A rose by any other name
Rose is a rose is a rose or is it? Today's roses are so varied from simple five petalled varieties which look like the traditional...
Lily of the Valley jewellery
So, what started with my folding lots of tiny,3/4 inch pieces of paper sadly not as quickly as in the video which has been speeded up...
St Leonard, the Dragon and Lilies of the Valley
This stunning woodblock print is by Eric Gill and is taken from one of his books on the folklore of England and shows St Leonard fighting...
Flower of the month for May: Lily of the Valley
Okay, let's get one thing out of the way before we start. The popular garden flower that we know is the lily of the valley is NOT what is...
Folding time...how long?
Above is my first attempt at a video and shows me folding a sweet pea flower from a 2 inch square piece of paper. What did I learn? Apart...
Sweet Peas and Brides
With their range of colours and magical fragrance it's perhaps not surprising that so many brides choose sweet peas for their wedding...
Flower of the month for April: The Sweet Pea
Who doesn't love sweet peas? Their wonderful colours and enchanting fragrance. To me they bring back memories of my childhood, when every...
Daffodils and Mother's Day
This weekend supermarkets and florists are full of daffodils and tomorrow many a Mum or Granny will be given a bunch along with a card,...
Daffodil poem
No not by Wordsworth but A A Milne with an illustration by E H Shepherd Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her...
March flower of the Month: The Daffodil
This is the first of my blogs linked to the flower associated with each month, it's tradtional meanings, legends and lore and even the...
