Greetings friends, I’ve been away for a little while. I’ve been working long hours at my law firm and took some time to visit our home in Florida for a week during the fourth of July, we made some nice memories with our family sitting around talking and watching fireworks on Siesta Key Beach. A…
Happy Valentine’s Day all! The sun just popped out after a week of storms and it’s a beautiful day. It’s still so cold, and on winter days I like to work from home sipping my coffee by morning light as I work on my laptop. There’s a a lot of chatter online romanticizing one’s life,…
Hello all and Happy February to you. I’m at home today watching the Superbowl and catching up on some little projects around the house. Now that the nest is empty, it’s quiet and clean but still has those cozy touches and that feeling of comfort. I’ve been lighting a favorite candle in the evening and…
Hello friends, happy weekend to you. It’s been a few weeks…. what a somber start to the year reading about all the fires near LA, we have friends and family down there and the stories are tragic. We had our own catastrophic wildfires in Northern California back in 2017 and now watching these recent fires…
November greetings friends. Daylight savings is upon us. I have mixed feelings about it every year, while I like the light streaming through the windows a little earlier in the day, the five o’clock darkness is gloomy. However I’ve decided to shift my mindset about it, after all, it’s not something I can change. Therefore…
Perhaps you noticed in the most recent Fixer Upper reveal of the Lakehouse that Joanna chose a group of birds not once but twice to add interest to the walls of the living room and bathroom. A carved wood flock of three appears in the main living room and a brass trio hangs above the…
Oh how lovely you are September! I’ve been taking long walks in the soft sun each day and continuing my ceramics practice. I’m learning more advanced techniques, it feels good to understand the nature and stages of clay and to create with my hands what I see in my mind. This week I’m focused on…
I’m inspired by my travels to Italy where hand painted ceramics are part of the aesthetic in this region of the world. I stumbled upon a collection of hand painted ceramic sinks that caught my eye. It’s been my experience that basin sinks are less practical for daily use in primary bathrooms (I prefer undermount…
I ran out of time to photograph my completed home office space, I’m on a plane headed back to Florida for the summer so it will have to wait until August. I’m really pleased with how organized it is, I’ll share some iphone pics this week on Instagram as a sneak peek. I’m staying in…
My sister in law and my niece arrive today, we will spend a few days enjoying Florida before I fly back home to California. It’s graduation weekend and I’m excited to celebrate, my youngest is graduating high school so a chapter is ending and soon the nest will be empty and a new chapter will…
Once we rented a cottage home in Kauai for a family vacation and it had the most marvelous bamboo walled outdoor shower and was filled with orchids. I remember that we never used the indoor shower during our stay because it was so enchanting showering outdoors in that mini magical space. Most of us at…
I landed here in Florida on Tuesday and have been enjoying the soft sun and laid back lifestyle of the area, getting a lot of rest and doing some daydreaming. Time alone in solitude recharges and inspires me. Earlier this year I decided to (mostly) give up alcohol, because of how it was making me…
What a crazy cool week I had. I spent it prepping my local shop for the last artisan market in my community building and it was a great success. I had such amazing feedback from new and repeat customers in light of my lease ending and my closing the local shop. As I shared in…
I’m watching the Oscars as I type up this post, the only movie I’ve seen is Oppenheimer so I’m rooting for the boys nominated in that film, their performances were so good. This week I’m focused on packing up my local shop, separating what’s left into things I’m keeping and things I’m letting go. I’ll…