Childhood Dreams

 Predominately I am influenced by English Country style. This started at a young age and I am still greatly influenced by the dreams of my childhood. As a little girl I adored Beatrix Potter and desperately wanted to live in Lucinda and Jane's Dollhouse, or in Mrs. Tiggywinkle's meticulously maintained underground cottage. After reading The Wind in the Willows I began to prefer something a little more grown up, such as Toad Hall. My fascination went outdoors when The Secret Garden introduced me to the stewardship of nature. As a young woman I became obsessed with the classics and that adoration has not waned. These elements from my past have been the keystones in  the creation of my own little world.

My Dream Home

 

I will never outgrow this delightful tale.

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The domestically inclined should read this book.

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                 Hardwick House is believed to be the inspiration for the original illustration of Toad Hall in the children's classic, The Wind in the Willows. Photo by Andy Stephenson.

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I carried my love for The Secret Garden into adulthood-my youngest daughter's first name is Mary's surname.

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The magical garden at Hidcote.

 

                                        

 

A Gertrude Jekyll rose thriving at Brambly.

                                       

 

English provincial life captures my imagination.Middlemarch is my all-time favorite novel.Oh, how I wish I could be more like Dorthea Brooke.

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Lower Slaughter would be a lovely place to call home.

 

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I would love to have a flock of sheep.Unfortunately, mountain lions are abundant in my area and they love to eat sheep.

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