Unfortunately I’m suffering a very bad cold at the minute (which is just my luck when the weather changes for the better…oh well…) though I did manage to make it out to the charity shops just before my cold really started to kick in..like the picture above of yet another Audrey item (though I’m not Read More
There’s not a lot of excitement in the High Street reflecting on my recent visit…shops…many are still shuttered…but hope! A new shop has opened called ‘Beryl’ lord knows why it’s called that but anyway…so I had to go in and take a look unfortunately there was absolutely nothing in my style…at least it’s something new…and Read More
Well not really but non-essential shops open tomorrow!!! Yippee…!!! After this very long wait what can we expect? Well a much reduced high street that’s for sure and big queues initially. Though it will be good to not have to ‘virtual shop’ and visit a shop that sells clothes…and just clothes…wow! That will feel strange Read More
Well a lot has changed since a year ago with my post ‘Survivors’ (click here Survivors… – Philippa Nestie ). Last week marked the one year anniversary of the original lockdown and here we are a year later still sadly locked down but slowly preparing to come out…small baby steps tentatively taken into this ‘Brave Read More
With the road map out of lockdown announced we can look forward to non-essential shops opening from mid-April. Good news but…in the meantime….I had a look around the essential shops and noted the other items they are selling. Unlike Wales and (I’m not sure about Scotland??) in England most other items alongside the essential goods Read More
In the most recent Hello Fashion magazine under a section ‘Game Changers’ a blast from the past appeared on the page namely a face of great beauty and a life that ended in total tragedy. A haunting reminder of a life sadly lost. So who am I referring to? Margaux Hemingway the granddaughter of that Read More
Not long ago…but now…everything seems ‘frozen in time’, in ‘suspended animation’, waiting…for happier and dare I say ‘normal’ times…the mood is sombre, everyday places appear surreal through their absence of activity. Times are very hard and not much is open…it’s just so grim. So difficult to maintain any positivity but somehow we must try. 2020 Read More
So Debenhams finally succumbed to total collapse last week after it’s 242-year-old history gone for ever..and no one will replace it as no buyer was found. The days of large department stores are finally dead as who would even dare to try and step into its very large shoes now? This was closely followed by Read More
Sorting through some old photos I came across a picture whilst photographing graffiti as an exercise several years ago and the image that struck me most was this one with the two masked women praying whilst holding some…er…canisters in their hands – yep the penny’s dropped now! They are graffiti artists! Well the masks are Read More
Time to stay indoors all day? Or maybe not? Following hot on the heels of Halloween it‘s now Friday the 13th and I‘m playing it ‘safe‘. Even though I don‘t have any ‘lucky‘ charms at hand I‘m keeping these rather ancient horseshoes in my mind, my monitor and yours too! I hope you appreciate the Read More
Or maybe beguiled..? Might be more appropriate…well it’s that time of year again…Halloween! Love it or hate it…you just can’t ignore it and it has changed a lot since I was a youngster…so from the usual ghouls and ghosts it was kind of a relief to encounter gems…face gems that is. I seriously doubt I’ll Read More
With more lockdown measures and restrictions ahead sometimes one can only distract oneself to cope with the onslaught of bad news and then more bad news…it’s grim to say the least….so what ‘better to do’ than think of a fashion trend like fake pearls…! (I mean well..what else?) or at least an item I’ve not Read More
With the weather being super hot this last week and feeling I could melt most days my mind turned to ways to stay cool whilst hoping for a nice sea breeze, of course I thought ‘fashion’ though at my age even the thought of wearing a bikini (though it would be a lot cooler) is Read More
Well thought I’d do an update to the ‘Last time I went to the Charity Shop’…and have to report there really is not a lot going on, I think about 25-30% of the usual shops I use to go to have either not re-opened yet or have shut down for good..which is very bad news Read More
My beloved mini has broken down and I just don’t know what to do…I feel lost without it, bereft and heartbroken. It’s a major job, like a huge job and I don’t know which way to turn (literally) the repair is more than the car cost…! And I’m clueless about vehicles apart from driving one Read More
So out of the darkness of lockdown my first foray into nonessential shops opening happily commenced. As I walked down the main road en route to one of my favourite Charity Shops, the tedium of the trudge along the car filled landscape was eventually relieved…across the horizon I spotted that the second-hand shop was open! Read More
