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: Socialites
Sir Thomas Beecham and the Importance of Starting, and Finishing, Together
April 29, 1879 – March 8, 1961 There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in between. —Sir Thomas Beecham Beecham’s grandfather, also Thomas Beecham, … Continue reading
Maud, Lady Cunard and the Wounding Repartee
‘Let me introduce you to the man who killed Rasputin,’ Maud Cunard said to guests attending her large dinner party for the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. Pavlovich and his friend Prince Felix Yasupov were indeed the men who had … Continue reading
Why does the Britain of the early 1900s intrigue and delight so many of us?
Today the great houses of Britain’s landed aristocracy with their vast, exquisite interiors and views of sweeping parkland attest to the power of rank and wealth of a bygone age. They also provide a stunning backdrop for elegantly clothed men … Continue reading
Daisy Brook and the Imprudent Letter
Daisy Brook, who later became Daisy Greville, the Countess of Warwick, was one of the early Edwardian era’s great beauties and the center of it’s many scandals. She featured in DEATH OF A DISHONORABLE GENTLEMAN as an example of imprudence … Continue reading
The Goddess of the Hunt and Riding Aside
Fox-hunting – the great pastime of the English countryman, conjures up vivid images. But women riders – sitting beautifully upright on their great glossy horses, flowing habits cascading, top hats fixed firmly over neatly coiled and netted hair, veils secured … Continue reading
Drinking Tea and the Rules of Engagement
The hedonistic age of Edwardian Britain for the idle rich and leisured classes abounded with every possible pastime, as it was out of the question to be of society and to work for a living. For men these interests varied from traditional roles … Continue reading
The Redoubtable Edwardian and the Institution of Marriage
Yes, of course Edwardians married for love, but the upper-classes usually fell in love among their own kind, shoring up their country estates from time to time with alliances to an American fortune or with the daughter of a wealthy … Continue reading
Elinor Glyn and the Tiger Skin
Elinor Glyn was a best-selling romance novelist whose fame peaked in the early 1900s. She wrote what were heavily criticized as novels of ‘questionable quality and taste’ at a time when Victoria’s rigid rules for fidelity were still strongly upheld by … Continue reading
Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon and a Night at the Opera
Constance Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon was six feet tall and considered to be a stunner; she was so beautiful that even the most glamorous in her company looked like they needed ‘a touch of the sponge and the duster,’ according … Continue reading
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon and the Dress of Emotion
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon is possibly more infamously known for the scandal surrounding her escape from the Titanic in an almost empty lifeboat with her secretary and her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Continue reading