Visiting Portland for the first time, coming from the land of drought to the land of green….Saturday farmer’s market was a delight!!!
alongside the green – many colorful options – and colorful people!!!
tomorrow…………………..
Category Archives: Travel
Homepieces signature neutrals
Are you getting a sense of the place???
Really quite small, filled with pieces having lived life alongside their owners, now waiting to bring new life to another space.
Focused, carefully curated, each piece an individual treasure.
Always such a joy to visit Miss Vicki – to see beauty through her eyes.
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I’ll be back in August for another family event in Crossroads!!!
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More inspiration from Homepieces
Delighting in the signature neutral palette so seamlessly woven throughout the shop, as well as the paint brush bouquets….
imagine my surprise when these artist’s palettes were produced from behind the counter!!
Homepieces: always a place to find inspiration!!!
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If cutting boards could talk…
Christmas at Crossroads, of course, included a visit to Miss Vicki at Homepieces in McKinney- always on the cutting edge of casual home design…her unerring eye captures the latest trend…cutting boards!
the tales these boards could tell…
perhaps of the aroma of freshly baked bread…
or of the succulent heaviness of aged fruitcake…
of the hands fashioning their design,
or of the journey bringing them to this particular place;
now looking for a new home and new tales to tell.
Filed under Food, Holidays, Inspiration, Interiors, Travel
Postcard from W Ranch…#3
‘So this is Christmas at Crossroads…..’
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Postcard from W Ranch…#2
Christmas at Crossroads 2015
the watcher and the dog…Curren and Maggie…guardians of sister and horse
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‘Backyard’ treasures…part 2
Although John Nava’s amazing tapestries lie 90 miles to the south in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, a full size test for the north wall 5 tapestry, along with small survey of John Nava’s work has been on display at the Santa Paula Art Museum.
The test tapestry from the Communion of Saints Tapestry Cycle measures 192 x 82 inches.
stunning, moving, captivating
Nava, a graduate of the UCSB College of Creative Studies, went on to earn an MFA in Florence, Italy.
Commissioned to do the tapestries, teaching himself to work in a new way, he paints his subject, then sends the image to be loomed in Belgium.
Although the exhibit ended on November 8th, Nava’s tapestry “Lizzie with Knit Cap” has been sent to a permanent home at the Museum of Art, Design & Architecture at UCSB.
Well worth a visit to see this extraordinary art!!!
Postcard from seat 10B
Air travel has its perks………..even after a mega-mechanical delay.
SBA/DEN – treated to an amazing conversation with seat 10A,
this being one of many hats she wears:
articulate, enthusiastic, knowledgeable………
Great to know there are those of such caliber active in our world!!!
‘Backyard’ treasures: part 1
‘Right in my own back yard’…a cliche, yes… but so true!
a day trip with a dear friend, mere miles from home
Thomas Aquinas College
on the grounds: Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel
a quiet, prayerful moment spent here…
Ojai Road, Santa Paula, California
Fresh produce + fresh seafood = summer in Seattle
Again from Pike Place Market – inspiration!!!!
have you tried garlic scapes???
A virtual visual feast!!!
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