by Penny | 2 Oct, 2013 | UK Activity
I have just read that it can be cathartic to write about your grief – get it out and try to understand it – so I am breaking my rule about writing about Florence and trying to get this cat grief out on paper and out of my head – after all she was...
by Penny | 22 Sep, 2013 | Books, Painting, UK Activity
Watercolour workshop with Glynis Barnes Mellish – Florence Oct 2013 What a lot of energy we generated today at our London workshop in September – six artists in deep concentration and Glynis on cracking form – we had a day of revision as well as...
by Penny | 15 Sep, 2013 | Lead story, News, UK Activity, Women artists
Watercolour workshops with Glynis Barnes Mellish – 11- 15th October in Florence Glynis has done some fantastic new portrait paintings this year but she is still making time to do some workshops with Beyond the Yalla Dog in both London and Florence. We have a...
by Penny | 28 Jun, 2013 | Comedy, Music, News, theatre, UK Activity
A Comedy of Errors in Albert Square Gardens I really should know better than to return to England during Wimbledon – two weeks famous for the spreading of tarpaulin covers over wet grass – or worse before Glastonbury weekend – even more famous for...
by Penny | 21 Dec, 2012 | Books, Cooking, News, Newsletter, Painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Social History, Tuscan gardens, UK Activity, Wine tasting, writer's retreat
Dog Days newsletter Dec 2012-2 Financial Crisis or not – life in Italy is certainly interesting and exciting! As I frequently tell people I meet, “If I wasn’t me – I would be terribly jealous of me!!” My life now consists of spending...
by Penny | 21 Nov, 2012 | Cooking, UK Activity, Wine tasting
First my thanks to Lisa Banchieri for coming back to London from Florence in December to give us more great cookery lessons! We have a lot of repeat visitors, some bringing their friends to this session but still room for a few more on both days As a Personal Chef...
