Happy Nowrooz
Happy Nowrooz
Nowrooz Moborak to all our Persian friends.
"Happy what?"
I hear you say.
Persian New Year.
4.15pm on the 20th March.
More on these links
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/19/17138516/persian-new-year-nowruz-explained
http://www.persiansarenotarabs.com/persian-new-year/
"I'm going on holiday."
"How lovely! You deserve a break. Where are you going? "
" Iran."
Without fail the person blanches.
Goes silent.
"Oh dear. Will you be safe?"
"Why on earth are you going there?"
We go for many reasons.
Mostly Nass, my husband's, family, are there.
But also, we want to see more of this beautiful country and meet it's warm, welcoming people.
Nigel Slater recently did a food programme from Iran.
Listen to what he has to say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/07/nigel-slater-middle-east
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b09s3ys6
Nass came to the UK to a boarding school in the 70's.
He was 11 years old.
Due to the uprising and subsequent changes in Iran's regime
then the war with Iraq he was stranded here.
Here's the full story
https://arundelgal.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/from-yazd-tehran-to-new-york-via-sussex.html
Nass didn't see his family again until he was 30.
Brothers were born.
Family married and had children of their own.
The small village in the desert on the outskirts of Yazd grew large.
And his mother wept every day for the eldest son she thought she would never see again.
Last year we were guests at the most stunning wedding in Yazd.
We also managed to do a fabulous road trip.
https://arundelgal.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/welcome-to-what-could-be-friendliest.html
Here's a very small glimpse..............
So what are we up to at the moment?
We had a good write up in Reclaim magazine last month.
Every little helps as our warehouse is slightly off-piste.
I paint/gild then decoupage
and this is how they start out......
finding new walks to go with our puppy, Elsa.
Heres one of our favourite places
The Bluebird Cafe
http://arundelgal.blogspot.com/2018/02/sunday-morning-down-by-bluebird-cafe.html
"Where are we off to today?"
Without fail the person blanches.
Goes silent.
"Oh dear. Will you be safe?"
"Why on earth are you going there?"
We go for many reasons.
Mostly Nass, my husband's, family, are there.
But also, we want to see more of this beautiful country and meet it's warm, welcoming people.
Nigel Slater recently did a food programme from Iran.
Listen to what he has to say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/07/nigel-slater-middle-east
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b09s3ys6
Nass came to the UK to a boarding school in the 70's.
He was 11 years old.
Due to the uprising and subsequent changes in Iran's regime
then the war with Iraq he was stranded here.
Here's the full story
https://arundelgal.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/from-yazd-tehran-to-new-york-via-sussex.html
Nass didn't see his family again until he was 30.
Brothers were born.
Family married and had children of their own.
The small village in the desert on the outskirts of Yazd grew large.
And his mother wept every day for the eldest son she thought she would never see again.
Last year we were guests at the most stunning wedding in Yazd.
We also managed to do a fabulous road trip.
https://arundelgal.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/welcome-to-what-could-be-friendliest.html
Here's a very small glimpse..............
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| meet the family....well just a few of a very large clan If you are interested to see for yourself there are several companies that run tours and will sort out visas etc. https://surfiran.com |
So what are we up to at the moment?
We had a good write up in Reclaim magazine last month.
Every little helps as our warehouse is slightly off-piste.
Where are we?
Who are we?
We have some rather beautiful new stock.
Both English and French
and a smattering of Italian
all our latest pieces can be found on
I am busy working on gilt bowls and Victorian bamboo at the moment.
I paint/gild then decoupage
and this is how they start out......
worth all the hours of work
finding new walks to go with our puppy, Elsa.
Heres one of our favourite places
The Bluebird Cafe
http://arundelgal.blogspot.com/2018/02/sunday-morning-down-by-bluebird-cafe.html
"Where are we off to today?"
Hope you have a great day
