Thanks are due to the many good friends, including my Scottish island friends, who have motivated me to create Garve and Flowerfield. I’m indebted to Oenone Grant for a great many fascinating conversations about art and antiques and to Alison Bell for all our ‘Dobbies days’ that have kept me on track and inspired. I don’t think I could have done it without you. Thanks must also go to Gary Skilling for information about inheritance and taxation, to all at Thomas R Callan, the friendly saleroom in which I learned so much about antiques and collectables over many years. Huge thanks to my best ever editor, Ali Moore, to Sara Hunt, Robbie Guillory and all at Saraband, and to Joe de Pass for the perfect and perfectly beautiful map of Garve. Finally, love as always to my artist husband Alan Lees, who first painted the island for me to my somewhat demanding specification, and to our son Charles. I couldn’t have done it without you either.