Here’s to warm fires, good friends, the perfect tree, stockings, and of course lots of cheer. Wishing you a very very Merry Christmas – Buon Natale!
Coasters
You probably caught a little glimpse of the Laura Fair coasters I used for our intimate Thanksgiving lunch. I should really say that it was not just lunch…but an all day grazing, that seems to be the norm for everyone, right? Introducing the Casablanca Collection by Laura Fair for Cypress Home including bright graphic drink …
Ottobre
This Ottobre, October, has been an unusual one filled with humid Indian summer days and long red-tinged dusks. Nature is a little behind this year. The crocus are still hanging on, the bees are still busy, and the spiders are in overdrive building web after web. Instead of normally being obsessed with olive picking, the …
Finding Pattern
As I mentioned here and here, it really is the simplest of things that bring the most joy. Stepping out of the door the other morning, this beautiful work of art struck me. I can just imagine the time, effort and thought that went into such a creation… pattern and inspiration bloom in every corner.
Comincia l’autunno
A vendemmia full of promise and sunshine and laughter and gossip culminating in pasta and roasted meats and cups and cups of wine. Days viewed through low lying clouds and smoky horizons. Walks at dusk through the olives in rubber boots with dogs and cat and family. And Autumn begins again…
Adriatic bliss
Every once in a while, you just need to roll down the windows and head for the beach…