Over the next few weeks I'll be joining Mary Ann of Classic . Casual . Home and Cindy of Rough Luxe Lifestyle and a group of bloggers with our tips on how to create a gallery wall. I have always admired the look of gallery or collage walls, but it wasn't until my current home that I actually created one. I've been collecting images on my Pinterest board, Beautiful Walls and Art for a couple ...
Small Flower arrangments
Today is Good Neighbor Day. I have no idea how I know this stuff, but I happened to see it a few months ago and put it on my calendar. Mainly because I have the best neighbors and I wanted to let them know. I purchased a fall mixed bunch of flowers (my favorites....dahlias and zinnias) from the local farmer's market and one bunch of roses from Costco. I added a few things from the garden ...
We found the perfect resort in the hills of Tuscany
We found the perfect resort in the hills of Tuscany. I decided that I needed to do one more post on Italy because the place where we stayed deserves its own post. It was pretty amazing! How we found Borgo Scopeto Relais in the hills of Tuscany I found it through the usual means of research….I googled “What’s the name of the resort in Letters to Juliet?” Yes, we are those Americans that went all ...
Sunflower Fields + Tuscany
When we arrived in Rome we had about a four hour drive to the first place we would stay for a few days. I wasn't sure if driving approximately 320 km was the best planning on my part since we had just lost a nights sleep, but within 20 minutes of FCO we were driving along the coast line and fields of sunflowers were everywhere. It was the shortest long drive ever. The countryside was ...
geraniums + Italy
Summer in Italy and every house has potted geraniums. Bright red and pink and overflowing. We noticed if someone had a larger piece of property it was almost certain they had a proper garden. But even those living in stone or brick apartment buildings with maybe a window or two had geraniums. There were window boxes, pots on balconies and often basil plants were tucked in between the flowers. ...
Laundry Day in Tuscany
Laundry day seems to be everyday in Tuscany. As we drove through towns and villages and walked through the city streets...it seems everyone hangs their laundry out to dry during the summer months. In the United States, clotheslines were once a fixture in every suburban backyard and even in small backyards in more urban areas. It seems that now many have resorted to the more convenient method ...
