Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Murphy bed…

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This beautiful Murphy bed would have been mine if it wasn’t in Lolo’s consignment shop in St. Helena, California. I wish we could have seen the inside of the Murphy bed cabinet.

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

If Santa doesn’t stop by…

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…you’ll know why.

Happy Holidays!

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Recycling cans into art…

house 008 I love the creativeness of people and wonder why I didn’t think of that. Spotted these ‘canned’ fish at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts in Minnetonka, MN.

house 009Don’t you wonder how many cans and how long it took to make it?

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Recycling cans into art…

house 008 I love the creativeness of people and wonder why I didn’t think of that. Spotted these ‘canned’ fish at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts in Minnetonka, MN.

house 009Don’t you wonder how many cans and how long it took to make it?

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Renee

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Back to blogging…with a lot to share…

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Yikes, it has been a while since I have blogged. I was traveling for work and didn’t have an opportunity to post, then I was traveling with friends and having too much fun to post, and when I came home I seemed to either be too busy shoveling snow or too tired to blog. I got out of the habit after the first week of not blogging…reminded me of exercise…once you don’t exercise for a few days all of a sudden a week has gone by, then another week of no exercise.

I am recommitting to blogging. I have a giveaway winner to announce, my interview with Linda McDonald of Flea Market Style magazine, and a lot of photos of homes that I either spent time in or stalked while in California.

The photo above and the photos below are of the home of my friends Bill and Marie. I have known Marie since 1982 and almost always stay at with her and Bill when I am in the Bay Area. Bill’s uncle designed the home.

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The jug below was used to hold sake.

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Fresh fruit on the front porch make for a warm and colorful welcome.

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The picture below is a tree from their yard, but I can’t for the life of me remember what these are…other than striking and messy when they hit the ground and you step on them.

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The persimmons were spectacular and made for a beautiful display.

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In one of the houses that we toured in St. Helena they cut a full branch of persimmons and set it on a buffet.

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Renee