We're house-sitting at the mo. For a work colleague, in fact no, he's the MD, out in the deepest depths of Oxfordshire (and may I say that it's beautiful here). And it's rained incessantly for the past 10 or so days. I'm currently sat, laptop aptly in lap, looking wistfully out of the window, wondering are we really in August? Where is my late, Indian summer? Fortunately, it was much brighter and warmer a couple of weeks ago, when I was able to give this gorgeous Broderie skirt it's first outing.

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