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A Passion for the Pantheon, or, My Sunday Memories of Rome.

As I finalize preparations to leave for Barcelona next month on my next faux/work/travel adventure with Melanie Royals and some dear friends and friends not-yet-met, I spent the day savoring our trip to Rome and Florence last October.

One of our last stops was at the Pantheon.

Ancient. Breathtaking. Mysterious. Inspiring.

I am a very fortunate fauxwoman indeed to experience the wonders of this world with so many gifted finishers from across the USA.

Not a day passes without visions of our projects, our mouth-watering meals, our laughter and our joy of discovery. 

I will truely miss one of my frequent travel roomies, Barb Skivington. You will be with me every step, every moment!

A Fab Florence Design Studio, or, I Want It All!

I fell more in love with design in Florence.

Our hotel in the Oltrarno artist district was just seconds away from the Porto Romano and the Riccardo Barthel studio. Every time we passed by we stuck our noses to the display windows and dreamed and drooled.

Until they had to invite us in.

The experience viewing room after fabulous room was, well, right up there with the wine, food and gelato. We'll never forget this feast for our designer's eyes.

 

 

HMMMM....

WHAT must Melanie Royals be thinking?

A new stencil perhaps for Royal Designs? Why, I think yes.

Check out her newest designs here.

Sometimes My Camera Only Wants to See Greens, or, Heaven Must Be Verde

If you have read this blog before, you already know I have a fondness, no, let's say a passion, for green. It lifts my spirits. It makes soar over the rainforests. It makes me smell the moss. It makes me trample the newly-mown grass.

I am no photographer. I know no rules. My little camera just gravitates to anything than photosynthesizes. Anything that molds. Anything that glows chartreuse. Anything painted and crusty.

So, here are a few observations, once more, from our October painting trip to Umbria.

A little Rome-ish. A little countryside-ish. A little garden-ish. A little woods-ish.

A little me-ish...