Road trip!

Frenchy and I tok a bit of a road trip last week. First night....Carmel, CA. Stunning. I used to live in pacific grove (next door). Nice to revisit. Can I have this house in Carmel? Please?

Sitting outside.

It' 77 degrees Sangria(s) in hand. Just me and Frenchy. And the beasties, of course. Delightful. Added a new piece of metal sculpture by the chaise lounges. The Empress of India nasturtiums and the Trumpeter rose are looking awesome. Have a lovely weekend!!!

Guess what this is?

AGAVE MARIA.

Getting ready for Serving Up Style!

Miss Sue and I are at a designers meeting for the Serving Up Style dining room design competition at the Portland Fall Home and Garden Show. Oct. 4-7 at the Expo Center. So much fun!!!! It's a benefit for Molly's Fund Fighting Lupus! Less than 100 days away! Time to get designing!!! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!!

My garden in bloom today.

Clematis Petit faucon. Clematis wild man. Gnome with aloe hair. Dahlia mystic enchantment. Abutilon gumdrop. So much color. So much fun. Off to go water.......

Our pets are our children.

Munchkin. Stella. Jacques. So freaking cute! Love them!!!!!

It's been so long....

Since I have posted something! So here is the gratuitous succulent-ish photo of the day. Aloe polyphylla. A HUGE specimen at Cactus Jungle in Berkeley in March on my road trip with Miss Loree of Danger Garden. Stunning!!!

Cocktails at Corazon.....

After a successful event, Miss Cindy and I duck into the newly opened Corazon for a celebratory Margarita!

Yippee for orange!!!

I was at Portland Nursery today and they had this lovely display of orange! Soooo cheerful! What a great start to summer!!!

Today at the flower market

Super cool plants! Look at the crazy flower on the Ceropegia.......

A new client project.....

Super cool color palette......... Stay tuned !

Look what is blooming in my garden today....

Hymenocallis narcissifolia. Stunning. Can't believe it actually bloomed! Yippee!!!!

Dear god!!!

I was at Cornell Farms on Friday and found these cypripedium in bloom! Unbelievably beautiful. I have three in my garden getting ready to bloom! Yippee!

Too funny

So I decided to take a nap-ish thing on the sofa on Sunday while watching Downton Abbey with a lovely latte. Jacques decided that his spot was on the soda with me. Occasionally he would poke his head out to see what was happening without him. Prairie-dogging. ish. Too funny!

June 3rd in the garden.....

Things are blooming like crazy in my garden. The agave ocahui is stunning.

The shop is looking great!

New leather chair from Bernhardt, the Thompson side chair by Thomas Obrien for Hickory Chair. New paintings by Jay Hill and beautiful new accessories! Looking good!

My palm trees are blooming!

How cool are these??? The fragrance of the flowers are amazing!