Happy New Year

It's a new year, and where better to blow out last year's cobwebs and look towards an exciting future than a vibrant town, on a wind-swept beach, along the North Kent Coast.

Margate has seen a huge transformation in the last five or so years, from slot machine and roller coaster heaven, to the capital of the Kent arts scene.  It is also home to the world's best pub, The Lifeboat, as well as the world's best gallery, the Turner Contemporary

(Facts.  Uninflated and unbiased.)

The Sunley Gallery at the Turner Contemporary is currently home to Edmund de Waal's mesmerising 'Atmosphere'; a collection of ceramic vessels suspended in front of a consistently shifting North Sea view.

I'm sure I'll never meet a florist who does not have a weak spot for ceramics; the personality of a vase cannot help but dictate the shape and form of a floral arrangement.  And no more so than for this florist, whose grandmother was a potter and whose pieces are used, loved and cherished daily.  It's an ancient art from, which thankfully endures through those who make it contemporary and relevant.

With a nod to the past, we all move forward.  

Happy New Year. 

It's going to be a good one.