Now this is definitely a flower that flourishes locally, especially in the sort of partial shade to be found under the beech trees at the end of the vicarage garden. Its latin name is vinca, an abbreviation of the ancient Roman ‘vincapervinca’ which literally means ‘bonds through bonds’, an all too accurate description of its […]

Earlier this week I had a sudden desire to embroider with blue thread.  An old friend had sent me a skein of woad-dyed embroidery thread bought in France earlier this summer and perhaps not wanting to loose something so special before I could use it (a frequent occurrence) I thought it would be perfect for […]