The perfect stillness of Summer

The pink pot by the front door

Through the window with petals

Laundry day, Nervi, Genoa, Italy

Snug corner III

Our cat in residence Big Tilly has found yet another snug spot and she seems to resent the fact that I found her out.

Cosy late Autumn afternoon

I was planning to carry on with my knitting projects....

...but our cat in residence Tilly got there first!

The cat and the vintage footstool in the garden

This garden makes me think of Alice in Wonderland, the cat, even though it is not really the Cheshire cat, the gigantic clock facing the main street of the village, (and I immediately think of the Mad Hatter rushing about), and the 1970s footstool that reminds me of the mushroom where the caterpillar sits and smokes. I wonder where Alice and the Queen of Hearts are...

Clouds on a curtain...

Like floating away...

This image I took about a year ago reminds me of my childhood fantasy of being a white cotton sheet secured by laundry pegs on the washing line in the garden and gently float in the mild breeze, torn between the desire to fly away and be grounded feeling a strong sense of belonging.

That fantasy never faded.

Time to pause

A giraffe in St Marks Square

...in Italy it is almost carnival time, and during the carnival in Venice it is quite easy to bump into a giraffe in St. Mark's Square. I took this photo a few years ago while enjoying the surreal fun of the Venetian carnival.

Early one morning...

Abat-jours-the vintage series

Let's take tea in the lounge...

What makes a house a "home"...

Ceramics display in Bassano, Northern Italy

Thinking of Summer

Memories from a few years ago, while on holiday in Cumbria.

White clouds on the curtains

The house inside the window