made to measure

The sitting-room desk I sit at for ‘office work’ is one designed and built for my parents in the ‘forties.

the sweetest flower

On a chilly morning, and swapping the annoyance of no hot water for a walk under an uncertain sky, I made my way to Kew Gardens to see the famous bluebells.

spring forward

Until this time last year I had never once applied for a job.

mother nature, father time

Driving eastwards last night the magnificent perigee moon rose ahead of me beaming serenely in the indigo night sky, as though there’d been no torrents, storms and bluster during the day.

the art of the matter

My spirits have soared more than once in these last ten days.

Yes! there is a pod

inside, outside, shake it all about

Equal to the most luxurious velvet nest fashioned to cosset a priceless Fabergé jewel-encrusted golden egg is…

Pattern Power

‘Step and Path, Exhibition Road’

Two more well-known designs from the Collier Campbell Archive – ‘Bauhaus’ and ‘Cote d’Azure’  – appear in yet another little V&A book – this time about Modern Design.

More about the museum’s current exhibition another day. It’s the street outside that holds greater interest for me today – a tribute to the subtle power of pattern……