Dress Of The Day with Angela

Insect Bites Problem  I was bitten twice by insects, once on each leg. I was not outdoors, but sitting at my desk. Anti insect spray, and insect repellent, had not protected me. Insect Bite Prevention The solution was to wear long trousers (Americans say pants). I looked in my pile of summer wear and found a pair of long, green, leg coverings. The Green Stretchy Trousers (Pants) The brand label was macKay. Made in New Zealand. I must have bought them second hand from an op shop on holiday in New Zealand. They were size 14. A bit tight.  Deep Cuffs The cuffs were turned up. I tried to turn down the cuffs. they were sewn up both sides. One of them had become detached on one side. I cut the other one to match. That way I could pull them down, diagonally, or up. For and Against Woman Wearing Trousers (Pants) For Wearing Trousers I used to wear trousers (long pants) when I was in my twenties. It saved the cost of buying tights (Americans say hose). Trousers saved the time wasted ta...

I love the colour of this tee-shirt. Royal blue. Also the humorous message. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.   At the Island Wines Summit in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, I saw several dormant and active volcanoes. I met a young man from, Italy, second generation of a vineyard family. He had the word ETNA tattooed on his wrist. I asked him, 'is it an active volcano?' ''Yes.' I gasped, 'Aren't you afraid of an active volcano?' He shook his head and smiled. 'No, I am not afraid of an active volcano. I'm more afraid of people.' His family winery is in my husband's book about island wines, Isle Drink, by Trevor Sharot. Which you can buy online from Amazon. His name is Andrea Foti, and the winery is I Vigneri. Website  www.ivigneri.it He is one of the up and coming new generation of winemakers. He was a panellist who spoke at the conference. He gave me a tee-shirt in lovely blue. The message is minus arrogante, Italian for arrogance, meani...

  My shoe soles melted in the heat. Black sticky mess on the floor. June in London 2026 has a heatwave, predicted to last long or get worse. With global warming, is this bad news for shoes? But is it the heat? Or their age? Or a combination, mean ing that elderly shoes, like elderly people, are more vulnerable to heat?  This problem is not unique to Padders, one of my favourite brands of good value shoes, but a general problem I had had with several brands. I have had the same from Marks & Spencer shoes.  Once, when my shoes disintegrated, and I tried to return them, or at least register a complain about the composition of the sole, the staff asked me how long ago I had bought the footwear.  Buying New Shoes I also had a pair of shoes disintegrate although I had never worn them. I didn't wear them because they were a size too small, my feet are different sizes so one shoe was too small, and my weight and ankles had increased. I kept them lovingly because they wer...

 Aino outfit worn by Josefine, to the wine summit in Tenerife, Canary Island, bought in Grootegast area of the Netherlands. Aino is a brand from Finland. Featuring colourful clothes. From a family firm. Useful Websites https://saharalondon.com/collections/aino https://www.deblaker-exclusief.nl/en/Aino-clothing

 Fatima wearing red outfit from Zara in Meridiano, in Tenerife.

  From Bodegas Monje on Tenerife in the Canary Islands in the Atlàntic, former stopping place for steam ships to re-load with coal on their from Spain to the Americas and back. Now it is a very popular tourist resort collection of islands. Tenerife has many five star hotels and wineries with redtaurants, shops, tours and entertainment.