Perfect Day

Lovely Sundays - aren't they great! This weekend the perfect afternoon - a visit to Charleston Farmhouse followed by the best crystal shop in the south east!

Handpainted walls and pottery lampshades

Well Charleston was once home to the Bloomsbury set - ie Virginia Woolf's artist sister, her husband, her lover, her various friends ... some of whom became movers & shakers of their time.

Anyway - they painted everything - I mean everything! The furniture, the lamps, the walls, the side of the bath! It's so fantastic you can't help but go home and start painting your own house!

You can't take photos in the house except by appointment (I might have to try that one day!) so these are some postcards I bought in the shop.

The old place is tucked under the South Downs - chalky uplands that run along the south coast of England.

The road to Charleston.

It's really beautiful countryside - although it was a bit breezy on Sunday. Next stop - Litlington:

Litlington Crystal Store, Sussex

This tiny shop has some of the best crystals, all carefully selected. It makes you feel better just to be in there the vibes are so strong. There's always a range of interesting folk searching the shelves - and the crystals they need just sing out to them.

Amethyst Cluster