
Growing up in a country home in a small village in England, life had a gentle pace to it. We were fortunate to live in a somewhat large home with lots of pretty things inherited along the way, but money was always a worry. The backdrop to every day was to work with what one had, fix where you can, cook from scratch, and definitely make do and mend.
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