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May 20, 2025
404: 11 Classic British Wardrobe Details for Effortless Style
Being able to simply click my fingers and have the ideal outfit transpire for whatever the occasion I find myself would be a magic trick I would pay for. Okay, maybe not, because there is some fun in finding what you are looking for, but the point is, dressing effortlessly doesn’t begin by being easy […]
The Antique Hunter, mystery series – petit plaisir #404
The serendipitous discovery when you step into a local bookshop, nothing particular in mind to find, and wind up coming across the new British series you didn’t know you wanted to read. Such was the case earlier this month when Nelle and I went wandering on a warm Saturday afternoon, slipped into Dudley’s Bookshop in […]
The 3rd Giveaway: Choosing Keeping Gift Certificate
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May 19, 2025
21 British Décor Touches for Your Sanctuary
Each country around the world has different styles within its generations of taste-makers and preferences and/or needs of the people of any of the many periods throughout its history. Britain is no different. However, when I think of British décor, the aesthetics and details that are quintessential and have stood the test of time, I […]
The 2nd Giveaway! A South Down Rother Garden Trug, made in England
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May 18, 2025
How to Begin Your Own Cottage Garden: 12 Simple Basics
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May 17, 2025
Hercule Poirot might be Your Kindred Spirit If . . . (25 characteristics)
“Anyway, what is an egg-shaped head? Have I ever seen an egg-shaped head? do I really know? I don’t because I never do see pictorial images clearly—but nevertheless I know that he has an egg-shaped head—covered with black, singularly black, hair—and I know his eyes occasionally shine with a strange light—and twice in my life […]
The 1st Giveaway! — Hercule Poirot Inspired
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Welcome to TSLL’s 7th Annual British Week!
The Grasmere gingerbread and digestive biscuits have been stocked (I must confess, already more than a few enjoyed 🙃), rain has been ordered for the weekly weather forecast, and Yorkshire Gold hot tea is being sipped frequently. Yep, while this may admittedly be any other day of the year, as you and I both have […]
May 15, 2025
This & That: May 16, 2025
Books about beauty taught by French women who have figured it out, growing your own flowers all year-round, the wellness industry and is it really living up to all its promises, Matisse’s women as told in a much talked about new based on true-events-novel, and a French food, travel book to savor. Plus, Stanley Tucci […]
