SIGH OF RELIEF...

We interrupt our wall to wall Lisbon related programming for a moment for very good reason because it seems that Emma Fletcher, designer of the much missed Lyell, which sadly closed its doors last year is now the designer of Tocca. And look at the fall/winter collection! I'd recognise that handwriting anywhere...








Now all I need to do is work out how to get my hands on it, especially that

LISBON PART 1...

I had wanted to go to Lisbon for a long time, because it was the one place in Europe that had always remained a mystery to me. Even if I knew a few things about it: it has trams, it's hilly, it's near the sea, there are pasteis de Belem, bacalao, I never had even a slightly clear picture of what the city might be like. I made a decision a couple of years ago not to research it, not to find out

OLÁ...

More soon! xx

PAIRS...

Geranium {Essie} and turquoise...
Rose and rainbow cloud in my friend's garden...
Torrential rain outside the Coach & Horses, where I had a lovely dinner with Olivia, Lauren and Jean and little fluffy clouds I can't remember where or when...

A SHOP!...

WHAT I LOVED...

SOLACE II...

I realise that by posting these pictures I'm at risk of finding myself on the PR mailing lists of The Sheep Herders' Association, Young Farmers and Cattle News (I already get sent anything and everything to do with horse racing, because I once mentioned a Shetland pony. For clarity's sake: I do not need to be kept up to date with all the sheep/farming news - though I wouldn't say no to a