I am on the early ferry back home to France in the morning. I just can`t wait!!! 3 days in a town with cars, trains and millions of people i...

Oh please...............what on earth does that hamster do all night? I have relegated it to the hall but it is still SO noisy!!!! I`m g...

NO I have not run away with Johnny Onions!!!! I am simply in old Blighty for a couple of days!!! I am however sharing a bedroom with a hamst...

Before we moved to France and we still had our shop in Dorset Johnny Onions was a regular caller to the town to sell his Britanny pink onio...

I have watched this wonderful enchanted old chateau slowly crumble over the years. It has stood empty , alone and unloved since before the f...

Having been an antique French textile dealer (addict!) for over 25 years now ( ouch!!), my daughter, Kate, grew up amongst heaps of old text...

Just look at what I treated myself to today from  local brocante............................. Isn`t it just divine?.....................

This old door was attached to one of the openings on one of the derelict workers cottages here at the chateau...................I used it fo...

Oh heavens the weather is SO wonderful!!!! Instantly forgotten are the lashing wind and cold of the winter!!! I have recovered from my ran...

Very recently I received an email via Ebay from a complete stranger - neither a customer or a personal  friend. Her message to me was simp...