Hello June

 How are you? I love May and June, the anticipation of long summer days and evenings where it is still light at 10pm. My garden is starting to bloom and it's a very tiny garden so I have decided to put everything into wicker baskets, its a work in progress and I already have a first bud on my climbing rose so I'm very excited. 

In other things happening, my mother turned 91 last week, she is actually on no medication which is amazing but she is a bit of a curmudgeon and I know she has every right to be at that age but it is exhausting! she wouldn't let me take any photos of her but I snuck in one of her granddaughter filming her blowing out the candles and thought it was interesting that there were three generations involved in the one photo.

I have been reading a lot lately, I decided to delve into the classics again and read James Baldwin - Giovanni's room -  It was so good. It is written and set in Paris in the 1950's and tells of a young American man who embarks on an affair with an Italian man. It caused such a stir when it was written and the writing is truly superb. It's a short novel but one to savour. 

I have also just finished Dream State by Eric Puchner this novel is an American one spanning 60 odd years and tells the story of a woman and two men who are in love with her and how this affects their lives. There is quite a bit of climate change stuff in it and in certain parts it did feel a bit padded out but it did keep me hooked and I would recommend it.

Last night I watched Something's gotta give I actually don't know how many times I have seen this movie but it still makes me laugh and I still love looking at the wonderful interiors and wish I lived in a house like that on the beach. It is such a good film and a perfect antidote at the moment.

I'm trying to get some inspiration for my photography, I'm back on instagram and it's not providing any but I feel I should start a project again, I have sort of given up on a photo a day and tend to take sporadic photos. 

Thats it for the moment, let me know if you have watched or read anything lately. 

Cornwall

 We just spend a few days in Cornwall on the south coast in a place called St Mawes. We actually went last year and loved it so much even though it poured with rain for a week. This week the sun shone every day and it was absolutely perfect. I love being by the sea and in nature and it ticked both boxes. 

In the countryside

 My desire to get out of London peaks in mid July but it begins now as the roads fill with cow parsley (I read they like nitrogen which is why they thrive on roadsides) and 'no mow May' starts and people leave their lawns to grow wild and help nature etc. We managed to have a family weekend away recently, we went to the New Forest which is about an hour and a half from London. My list always needs to include a nice walk and some horses and of course a nice hotel and food and luckily we got all and more, even a game of croquet and a duck house to admire.