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I have a passion for flowers.  I love them in the garden, I love them in public places, I love them in arrangements, I love them in vast quantities anywhere at all.  Finding them gracious, harmonious and uplifting, I am truly nutured by having fresh flowers in my house at all times.  If anything could…

In Ireland, March 23 is National Daffodil Day.  I was in Ireland in March six years ago on Irish National Daffodil Day, and was entranced by the sight of so many daffodils everywhere.  Is there anything that says "Spring!" as well as those particular flowers?  As we headed off on our day’s tourist adventures, we…

(iStockphoto) Well, it has been touch and go this past week as to whether or not we would be able to go on our planned vacation to Spain (family member health problems), but it appears that at last, I am off to Spain for two weeks!  Spain, the land of matadors, tapas, paella, and paradors. …

In general, I am opposed to having electronic devices in my bedroom, due to the bad feng shui factor.  There being a limit to the number of rooms in my home available for my singular use, I have had to make an exception to that standard.  Here you see this sunny little corner of my…

Oh, Kim, at Daisy Cottage, look what you have started!  I saw the darling blue bird book on your blog last week, and have been thinking of nothing else but vintage children’s books ever since.  My son took me to the Old Monterey Book Shop this weekend, and see what I found!  A 1904 edition…

I am changing my mind about thrift stores.  Thanks to a couple of my favorite blogs (Daisy Cottage & Romantic Home), I have been tempted to set foot into my local second hand stores, with very happy outcomes.  In the past, I would walk past these places, thinking disdainfully that the real estate would be…

I spent the day puttering around the house, going to the plant nursery and bringing out my spring quilts.  There is a fresh lovely scent in the air that promises Spring is really on its way.  Every February I am thankful that I live in California, when the plum trees blossom, the daffodils start coming…