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Summer Floral Madness
It has been a long time since I have experienced a genuine judged flower show. This one in Annapolis Royal was put on by the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens members, with a lovely tea provided for the visitors. I loved the ribbons delicately dividing each category, and all the beautiful prize ribbons.
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Baby Robins have arrived!
It is a funny feeling knowing that a mother Robin has entrusted you with her unhatched eggs! She has built a nest right up against my back door, and proceeds to lay her eggs, one at a time, up to four. Hatching takes up to a day…per egg. Once born, they need a lot of food. It’s a full time job for the parents to protect the nest, find food, and feed the babies. I felt so responsible as they…
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Twenty One Dresses !
A number of years ago, a young painting conservator entered a forgotten storeroom in a fifteenth-century Florentine villa and stumbled on a pile of Louis Vuitton steamer trunks. She opened them and discovered a collection of exquisite dresses, the kind usually seen only in movies, or inside… (Continue reading at New Yorker magazine) SO EXCITING!….just got my newest New Yorker & had to share this with you! Imagine coming across all those steamer trunks and finding these treasures, so sad…
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French Nordic
The idea of the absence of colour in my surroundings is a fairly new urge. Until recently, I have embraced colour in the home the way a woman in NYC embraces Black. Recently though, it has become obvious that natural organic elements look best surrounded by a neutral palette. I have discovered about 50 shades of white and have dismissed the grey all together. The textures of leather, sisal, wood, plaster, fur, burlap, linen, and lace, all come forward and…
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Bonne Année!
I have high hopes for 2015! New Beginnings for the home often begin in January, windows are the eyes, and need refreshing. Sheer fabrics such as lace are no longer banished to hiding behind heavier curtains, but have a starring role these days. So much simpler, and fresh, allowing the natural light to show through. Try putting your heavier curtains away and allowing this soft simple effect to change the appearance of your windows!
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Every Home Needs an Angel Watching Over Them….
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Poetry in Motion
If you are in NYC over the next couple of months, be sure to stop in to the Met., and view the current costume exhibit on Charles James……Divine!
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Paris in April…….
Who could resist a holiday in France surrounded by all the objects that the French do so well! So many timeworn treasures, so many beautiful words: faience, bergere, fauteille, canape, trumeau, etc.
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Finishing Touches
The French have such a way with trims! If you look at all the names they have for trimming, you realize how important this finishing touch is! soutache…passementerie…bobbles… pompoms…bullion fringe…ombre ribbons Tassels, I could go on & on with delectable names…. I found an old lamp with torn shade at a flea market last summer, and the hunt for trim began! Here is the result… This created a minor frenzy as I realized that there were many uses for left…
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The Fabric of Romance…Highland Lace !
Happy Valentines Day The featured image shows our new group of Coeurs D’Amour, in Dove Grey, Cream, or Tea Linen, embellished with Lace & Pearls Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! : — Emily Dickenson
