Do you ever view the pages of a book, admiring its perfect photos, and dream about living in one of the places you are reading about and seeing? I have a book, The Most Beautiful Villages of England, that I love to look through and do just that. Dream. Imagine. Wish. Hope. I have resolved to never outgrow dreaming. I cannot imagine not imagining. I am crazy for English cottages and buildings. I am enamored with thatched roofs. I love the wood details mixed with stucco and rock. I love the informality of English gardens; the way the flowers appear to grow naturally. And, I loveee my English transferware! My dream of dream homes would be an old English Tudor styled cottage with a genuine thatched roof. I described this place in one of my poems, Writing Abode , which is also the name of my other blog...which I have not given as much time to as I would like to...which I am still imagining I will do. I hope. This book is filled with such places that I dream of and th