Since I am in garden design mode, I have gone back to some of the inspirational garden posts that I penned when I first started blogging. This was one of my favorites but nearly all of the pictures disappeared. I thought for those of you that love gardens it deserved a rewrite. When we first built our last home over 25 years ago I had absolutely no gardening experience. Our home was to be built on ten acres and the building site itself literally did not have a tree on it. I came from a family ...
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Gardenista, Fresh Salads, a beautiful Design Portfolio
Hi everyone. Welcome to our Sunday Favorites. Each Sunday, Annie, Mary Ann, and I try to bring you all things fun that we discovered the week before. Let's take a look at Gardenista, Fresh Salads, a Beautiful Design Portfolio FATHER'S DAY SALADS I posted these two salads in stories and people went crazy asking for the recipes, justifiably so. I made Cher Castellano's White Bean Salad Lauren made this octopus and fingerling potato salad from T & TThese are two of the best salads I ...
Ageless Style-The Contessa
To celebrate four years (in April) of bringing you Ageless Style, Elizabeth and I thought it would be fun to interview each other. We began the series barely knowing each other and became fast friends. In our first post we interviewed each other but much has changed in four years. We have experimented and evolved. Let's see what Elizabeth has to say now. You can read my original interview with Elizabeth here. Let's take a look at Ageless Style-The Contessa Tell us a little ...
The Best Bronzers for Mature Skin
Happy Tuesday. It has been a while since we discussed skincare or makeup. I have currently been on the hunt for a new bronzer so I thought we would talk about the best bronzers for mature skin. Let me preface this by saying I am not an authority on anyhing involving skincare or makeup. I defer to the experts and those that know far more than I. I must say there were not very many articles on bronzers targeted to mature women. Is it because we women of a certain age think we can no longer ...
My Dining Room, TV storage hack and more
Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful dads out there. I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families today. i am joining Mary Ann, and Annie and we are sharing our Sunday favorites, including my dining room, tv storage hack and more. HEATHER BULLARD’S INGENIOUS HACK FOR HIDING THE GIANT TV Do you follow Heather Bullard? She is so creative and always has such wonderful ideas on her blog and Instagram. One of her recent posts really hit home. Steve recently purchased a gargantuan tv ...
Consoles with Character
I love a beautifully styled console. .It can be a statement piece that sets the tone in an entry. It might even reveal a little bit about the personality of the owner. It is a great place to display collections of things. In this post Consoles with Character, I am featuring some of my own designs and some of my favorites. I originally wrote this post back in 2012. It is still making its rounds around social media, missing photos and all. I decided to rewrite it with some of today’s ...
Fifteen Last Minute Father’s Day Gifts
Hi Everyone. I am really behind the eight-ball on this one. I had a design post prepared for today, but several of my long-time readers emailed me and reminded me I never did my father's day picks. So, if you are organized and already have that under control you can ignore this post. If you are more like me, you will appreciate my 15 last-minute Father's Day gifts. Let's talk Apparel. Steve got snubbed on his birthday (at least by me), because we were right in the thick of ...
Farmer’s Market Salad, A Tropical Airbnb
Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday! We have been busy trying to get our front courtyard garden planted, but today we are going to take a break and head to Big Sur (yesterday was beautiful today is foggy!). I will report more about that on Instagram, but today I am joining Mary Ann and Annie for our Sunday five favorites. I am featuring a Farmer's Market Salad, A Tropical Airbnb and much more! HALF BAKED HARVEST PANZANELLA CAPRESE SALAD This Panzanella Caprese salad from half-baked harvest ticked off ...
Resort Wear for Women Over 50
Hi everyone. I am so happy to be joining my friends Sarah from Sarah London Style, and Kim from Northern California Style for our monthly Signature Style Series. Today we are talking about Resort Wear for Women Over 50. I have not been on a beach vacation in several years but we are going to Hawaii in September. You will not catch me modeling a swimsuit, use your imagination on that one. I know we should be proud of our bodies at this age and all but, as I explained in my interview with ...
