
There aren't many things I miss about England (people - now that's a different matter...) but the small pleasure of writing an envelope with my Parker 60 fountain pen and sticking on a Royal Mail stamp is one of them! French stamps are at best boring and at worst hideous. See the Royal Mail's current Darwin series
here. Our friend
Lizzie Farey has an exhibition of her eloquent willow works, 'Spirit of Air' at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries from 6 March - 18 April.