Lamburgers, with hummus and feta salad does it for us today. No fireworks, no family to picnic with us. Just us, the humbirds, the garden, two very clean corgis and birdsong. Peace and love to all!
can't get redcurrants in Santa Fe. But I made summer pudding with raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. I am so grateful that I don't have to share it!
Here is the cover of Book #2: POPPY REDFERN AND THE FATAL FLYERS, where Poppy investigates the murder of two WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilots who take a fatal nosedive during a film shoot. Publication date 12/1/2020!!!!
Daphne and Griff dreaming of the magnificent stained glass windows of Ste. Chapelle, Paris. Where do you dream of vacationing these days?
Long day of gardening, planting dahlia tubers. And to go with the flamboyant blooms of D. Karma Corona (!!!?) I am treating myself to a Campari spritz to refresh!
Category Archives: Characters in fiction
Chateau Impney and the Salt King
I am delighted to share Chateau Impney as the house on the cover for Lady Montfort and Edith Jackson’s fourth adventure: Death of an Unsung Hero, and the story of how I came to choose it as a stand in for the fictitious … Continue reading
Mrs. Jackson and the Lancashire Witches
On All Hallows’ Eve downstairs in the servants’ hall at Iyntwood the maids light their turnip jack o’ lanterns and settle down with their cider and toasted nuts casting hopeful looks at the housekeeper to see if she is in the … Continue reading
Clementine Talbot, Countess of Montfort
Thanks to Lyndsy Spence of The Mitford Society’s invitation to write a blog for ‘Meet My Main Character,’ I have the opportunity to introduce Redoubtable Edwardian: Clementine Talbot, Countess of Montfort the shining star of my novel: ‘Death of a … Continue reading