Spring is in the air

Yesterday we had a chance to drive over to one of our favourite garden centres. Stepping into the bright and airy greenhouse/warehouse was uplifting. As we stepped in, I said to Wendy – “ It’s like I can feel every bit of stress rise off my shoulders!” Ahhh…what a sense of spring in that place….

Wendy’s sewing room

When the boys left home, Wendy got a sewing room. Somewhere she could have her machine, her tools, her fabric, and be able to just go in and enjoy her hobby. When Susan and Jason lived with us for a year, Wendy kept the door closed when Rachel was toddling around because of sharp things…

News from The Villa

How do you decide what colour to paint a wall? When we were buying our lovely home, Philip asked us to pick one colour—our base colour—and he would paint all the walls the same. We landed on Repose Grey, a rather lovely shade, which we have used as our base for matching other things. But…