Cheers to the New Year….. 2013

Cheers to the New Year….. 2013

With Christmas now behind us once again, we look forward to the New Year that will begin so very soon.  Time…..how does it manage to slip by so very quickly, it feels as though 2012 should be with us for a couple of more months and yet there are only two days...
November Rain…..

November Rain…..

November on the west coast is usually when we need to pull out our boots & umbrellas and start using them as we venture outdoors. I find that during the first rains in October we seem to hunker in the house, bemoaning the loss of our Indian Summer but by November...
Visual pleasures of Fall…..

Visual pleasures of Fall…..

As much as we are not so happy about the weather patterns beginning to change in the Fall, there is so much goodness to this season! Even with our Canadian Thanksgiving behind us, we still have the desire to have our homes & gardens embellished with Fall...
Succulent Wreaths…..

Succulent Wreaths…..

Succulent wreaths have become very popular, I seem to see them everywhere ~ and each time I do, I am absolutely smitten! The one in the photo below was in a sweet little garden / florist shop in Carmel ~ it had me so inspired to get home to make one! I so wish we...