Monthly Archives: May 2014

My French Life

Today I’m channeling my life as a Provencal woman. Passing by the open-air tents, I can’t help but lose myself in the beauty of nature’s bounty – a visual feast. As I select my roasted chicken, my lettuces, my cheese and bread, I am instantly transported to a cold day …

Live Your Best Life

I’ve been lucky enough in this lifetime to have been given a charm bracelet;  well,  actually two charm bracelets. The first was a gift given to me by my husband on the occasions of our first wedding anniversary. So romantic.  It was a single gold link bracelet with one sentimental …

Singing In The Rain

I found this great acrylic umbrella stand on one of my treasure hunts and thus began the start of my collection of umbrellas. I have specific requirements for each acquisition and they are in the following order:
#1 great handle
#2 interesting pattern
#3 Colors that compliment …

Milk and Sugar?

A friend dropped by this morning to join me for coffee. It’s a simple gesture, but one that I think has gone by the wayside in recent years. So often now we say, “… meet for a coffee at Starbucks? Or even   “…the little French place around the corner”.  Whatever …

Thomas Jefferson…
The Profound

…”That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum of our soul and the archive of our existence.”  Oh, so true. My own nest envelops me in beauty and graceful abandon. It’s where I can rest my mind and spirit only to let my imagination soar.