Trading Cuteness for Patience . . .

If I had a blog Executive Assistant, I would ask her to take pictures of a few important items for the Five Accessories meme Une Femme tagged me with, upload them to Blogger, and write…

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Loving San Francisco

What an immediately endearing city! I’m only going to tear myself away for a few minutes to share a few images and then get back out there exploring. We arrived yesterday to brilliant sunshine and…

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Pleasures of the Season — Travel Included . . .

Besides the sunshine and the cold, but gorgeous, blue skies, there’s much to please in winter here right now — I’ve mentioned before that I planted the garden partially to conquer the drears of the…

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Keeping the Grinch Out of Christmas . . .

Because I was a stay-at-home mom (albeit one who ran a music studio from home, teaching piano and theory, while also a perennial student) whose husband was often away, I did most of our Christmas…

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Island Life, Beauties and Beasts

I took these photos almost two weeks ago, thinking they’d make a pretty post — details from a slightly decrepit wicker patio chair, beach rocks someone has arranged on a garden stone. Turns out they’re…

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