Here is the loft I finished
painting a while back. Everyone
who walked into this space wanted to move in. I called this loft the House of Doors. There are five doors exiting the bottom
of the loft and no inner doors at all, except one going to the bathroom. All the doors lead to the huge garden
and courtyard area. To me this is a Bohemian Loft because of the mix of elements in the design and also because I know the people who own it will fill it with books, art, wine and unmade beds. The Bohemian life we all want.
Oak Tree Galls a Creative Display
The Simple Life
I’ve finished the loft I was painting a while back. I call it the Californian Bohemian Loft. I plan to show you it in the next post. Today some strange and splendid inspiration, Oak Tree Galls and garden flowers.
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Ukrainian Egg Dying
Around this family compound
there is lots of Ukrainian Egg Dying going on. Since this is the wine country, I can also say that friends
bring over bottles of precious wine and then sit down and let their creativity
go. It is interesting how good
people are at it. Everyone wants
to dye eggs!
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cool idea,
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Just To Make You Smile
2nd of Spring Vernal Equinox
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simple life
Springtime and The Nashberry Cocktail
The Simple Life
Oh do I have a special treat for you. It is COCKTAIL TIME, now here in
California (and the U.S.) we have change our clocks forward to save daylight
time.
Spring forward
Fall back
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March Already
I’ve lost my grip on The Simple Life. I don’t have my calm. It’s funny because I changed the heading
on this blog to The Simple Life in California but it isn’t true at all at this
point. We moved into a tiny little
cottage but honestly it is a mess most of the time and not simple. I don’t make bread anymore either. I’ll tell you there is a lot that goes
on and down when one moves across the world even if it is to a world that you
think you know. I don’t know this
life in Cali, I’m learning it all over again.
Crazy for Camellias
I go crazy for Camellias they bring vivid color to any environment in the winter, in Umbria and where we live now in the Wine Country of California they are abundant. To me they always seemed like a Valentines flower because of all the varying shades of pink, red and white.
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Two Houses I Love
If you read this blog a tiny bit, you know that I love houses, tiny houses, rambling big houses, colored houses. As I wander through my days I fall in love with so many houses.
Today I have for you a couple of houses that I LOVE.
One is a playhouse covered in brambles and winter leafless wonder.
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Credenza and Table
Today as promised I’m going to
show you the last job I did in Italy.
The last job before I left.
There will still be other jobs in Italy in the future, “Salve Italia”.
I hope this will be
inspiring. As you know I love grey,
this was a taupe-grey. Here I did the
credenza a shade lighter than the table.
Distressed both the pieces.
Then on the table I sanded the edges irregularly and added bronze.
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faux finishes,
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A New Year 2015
I can hear the train whistling
in the distance.
I’m drinking a Ruby Red Grapefruit Margarita
Why because I’m in Cali not
Italy, it is still so shocking.
It was 68 degrees today- unprecedented!
The sky was deep blue, now it is
black.
At night I look up in the sky
and there are so many stars I know I’m home and this is my big sky.
I’m sorry I disappeared for a
bit there I took an unannounced hiatus.
I did just move across the world. There may be more hiatuses to come.
I’m back now and I want to wish
you
Happy New Year.
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