Hettie's Profile

Is that a John Lowrie Morrison painting above the kitchen table? I'm also a proud owner of a 'Jolomo'. It really reflects the vibrant colours throughout your home. Gorgeous!

(btw, according to the category tags on this post, Glasgow is apparently filed under 'England'. I'm as open-minded as the next London-based Scot, but I can't imagine that'd go down well on Sauchiehall Street...)

Jenn, 'shared ownership' is a part ownership, part rental deal available through certain housing associations: ie, you pay a mortgage for half the value of the property (or some other fraction - 40%, 60%, depending on how big a percentage you own under the deal) and you pay rent on the rest. You can then buy more 'shares' in the property if you wish.

Love the bonsai garden: as a fellow London dweller I can confirm that the weather here is gorgeous today, but we had a hateful winter; I'm impressed anything survived! I'm guessing you've gone for hardier tree types.

Blimey - I've never heard 'across the pond' described as pretentious before: in the UK it's a perfectly valid and oft-used way of describing the location of you folks across the Atlantic. Does it not work in reverse, then?

(If we're going to get picky about grammar, l object more to the continued use of possessive apostrophes in dates - 1950s is just fine without one.)

As for the actual subject of the post, really love the second picture.