I tend to get up very early; wash up, put the washing in, hang the washing out, clean the kitchen etc etc. At 05:30 I can do all this stuff when the world is still quiet and calm and feel that I can properly start...

08 August, 2014 /

There is definitely something medative ( if not a bit obsessive ) about my flower arranging ritual...

25 July, 2014 /

So basically I should be packing the car now, but I’ve got a bit of a pink thing going on at the moment...

23 July, 2014 /

This last week has been so hot here in Brighton, that I’ve barely been out in the garden during the day. It’s South facing so everything gets scorched...

22 July, 2014 /

I needed to revamp the ikebana today, but I have so much orange in the garden at the moment I just wanted to use some subtler colours...

18 July, 2014 /

I planted this cactus dahlia tuber last year and for the first time ever I managed to produce a flower. All other attempts have been continually sabotaged by snails...

16 July, 2014 /