Love is...

Now that I'm a member of the Mumsnet bloggers network they keep sending me tips. I should list what my blog is about apparently, and the sort of things I'm into so that people looking for similar topics can find it. 

So here it is, apart from my children, husband and whole extended family, whom I love beyond words, of course, below are all the other things I love, in no particular order... 

Chatting,

Italy,

The Beatles, of course,

Owls and all things owlish,

David Hockney and that reminds me of…

Yorkshire, especially York, my home town and

Vancouver, where I lived as a child and

Mendelssohn’s violin concerto, which reminds me of 

My Grandpa and 

Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto no 2, the music in

Brief Encounter, one of my favourite films, as is

The English Patient ditto quirky films like

The Darjeeling Ltd and also

Tamara Drew and

Rear Windows, my favourite Hitchcock. And

Fig trees,

Magnolia trees and all trees in fact plus

Flowers and 

The Chelsea Flower Show with my

Daddy, of course, and

Cream teas, with or without my Daddy, and

Fizzy wine! And

Feeling warm and
Fountains and talking to my 

Mum. Also

Cooking (when I have time) and

Eating food cooked by others when I don’t and
Shelves and

Compliments and reading

Newspapers and features by

Caitlin Moran,

Lynn Barber,

Nancy Banks Smith and the column by

Tim Dowling and browsing in

Kitchen shops, especially

Peter Jones! And

Cold beer and 

Crisps on

Friday nights!

Earl grey tea – nice and hot when you get in, and

Funny people,
Pretty dresses,

Reading out loud to my kids and

Butter – on everything! And

Lying by a pool on holiday reading any
Jane Austen or
Gone With the Wind or
Birdsong or
Cider with Rosie or
Anna Karenina or
Madame Bovary or watching BBC

Period dramas and then taking

Long country walks, with a pub, and

Family photos all round the house, also

Pictures on walls - in groups - and

Reading, reading, reading but most of all

Writing and the
Theatre and

Modest people and

Swimming and
Going to sleep and

Candles and fairy lights,

Clever jokes,

Radio 4 and

Christmas (of course!).

Having a bath, a hot one and then eating

Cake and having

Sex (that’s a given) and going to the

The V & A and having 

A roaring fire back at home, which is totally

Tidy! (better than sex). And don't forget

Views (especially in Italy) and

Coffee with friends and the programme

Who Do You Think You Are? and all 

History and

My iMac (which I'm at right now) and

Cockney Rebel, Come Up And See Me (happy song),

Klimt,

Pre-Raphaelites,

Matisse ... and most of all

Being a mum.

Have I missed something?

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