Snap. Snap. Focus. Snap. Yikes…toppling off-balance…snap. “Beautiful, yes?” Emmy jumped as a voice disturbed her floral photography session. She looked up from her decidedly inelegant position, crouched uneasily in the dirt, her handbag and camera case sprawled across the footpath. “Yes! Dahlias are one of my favourites, especially dark red ones” she smiled. “Almost finished […]
Author: mDesign
Cote, Regent’s Court
“Table for 7 on Saturday night, please” Emmy said to Cote’s maitre d’. She was unsure as to whether the maitre d’ recognised her – Emmy did come here rather often, after all – but either way she treated Emmy with her usual friendliness, politeness and efficiency. “Of course,” she said, “is this for any […]
Angelica’s, House of Fraser, The Parade
It was Christmas Eve in 2015. Emmy’s shopping was done; her presents were wrapped; her fresh mistletoe was purchased for the first Christmas of living with Vernon. It was time for a treat. Leamington was full of places that constituted a perfect venue to host a treat. But Emmy headed for a place she kept […]
Costa, The Parade
Within the realm of simple pleasures, one of Emmy’s favourites was a barista knowing her drink order before she spoke. She walked through the door of Costa on the Parade, armed with her laptop bag as usual, and as she reached the counter the server asked “ice or no ice today, madam?” This was in […]