Blissful Repose

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If you’re like me where I lay my head at night is central in my life. I love my bed! It’s King size and firm and filled with the exact number of pillows I need.

Our Principal Bedroom

Of course I love pattern mixing - today I’m sharing what I’ve been saving lately for both appreciation and inspiration!

Gabby Deeming

All The Things

Erica Chan Coffman

Katie Davis Design

“More Pattern = More Personality.”
— Meryl Gallagher King

These two spaces in Sandra Baker’s home are magic!

Studio Peake

William Rankin McLure IV

Mr. McLure and I share the same blanket!

Alison Sheffield

Are you a fan of mixing patterns? Leave a comment below. Til next week be well friends and please follow along on Instagram.

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Poetic Peonies

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Are you mad for Peonies friends?

These beautiful blooms have lovely rounded petals and come in a variety of pretty shades from white to dark pink. Here’s an article about the different types: 31 Types of Peonies and a wonderful article about growing peonies: How to Grow Peonies This season lasts from late April to mid June… which unfortunately means its winding down sigh! Click image for source. Enjoy!

Diana - Our Colonial Cottage

Laura Castergine

These beautiful blooms are from spring 2021 here in the Chalet.

C J Swank

Colleen O’Neill

Karen - Our 1925 Home

Alison Sheffield enjoys different varieties of peonies from her garden.

Blooms from Trader Joe’s Here at the Chalet

Til next time friends stay well and I hope you are able to get outside and enjoy some lovely weather no matter where you are on the globe!

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Metropolitan Museum of Art 5.6.22

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Since it's my sister's birthday - I thought what better way to honor her but, share a bit of the place we deeply love to visit together the Metropolitan Museum of Art

My first memory of the museum is with my sister and we were there to see:

Treasures of Tutankhamun

The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition ran from November 17, 1976, through September 30, 1979. More than eight million attended. The exhibition was designed to recreate for visitors the drama of the 1922 discovery of the treasure-filled tomb. Included along with original objects excavated from the tomb were reprints from the Metropolitan collection of the expedition photographer Harry Burton's photographs documenting the excavation's discoveries.

Last month we visited to view the members preview of:

In America: An Anthology of Fashion

Nothing was so impactful as seeing George Washington’s Jacket. There are many beautiful garments that tell the tale of the breath of American fashion.

President George Washington’s Brooks brothers jacket

Next we visited the Winslow Homer Crosscurrents exhibit.

Waiting for Dad 1873

Promenade on the beach 1880

Customs house, Santiago de cuba 1885

Look at translucent quality Homer captures in the water in Shark Fishing 1885

flower gardens and bungalow, Bermuda 1899

My Phone can not correctly depict the blues of Coral Foundation.

Coral Foundation 1901

We enjoyed a long lunch in The Balcony Lounge - really scrumptious and then set off for other areas of the Museum.

I captured this chair - it reminds me of one my parents had.

Oleanders by van Gogh 1888

No visit to the Met is complete without a viewing of this Claude Monet painting Garden at Sainte-Adresse It reminds me of my dear sister - I love this glorious painting - the waters edge on a beautiful sunny day!

I fell hard for the gentleman when I was here in June 2021 and I stopped again to admire him. The velvet of his coat simply shimmers in the light.

Friends I always long to return to the Met.

You might like the Met YouTube channel - it offers insight into exhibits plus peeks inside the museum.

Here are some articles you may enjoy.

Til next time friends be well!