Happy New Year! We just came home from a winter wonderland in Maine. It was very cold, and the landscape was calm, fresh and ethereal. May your 2014 be just as beautiful and peaceful! My very best~ Loi A country lane glazed in snow and ice. All is quiet around [...]
Hello ~ Happy December! I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving was even more meaningful for us. After searching for a few years, we are grateful to have finally closed on a family vacation home. I have to say the search was exciting but quite challenging and frustrating [...]
Above photo of cherry trees in our neighborhood Wow! How did we get to November already? Tom and I have been traveling quite a bit - lots of road trips up to New England plus a buying trip in Scandinavia. We're delighted to be home just in time for [...]
It's late July in DC and we're in the middle of a scorching heatwave. How I wish we were back in Maine where the temperatures are cooler! As mentioned previously, Tom and I spent a part of our recent Maine holiday discovering, exploring and enjoying Mount Desert Island. By the [...]
The past two weeks have been deliciously sweet and slow. Tom and I, along with our doggies, just returned from an old-fashioned summer holiday in Maine. We had a lovely time visiting small fishing villages, historic coastal towns, and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, where we stayed in [...]
I recently found out Tricia Rose of Rough Linen is a finalist in Martha Stewart's American Made contest, which celebrates small business owners and their inspiring products. Tricia works with natural linens, and makes beautiful homespun products from her atelier. I'm a fan of Tricia's work, and know she would [...]
One of the things Tom and I love doing is taking road trips. And what a road trip we just took! We drove all the way from DC to Maine and back, and fortunately, traffic was a breeze both ways. Following the southern coast of Maine, we visited York, Ogunquit, [...]
