A stones throw away from The George in Rye is the Parish Church of St Mary, we visited it mainly because we knew you could climb the bell tower and would get some good views looking down on to the roof's of Rye.
A birthday in Rye
For Christmas me and my husband gave each otherGrouponvouchers for a night each at The George in Rye, We have been lucky enough to stay there before, but at £245 per night its a rare treat, the groupon vouchers allowed us the same style room but for only £99 per night, excellent.
Lewes East Sussex
Who can resist a good quilt shop? The only problem is choosing materials from the huge choice. This quilt shop is in the lovely town of Lewes in East Sussex, it's called The Patchwork Dog and Basket and is located in the Needlemakerswhich is full of lovely things, if you visit Lewes be sure to head straight for it.
Funny quote
Quilts in memory of a lovely Gran
Merchant and Mills
Merchant and Mills is an amazing haberdashers in Rye East Sussex, I am looking forward to visiting their shop in March.So here is a taster of the shop until I can report back on my findings. Worth a visit I think you'll agree even if you are not a sewer.
Real fish!
Last week I was lying in bed putting in my Waitrose food shopping order (sad I know), Valentine's day was looming and I knew we were going to see Cara Dillon at the Ashcroft arts centre in the evening, so time would be tight for cooking dinner, what should I cook? I don't normally cook, my husband does, but I can. So as I was looking through the Waitrose magazine I noticed a recipe for Sea bream baked with fennel and potato, it looked easy so I decided to put the ingredients in the shopping cart, job done, shopping all sorted.
Happy Valentines Day
Wee reed in vairee difrint waez
Choconchoc
A very lovely lady bought me a very thoughtful gift at Christmas, a very beautiful box of nine chocolates decorated with tea cups and cakes. They were to be eaten whilst having a break from making quilts for people, although I have to confess that the greatest pleasure I had from them was just looking at them, even though eating them felt pretty good too.
Lack of blogs and the small matter of a self published book
A week away after Christmas
Bridget's quilts
Whitchurch Silk Mill
Whitchurch Silk Mill in Hampshire is a 19th century water mill that weaves English silk fabrics using 19th century machinery. The Mill is the oldest working silk mill in Britain, still weaving in its original building. If you are a fan of BBC productions such as Cranford and Pride and Prejudice you will have seen some of their work being worn in the period costumes.
Christmas at Nymans gardens
A bit of Christmas silly
A few nice things from Brighton
A December day with no rushing.
We have taken time out of shopping, wrapping, card writing and rushing. These are December days as they should be.A 5 mile walk around the countryside of Alresford in Hampshire, a leisurely lunch and a small unrushed bit of window shopping in small privately owned well thought out shops, I don't count that as shopping!
