Clematis ‘Nelly Moser' is in my Devon garden yesterday

The flowers keep their colour best in the shade.

#clematisthursday #Flowers

day 8 #HistFicMay
My novels are underpinned by research into the lives of people who lived in 16th century Devon like my main characters Katherine Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh and Lady Gabrielle Roberda Montgomery.

#HistoricalFiction

Unusual and beautiful artwork at Delamore House, Cornwood, Devon during May. bbc.com/news/articles/…

A narrow door opens to reveal the chapel Odda had built for the Holy Trinity in memory of his brother Aelfic, who died at Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, in 1053. The pre- Norman chancel arch still stands inside

#AdoorableThursday #saxon

There’s a table just for my books in my local Waterstones — how cool is that?

#mybook #historicalfiction

Day 7 #histficmay

Self destructing hero or redeemable villain? Redeemable villain, but is Gawen from The Dartington Bride actually redeemable? Perhaps …

#HistoricalFiction

At last! A rose in full bloom on my Devon garden . First of the year.

#rose #RoseWednesday

Thrilled to be part of this.

Day 6 #histficmay

If I sat down to dinner with Katherine Raleigh from A Woman of Noble Wit I suspect we’d end up comparing notes on the delights and frustrations of raising sons — she was Sir Walter Raleigh’s mother.

Historic England describes the pulpit at St Mary le Crypt, Gloucester as ‘early to mid C16 pulpit carved with renaissance ornament’

#woodensday #woodcarving

Sampford Courtenay #Devon
Porch roof by Violet #Pinwill
Western Morning News December 1911 reported work carried out to plans by architect George H. Fellowes Prynne. Porch was dedicated by Archdeacon of Totnes and a public tea followed in the afternoon!
#WoodcarvingWednesday

St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester.
Recent research suggests that medieval wall paintings lie beneath a damaged Tudor wall painting called The Adoration of the Magi. A major restoration project is planned Discover DeCrypt

#wallpaintingswednesday #medieval #tudor

Look out for more news of King Henry’s visit to Exeter coming soon!

Blog Tour: The Dartington Bride (Daughters of Devon #2) by Rosemary Griggs - Rated 5 out of 5 stars archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/t… Rosemary Griggs Archaeolibrarian Cathie Dunn & The Coffee Pot Book Club #CoffeePotBookClub #Elizabethan #Tudors#HistoricalFiction. .

Two more pieces of Jacobean embroidery I completed years ago. Reminded how much I enjoyed creating these and would love to start something new, but at the moment I’m working on a Tudor gable hood and writing …

#textiletuesday #embroidery #jacobean

Looking back to a visit to Cordoba, Spain in 2016 for #TilesonTuesday

Time for the irises in my Devon garden

#Iris #garden

#histficmay Day 5 Introduce your mc.
My latest book concerns Lady Gabrielle Roberda Montgomery, a young French Huguenot woman who, in 1571, hopes to find a safe haven at Dartington Hall in Devon .

#HistoricalFiction #huguenots #elizabethan

#histficmay
Day 4- favourite quote. From A Woman of Noble Wit as Katherine begins her voyage down the beautiful Ricer Dart

#devon #historicalfiction #riverdart

We don’t know for certain who she is, possibly one of the Everard family, but someone had put a spray of flowers into her hands when I visited St George’s, Dunster, Somerset a couple of weeks ago

stone female, effigy with canopy

#MonumentsMonday