I had got myself into a bit of a 4 to 6pm rut with my trips to Recoleta Cemetery, so last week I decided to pay a morning visit. After […]

Give or take a few days, it is a year since I launched my blog. As someone who loves to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, I felt the occasion should not […]

I have spent the past two months obsessed with clearing out my cupboards and drawers. It started with one awkward-to-get-to kitchen cabinet jammed with cardboard packaging (just in case) and […]

The Virgin seemed to bear a message of Time, with four clocks on a grid radiating from her open palms. I went back to Recoleta Cemetery last week in search […]

I have never been to the Holy Land, but this is how I envisage it would be, with exotic skyscraping trees, magical light and an ancient, mysterious pulse. The portentous […]

It is December, I know, but I have to show you my May queen, who I finally captured in all her green glory this afternoon. It is the first time […]

The excitement of having an advent calendar hasn’t worn off over the years. Opening one of the tiny perforated windows each morning leading up to Christmas is still a highlight […]

I will not be going to my grandmother’s funeral in England next week, so instead I took flowers to a favourite church here in Buenos Aires – the church of […]

It has been a strange week. Wednesday was census day and we had to stay at home until we had been counted. The streets were Christmas Day quiet. Then came […]

Clicking through my photos this morning, I realised there’s someone I haven’t introduced you to yet: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, or as they call her here, Nuestra Señora del […]