After weeks of dry heat the rain came, a doe and her baby kept me company, the zucchini pile is calling and this week has a Federal estate in South Carolina, an English cottage garden and Thyme in the Cotswolds After weeks of dry hot weather, we finally have rain. Everything in the circle and…
She sat in the pine straw for over an hour, then walked over to my container, helped herself and left without an apology. This week has Tuscany, London, Connecticut and a man in London full of wisdom As I passed from the bedroom to the kitchen yesterday to make my drinking chocolate, I glanced out…
One minute it was Memorial Day and the next it is almost back to school, two films worth watching, Victorian London done right and a woman who builds Scotland from cardboard. Summer seems to be flying by. One minute it was Memorial Day and the unofficial start to summer, and the next it is almost…
A parade, a beach club, a sister’s barbecue, fireworks that take me straight back to childhood, and a full week of beautiful things to share Happy 4th of July, friends. America turns 250 today, and I think that is worth pausing over for a moment before we get to the fun parts. The first colonists…
My mom is here, the wrens have four blue eggs, my nephew is graduating this morning and I found a potter in Hawaii who made me rethink everything I believe about ambition I am smiling from ear to ear, first because I have my mom here. No matter how old you are you are never…
A week in NOLA with old friends, a circle update, three beautiful homes and a Suffolk garden that slept for forty years New Orleans, we loved you. And I am so happy to be home. We spent the week in NOLA on our annual trip with six of Bill’s grade school and high school friends,…
Life is what happens while you are busy fortifying the circle, Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds, two Australians worth knowing and a new film from Cedric Klapisch You know the old saying. Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. Note: The photo above is not my circle, it is inspiration. I…
A four-day weekend, the trees are down and what they found inside the big one, the landscaping starts Tuesday, and a full week of beautiful things to share I love a four-day weekend. Before we get to the good things, though, a small reminder: Memorial Day is just that, a day to remember. All of…
A week full of music, family and the particular joy of watching people live their best life This week was one of those weeks that fills you up. I started the week with two things on the calendar and somehow by Friday I had been to a concert, a dinner, a phone call with a…
I was tired until the first note, the Met Gala gave me thoughts, and Cornwall’s most southerly point is going on the list immediately I told you yesterday I was tired. I was lethargic all day, moving through Friday at about half speed. And then we walked into the chapel and the first notes of…
A chilly rainy weekend, a driveway circle in transition, and some wonderful things to watch and follow It is 48 degrees this morning and it is going to rain. Again. Yippee — we need it, so I will not complain. I am sitting with my drinking chocolate, listening to it drizzle, and thinking this is…
Three films, Monty Don, and Kristy Woodson Harvey’s new novel It has been one of those weeks. Pisa had an ear infection — which meant two vet visits, ear drops twice a day, and the outrage of a dachshund who could not hear and was sick of the vet and me. Then Paris and Patches…
