July 1st 1914
Our trunks were finished packing last evening ready for an early start this morning. Phyllis, as a sort of compensation for her long illness is to go with us, and we hope the journey will be an immense benefit to her....
So begins the diary of Marion Seward, my great grandmother, who travelled the world in 1914, kept a diary and a sketchbook of exquisite watercolours, no more than 2 by 3 inches in size.
Recently my mother typed up the diary and explored the possibility of publication, but a book of colour reproductions is costly.
However, they would make a briliant weblog, appearing on line daily...
