Road in North London. Three weeks – five days a week – 600 odd products – …
Hampstead Heath in the winter sun
One of the upper ponds yesterday afternoon on Hampstead Heath – the sunlit golden swathe of trees on the far side of the lake reflected in the pale cobalt blue of the lake – which in turn reflects the baby blue of the sky. In the foreground, a blackened and gnarled tree stump, a few …
The pasta jeweller
As many of you will know who have visited Lawn Road, I collect earrings, many of which flaunt themselves on a couple of lampshades in the drawing room. Knowing I collect them, friends seek out weird and wonderful creations to add to my collection in an attempt to upstage what I already have. So, when …
Autumn leaves
Hampstead Heath yesterday…… and here are those sunshine yellow leaves close up. And flame leaves drooping over one of the ponds… and for the autumn in the garden see the garden pages.