One of the fun things about doing this blog is going through my photos and having memories triggered as a result.

This photo was taken in front of Beatrix Potter’s house in the Lake District. I know I’ve written about her already but she really has captured my imagination. We were taken there by the British Tourism people, and quite frankly, I was thinking it was going to be kind of lame. Au contraire…

I discovered that Ms. Potter was one very happening woman who happened to be born into the wrong century -or maybe not. She certainly helped knock a little dust off all those Victorian stuffed shirts.

She pushed and drew and wrote her way out of all the boxes they tried to contain her in.

If you get a chance, watch Miss Potter with Rene Zellewegger. You’ll see what I mean…Ms. Potter was doing organic and sustainable farming and fending off development of the area around her farm, way before any of us had been born.