A lovely visual feast of domestic perfection, packed with ideas for creating your own idyll. The book is packed with jewel-bright pictures of her work, from shimmering iced cupcakes to knitted carrot-coloured tea cosies, is an eccentric delight. Good for an interesting read, but even better for cute domestic projects and light-hearted words of wisdom.
Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smallest of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow's grass
Miss Muffin
Heaven take thy soul, and England keep my bones! William Shakespeare
Minnie
"It is vitally important that we can continue to say, with absolute conviction, that organic farming delivers the highest quality, best-tasting food, produced without artificial chemicals or genetic modification, and with respect for animal welfare and the environment, while helping to maintain the landscape and rural communities." Prince Charles
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Jane Austen
Muckross House
Miss Marple
Wiltshire, England
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Charles Churchill
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, as I shall not pass this way again.