an artist, a designer and a lover of color and pattern
Tanti auguri a me…happy birthday to me! 40…quaranta…a really big number. Thank goodness my birthday month started with drowning my sorrows in a big old Bloody Mary complete with all the fixin’s and a Brunch of Eggs Benedict whipped up from scratch. Not to mention a whole gang of lovely old friends that joined me…from …
A walk in a sunflower field with girasoli bigger than my head; an international gathering of friends for a wine tasting…rose’, syrah, sangiovese, merlot, cabernet; a sunset drive across the valley with fresh breezes in my hair; an extravagant festival dinner celebrating the frog…yes, I ate them again this year; playing a game simply to …
We stole away…for a very short trip to the seaside…al mare. It was everything I wanted in a little place that has not changed since the 1940’s. A little place that had its heyday in the 1920’s. Imagine cabana boys and cocktails and colorful umbrellas and bikinis and long lazy afternoons on the terrace and …
As I promised…here is a glimpse of those fields a fire in which I spoke earlier. Ohhh those papaveri, poppies, beauteous aren’t they?
Hard to believe that we have reached my beloved Maggio…the month of May. The skies are stunning and the ground is a fire with poppies and wild orchids (photos to come, I swear). I took a little time this morning to gather myself and look back through my hundreds of photos, sometimes the only way …
I am absolutely elated to finally reveal the entire collection of Laura Fair bedding for Girls and Boys with Rizzy Home. I did a little sneak peek on the facebook page, but finally here they all are together: Big Al already has “Surf’s Up” (above) on order…cannot wait to see it in his little room. …