Dressing for the temperamental UK summer is no easy task. It can go from glorious sun to horrendous downpours in the blink of an eye and while my international readers may not believe me - our crazy British weather has even delivered all 4 seasons in just one day. From heatwave to snow storms within just 24 hours!
In Italy they call it Sprezzatura...
And in English it translates as 'a studied nonchalance, perfect conduct or performance of something (as an artistic endeavour) without apparent effort'.
My brother and his fiancée have recently had a beautiful bouncing baby boy Zachary, and we've been excitingly chatting about his first holiday next year.
The latest interview within my Wonderful Women series is Jenni Smith, a contemporary quilt artist producing unique pictures, prints and stationery, many of them for children. She also runs a successful sewing school in Ilkley in Yorskhire and works with expert tailor Ann Ladbury, author of 40 books on dressmaking.
For this week's Wonderful Women, I'm speaking to Alexandra de Faucigny, a talented French expat living in London with great style and vision.
Fun in the sun on Saturday meant heading to one of our favourite places in Yorkshire-Beningbrough Hall.
I'm so incredibly proud and besotted with my boys Oliver, 5 and Alexander, 2, so this post is first and foremost for them: my darling sons, so they can one day reflect on the blog and know how loved they are and how much they enrich mine and my husband's lives.
I recently read an article that said 1 in 3 women LOVE cleaning! Whaat!
Like Monica from Friends, apparently one third of the female population are hardwired to love cleaning, washing, scrubbing, drying and polishing! *shocked face, need a lie