coeur

they say

it's the thought that counts;

and i'll tell you, friends, this

time it's true. thank you, dear

tim. how much fun was this?

mary randolph carter's new book is out.

& it is just as good as mrs. b says it is.

yep

palette

set

created for

holidays on a high note

design: victoria thorne

via dear kissssing

dove

factory 20

(if you want it, here it is)

factory 20 via design milk

one more reason to go to new zealand

anderson and paul antiques

& say thank you

after someone gives you that boost,

here is where you can sit and look

into their sweet face & say thank you

(behind you, of course, will be

the wall of ladders you just installed)

chairs, ladders: here

boost

here

i think a wall of old ladders

would be just the thing for today.

something to remind you that

every once in a while someone gave you

a boost up. and it made life that much better.

(thanks, someone.)

dear wondrous booktryst

julie blackmon via 16 house

A quick look back (there

there might be more later,

this is it for now): here's how

Sunday/Monday was spent.

Would like to send out sincere

thanks to the brilliantly elegant

Claudia Schwartz of Bell'occhio

for knowing the perfect table

covering (hemp; magnificent)

& sharing it for the event. Another

note of gratitude to very talented

Mercedes McAndrew for coming

by with her marvelous camera

(which will surely supply better

photos than mine) and great eye.

Many thanks to the Foothill

Auxiliary to Peninsula

Family Service for hosting

Holidays on a High Note

and helping transform lives.

at stopping off place

found via topsy design

sometimes i wonder if movies might

be the best medicine. did you ever

ever just think: i need to watch this

movie, stat. like it was going to save

you or something. and the thing is,

i think, maybe sometimes it does.

babette's feast.

stat.

here

bell'occhio

i do not think there is a better

store in the entire universe

from now on

"'But from now on I'm going to have a very good reason before I make up my mind about anything. You can lose too much time jumping to Conclusions.'

The car was just where they'd left it, and in a moment they were on their way again as the road turned away from the sea and began its long climb into the mountains."

the phantom tollbooth

norton juster

Couture Interiors Ivan Terestchenko

a future show

"The portfolio itself makes a handsome book,

each plate is beautifully printed one by one on thick

off-white paper wrapped in a homemade binding."

san francisco first please,

mr. terestchenko?

lartique

frank

the immortal dr. desoto

for s, who made me think of him, here

(& for the fam, because we all do love him so)

image via

as one

peter henry emerson

jan mankes

heinrich kuhn

bonito

eleven vintage

marithé and françois girbaud

proof

that beth nelson is magic

always an adventure

under

construction

bonito fabrica

(these would be so perfect

for a project i am working on)

dear bonito,

i wish you were

down the street

kindergarten instructions

use a green crayon to draw water.

or use blue.

either way, it works.

use silver, if the water is silver.

use the color you need.

don't let anyone talk you out of this.

you know what you see.

always welcome good advice.

& somehow-calm green walls.

(it's funny what you realize you love in the long run.)

surprising, sometimes. sometimes not.