Yellow
Black and white flowers..........
Great colours......
after the yellow.........black and white
Blue and white
Green and white
Our excellent red wine from St Antonin du Var
White...............ish lambs
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Thursday 21 April 2011
THE KING'S ROAD, FLOWERS & PROVENCE
The mercury is rising and the whole of London is outside enjoying the sun. The air is thick with the scent of wisteria, I can't remember them having ever been so vibrant, great mauve and purple festoons of flowers cascading down the fronts of the white stuccoed houses of Kensington, the magnolias are almost over and the bright yellow of the mimosas now only a memory. Lavender is the chicest most desired plant in town, in New Covent Garden, the early morning flower market south of the river, it was every man for himself in the rush to grab what was available.
We are closing the shop from Good Friday till May 4th...........but are still open for business from our web site and 1stdibs
We are heading south to Provence to our own festoons of wisteria, warm evenings, lazy afternoons by the pool with a good book and dawn hunts in the early morning mists for wonderful antiques to fill the shop. These are all things I love to do.............and then there is the time to prepare wonderful meals. The local markets are full to bursting point with fresh fruit, gleaming vegetables, cheeses, olives sausages..........I could go for ever but then I also love cooking!
Salad: Water melon, fetta cheese and fresh mint with virgin olive oil, lemon juice and rock salt.
Lilac in our garden in Notting Hill
Monday 18 April 2011
WEEK-END IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
The weather this year is amazing, warm and sunny.........every year we have Canada geese nesting on the island but this year we have two geese sitting on one nest
The proud father ............... with two wives..........spends his time on guard
The proud father ............... with two wives..........spends his time on guard
Wednesday 6 April 2011
NAME PICTURES, BIRTHDAYS AND OTHER THINGS
When I am not being and antiques dealer I am painting name pictures for children, last week end came up with some new fun, painted frames for them
They can all be seen on my site Children's Name Pictures ..................
Monday was Charles birthday and a tradition in our businesses dictates everyone gets a cake given by the person whose birthday it is.
We had cupcakes for every member of our two businesses with their names in icing from the Chelsea Cake Shop in lower Sloane Street, what a wonderful place!! The most divine cakes I have ever seen.............
They can all be seen on my site Children's Name Pictures ..................
Monday was Charles birthday and a tradition in our businesses dictates everyone gets a cake given by the person whose birthday it is.
We had cupcakes for every member of our two businesses with their names in icing from the Chelsea Cake Shop in lower Sloane Street, what a wonderful place!! The most divine cakes I have ever seen.............
Our cakes........
Charles Edwards and some of the staff.....
Charles with Ella and Eric
Jeff and Noel at the warehouse........brilliant electricians
Lawrence and Jo, also at the warehouse
Mohamed with a cake to match his coat.......
and Tim...........
And this is from a photoshoot done in my shop for the Charles Edwards Lanterns
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Friday 1 April 2011
PORTOBELLO
Fresh orange juice is one of the little luxuries of life and blood oranges are so exotic...............
Friday morning we often go to the market in Portobello Road to buy fruit and veg, better known for the antiques stalls on a Saturday this is also the best place I know for fruit and veg. there is also an Italian stall selling virgin olive oil and other Italian goodies, a French stall sell the best cheeses and sausages and my favorite stall for flowers and plants. Most of the hellebores growing in the garden came from this wonderful stall.
Raining or sunny the stall holders are there........
Portobello cat, sits on his windowsill pensively staring into space with his friends..............from there we head for our shops in the King's Road. This time of year I am always amazed by the flowering trees, every year they seem to be better and this is no exception, something I don't remember form a few years back are the glorious bright yellow Mimosa or wattle trees, they and the magnolias have been wonderful.
My Wattle Tree, that is growing in our back garden in Notting Hill. These trees originally imported from Australia are now native across most of southern Europe, and seem to be surviving the English winters.
We always have framed sets botanical prints usually 18th and early 19th century they can be seen on
Friday morning we often go to the market in Portobello Road to buy fruit and veg, better known for the antiques stalls on a Saturday this is also the best place I know for fruit and veg. there is also an Italian stall selling virgin olive oil and other Italian goodies, a French stall sell the best cheeses and sausages and my favorite stall for flowers and plants. Most of the hellebores growing in the garden came from this wonderful stall.
Raining or sunny the stall holders are there........ 
Portobello cat, sits on his windowsill pensively staring into space with his friends..............from there we head for our shops in the King's Road. This time of year I am always amazed by the flowering trees, every year they seem to be better and this is no exception, something I don't remember form a few years back are the glorious bright yellow Mimosa or wattle trees, they and the magnolias have been wonderful.
Magnolia tree in the Boltons
My Wattle Tree, that is growing in our back garden in Notting Hill. These trees originally imported from Australia are now native across most of southern Europe, and seem to be surviving the English winters.
We always have framed sets botanical prints usually 18th and early 19th century they can be seen on
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