Versailles: The gardens

 

In celebration of our One Kings Lane sale I thought it might be nice to share a few more pictures from our trip to Paris from the spring.  We had a chance to visit Versailles again and the gardens never fail to amaze me.  I love the variety and the simplicity of the beauty created here.  They sky is my all time favorite part about this place.  Each time we have visited we have been greeted with the most beautiful sky and brisk sun drenched evenings.  I like to stay until well after the Palace closes so that we can enjoy the gardens basically alone, aside from a few stragglers and the French who are there to exercise.  

 

 

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Aged beauty

Simple perfection... as we ease into the weekend (Thursday counts as super close to the weekend) this is what I dream my life feels like with the contrast of simplicity and aged beauty.

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weekend wishes....

 

Okay first of all... let's talk about how amazing this is.. I die over the space, the flowers and the dress... I dream of this...

This is a beautiful session from Carla loves photography I am so putting this on my list for my next visit!

Completely falling for this artwork..

Black and white never looked so good..

My current guilty pleasure in the reading world

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  We will be attending soccer games again and it is supposed to be hot hot hot again this weekend.   We are waiting for fall to settle in.. maybe next month!

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Faded Hydrangea...

 

Hydrangea is my all time favorite.  I love all of the varieties and I love them when they are fading with the summer sun.  When that soft green sneaks into the petals to mix with the pink reminding me to appreciate the unparallelled beauty in nature...

Happy Monday!

 

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Weekend Wishes..

Hello friends!  I am running a little behind this morning.. but better late than never!  We have a weekend with no major plans, but I will be hitting up the flea market while I scatter some of the goodies from our container around the house!  More on the container in the weeks to come...

Here are a few links to make things even more enjoyable this weekend...

A little more of this wonderful kitchen can be found here..
Need to make some of these one of these summer nights.. yumm!
I always like an interesting view on the new way we live...

Have a wonderful weekend!



 

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Weekend Wishes

 

I am promising myself I will go through my photos this weekend!!  Eek.. what are you promising yourself?

I fell in love with these little cups and cannot wait to make them for breakfast!

If you like pretty food check this out.. (can you tell I am hungry while writing this?)

I cannot wait to use this guy in an upcoming project..

I think I may need these for fall..

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Garden Inspiration from Arne Maynard..

 

Finding inspiration for the garden seems like it would not be difficult but I am not sure that I have found this much in just one place as of late.  I am deeply in love with the outdoor spaces that Arne Maynard has created and will be referring back to them often as I start to plant again here in our garden.  I think I may love everything I see.  

 

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weekend wishes

 

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far!  It is going really nicely here.  The weather is perfect and I am doing a little "summer cleaning" as Spring completely passed me by.  I found out yesterday that our container has left France and I could not be more excited!  It means a lot of work but hopefully fun work to come.  Keeping our fingers crossed that it all goes well!

Just a few things that caught my eye this week ...

Another fantabulous looking lemon tart recipe.. (I say looking because I like a good photo with my recipes)

I am completely smitten with Jenny's art..  simply wonderful to have an original piece!

Would love to spend a little time here.

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Weekend Wishes...

 

Oh my goodness friends.. I hope you have had a wonderful weekend!  It has busy here and I have missed my regular posts!  I hope you can forgive me...

This week is going to be busy as well, but good busy.. I have two installs and I am looking forward to designing new projects for the following week.  

Happy Sunday!

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Round boxwood hedges in the garden

 I have been going back and forth on what to do in the garden.  It is funny for a project I am working on my vision is clear, I know exactly which plants I would recommend but for myself it has been back and forth with this and that.  I have noticed though that I love love the slightly more relaxed look of rounded boxwood or just rounded hedges in general.  I have had some great inspiration and now it is time to implement it all.. we will see how I do!

 

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How will my garden grow?

 

Who knew that planning for landscape can be so difficult.  I truly am jealous of landscape architects and their level of knowledge about plantings and layering of live materials.  I am currently scouring nurseries in the So. Cal area looking for the perfect pieces to add to my garden now that the pool project is almost complete.  We need trees like crazy that will shield us from nosy passersby but keep their leaves for year round green and such.   Needless to say I have bought not one tree but many varieties of Hydrangea have made it home with me for my shade garden.  I love the Magnolia trees and I think I finally found the one I was searching for with the pink flower.. now the question is where to put her and should I buy more than one?  Any advice is greatly appreciated as I know there are some really great gardeners out there with a wealth of knowledge (please share).  Here are a few of the beautiful things I have come across in the past weeks while trying to find just the right thing!

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