Here is a dream of mine that someone else is living out – for now…! Gavin’s friend Jim, his wife and their deaf dog Sage bought a little weekend cottage retreat on Lummi Island. Lummi is one of the San Juan’s – a little under a 2 hour drive from Seattle and about a 8 [...] Read More

This post is about a very inspiring store called Rooms & Gardens on State Street in Santa Barbara, CA. Marc and I just spent his birthday weekend there at the wonderful Canary Hotel which is more or less right across the street from the hotel (how lucky for me and lucky for Marc that the [...] Read More

Can you imagine waking up to this view every morning? Not the treacherous sky, just Martha Stewart’s gorgeous New York farm Cantitoe! And to think, this is the place where she had to spend her 5 months of house arrest back in 2004 (the place is so large she actually was limited to certain parts [...] Read More

Everytime Marc and I go up to the Santa Ynez wine valley we discover something new and this time it was a really something special. While sitting in our favorite coffee shop I picked up the latest issue of Santa Barbara magazine and read a quick article about a party that happened at the Sarloos& [...] Read More

I think because I grew up on French Creek in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania I have an affinity for lakes, creeks, etc. and the nature that surrounds it. And simple things like croquet, horseshoes, picnics and BBQ’s. We had lots of picnics overlooking the French Creek and my grandmother “Nanny” grew and made many of the things [...] Read More

These days I don’t usually have the extra money to go out and buy flowers much as I’d LOVE to! That of course doesn’t stop me from figuring how to create something beautiful – like these wild Fennel fronds that grow along the road where I live. They look wild and beautiful and smell amazing! [...] Read More

I would not mind if the back of my house looked like this! But actually, wouldn’t you know, this little cottage is on the grounds of a “castle” located in Kiesen, Switzerland. I just love how Marc’s mother Marianne, quite the accomplished photographer herself, will pack a bag, throw her camera into the car and [...] Read More