Love Notes

Aug 27, 2022 • #alice #dress #dresses #summer

Wonderland 8/8/22

"The secret,
Alice, is to surround
yourself with people
who make your
heart smile.
It's then
that you'll find
Wonderland."

The Mad Hatter, Lewis Carroll

Aug 04, 2022 • #beach #ice cream #summer

Vacay 8/1/22

Remember the Belinda Carlisle song:

Vacation all I ever wanted
Vacation had to get away

I've had a bit of a girl crush on Belinda since her 1980s days in the Go Gos. Read more

Jul 18, 2022 • #cosmos #recipe #summer

Sunshine Daydream 7/18/22

This week's note is light and airy and full of summer fun. Just like Jerry Garcia sang:
Sunshine daydream
Walking in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes ...

Jul 14, 2022 • #fish

"Men go fishing all their lives without realizing it's not the fish they are after". Henry David Thoreau

I like that. It gives me a new pebble of wisdom to turn over and examine in the quiet recesses of my mind. What did Thoreau mean? What is it that we are all really after, after all? Read more

Jul 05, 2022 • #ceramics #gardens

7/4/22 Garden of Earthly Delights

My mother was a gardener, as was her mother. In my late twenties, my favorite garden-related activity was to read books where other people wrote about working in their gardens. It all started with Dee Hardie's column for House Beautiful, "A View from Thornhill Farm". Each month, I'd find a quiet moment to savor the new issue's colorfully inspiring interiors, saving Dee's column to devour last - just like a favorite chocolate in a sampler box. Read more

Love Notes

Wonderland 8/8/22

Vacay 8/1/22

Sunshine Daydream 7/18/22

Go Fish 7/11/22

7/4/22 Garden of Earthly Delights