Colour & Beauty

Waterlilies

by Clare Smythson March 27, 2022

A reigning symbol of summer, the water lily captures our imagination immediately. It’s an important plant in our culture and religion as well a...

by Clare Smythson October 05, 2021

So - WHICH is the very first colour that we are able to see - and WHY?

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by Clare Smythson June 12, 2020

So WHY is blue the world's most popular colour?

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by Clare Smythson January 22, 2020

A brand new Geisha Girl lantern means a little look at Japanese geisha & their history.

Geisha are entertainers, NOT waitresses & certainly NOT prostitutes. Geisha actually means “person employed in the arts”

Instead, they are the illusion of female perfection – and men pay huge sums of money to have geisha attend them.

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by Clare Smythson May 11, 2019

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! A visit to beautiful Wisley Gardens

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