Mad on poodles

Photography © Hulton-Deutsch CollectionBarbara Hutton with her miniature poodle, 1947
Mrs Jones and I went fabric shopping in Shepherds Bush last week.  We took Betty, Fee's miniature poodle with us and bought her a present.  I was about to blog some pictures I'd taken when I spotted the above book Café Society on the side.   Barbara Hutton's poodle looks rather like Betty so next thing I went

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part thirty four

"Who gossips around here?"
Bette Davis(1908-1989)





"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about"
Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)




"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teethand sharpen my tongue"
Dorothy Parker(1893-1967)




"Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth;their measurements are being