Sharon Kendrick's Blog, page 20

More from Fuerteventura....and breakfast

This is one of those images which I look back on (rather wistfully) - whenever I want to imagine myself in a Sheikh-type land. Actually, I'm about to run a Sheikh-type competition so WATCH THIS SPACE!


And this is pretty much my perfect breakfast: chilled and juicy pink grapefruit, strong black coffee and delicious bread - all served by someone other than myself! The sunshine and the distant view of the sea add yet another layer of enjoyment.


What was, or is your perfect breakfast?

ATMOSPHERE AND ITALIA

It's the long Bank Holiday weekend and so I'm off to glorious Italia.(Which is where I am photographed with my "children", this time last year).Black and white photos can be so atmospheric, don't you think?


I think I've come up with a new plot for my next book - but will definitely garner some information while I'm over there.What are you doing for the weekend?

THE SANDS OF TIME

Just back from holidaying with my daughter in glorious Fuertevenura.
When I booked it, I thought it was a Balearic island (I really should have paid more attention in my geography lessons) and was surprised (and excited!) to discover that it was actually one of the Canary Islands - and just 100 kilometres off the coast of Africa.Which might explain the climate (hot all year round, but with a delicious breeze).And the terrain....The photo above shows the lush, tropical foliage.


While the

You can see why they say....

sunsets are romantic.



Thanks, Dan - for sending this picture-perfect shot. Can you tell us where exactly it is so that I can fix the location in my mind (and perhaps use it sometime!). Does anybody live nearby? Are there shops? Roads? Trains?
As for romantic settings - does anybody have a favourite?

NOTORIOUS! Talking about the past....

as well as my newest release - over on iheartspresents


Well, actually - it's a re-issue of two titles I wrote back in 2004. Please come over and visit - even make a comment!

MY FIRST EVER AUDIO BOOK!

BOUGHT FOR THE SICILIAN BILLIONAIRE'S BED is available NOW from: WHOLE STORY AUDIO BOOKS
Go on - you know you want to.....

REFLECTION AND ENDINGS

Here I am at Petworth House - pleased to be wearing my Purple Shoes From Paris. I've found another folly and am in reflective pose because my book is coming towards the end and I must deliver even more emotional punch.


I started thinking about famous endings to books and here is my favourite, from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. (I'm delighted that he seems to love ellipses and dashes as much as I do - and it still makes me shiver whenever I read it).

Gatsby believed in the green light...

Oxford wedding

An vast wooden door, opening straight onto the picturesque high-street - leads into a secret world of cloistered gardens and ancient stone. Yes, I'd finally got my foot inside an Oxford college (and wished I worked harder at school!)
Where erstwhile students can marry......And this is Sarah, my clever cousin, marrying the musically-gifted Tom.Don't they look gorgeous?



Here I am with my cousin Gerald - with whom I shared many a happy (!) game of Monopoly when I was growing up.



And here's the...

A Folly and EXCITING NEWS!

I couldn't resist trying out this balletic pose while exploring the beautiful gardens at Nymans , which I mentioned in an earlier post.


Here are some pretty flowers (aka "exquisite herbaceous borders")



This is the surreal house - minus a roof!


And this is what they call a Herm


Are you still with me? Do you like the Herm?
As for the exciting news - it's for all you would-be romantic novelists who are longing to write the most powerful love-story of all time.Well, now you can. AND you can get it...

IN THE PINK

Here's my lovely daughter, Celia.


And last Sunday, she and I were running for CANCER RESEARCH UK



Southampton Common was sunlit and beautiful and the atmosphere was amazing - with masses of people joining in this very worthwhile fundraiser. Some of the stories we heard were heartbreaking; all of them were inspiring. It made me realise how much in life we take for granted.
(WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU WANT TO KNOW OUR TIME?) Okay, then - it was a perfectly respectable 5 kilometres in 26 minutes...