I prefer romantic gardens. I never considered thorny, prickly plants as romantic… that is until we bought a house, in Southern California, with a large happy cactus in the backyard.
Window of Bensimon Concept Store in Paris
I prefer romantic gardens. I never considered thorny, prickly plants as romantic… that is until we bought a house, in Southern California, with a large happy cactus in the backyard.
Window of Bensimon Concept Store in Paris
After spending Easter with my sister and childhood besties, I was reminded of the picture above. Continue reading
My childhood friend Nancy’s family has a tradition of celebrating Easter one day early. This year we joined them. I am amazed at how the family of 5, that I grew up being an extended part of, has grown to an Easter dinner group of 18 family members, including significant others!
Over half of the people sitting at the dinner table were young adults who have created some of their own traditions.
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At the end of last summer, my sister Sarah and I went to a shabby chic style flea market at the fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington. The volcano evacuation signs
along my drive there were enough to give me pause, but I’m glad I didn’t let them deter me because we had a great time looking for treasures, talking about our blogging plans (her blog is called SheHoldsDearly.Com) and catching up on life. Continue reading
I was recently leaving Nordstrom downtown Seattle when I saw this man with this sign. Continue reading
This is Karma, one of my favorite furry friends and family members. I suppose it would be true to say that she is my sister in law and Jon’s sister.
Karma being sassy
I wrote in my Paris We Love You post that one of the things I love about France is its dedication to excellence.
Wisteria and roses climb a courtyard’s tile capped natural stone wall
These photos were taken in the quaint little town of Giverny, made famous by French impressionist painter Claude Monet. What I find to be excellent about French landscape is the lack of pretension and ostentatiousness. It is an artistic, creative, thoughtful, patiently produced, curated feast for the eyes. Continue reading
The other day, my husband and I were in the middle of a big, exhausting project. We were so hungry we were (he was😏) getting feisty. I had to think fast to save the day.
Puerco en Salsa Verde ~ Pork shoulder in tomatillo sauce, with pinto beans, and perfectly seasoned grilled potatoes
Ten years ago, I took a trip to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with my parents.
We dined in historic restaurants, shopped flea markets, toured the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil house, went antiquing and drove through beautiful old neighborhoods where gracious wrap around porch ceilings were painted sky blue.
The ceilings in three of our homes were painted Glacier Blue by Benjamin Moore.
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