Author: Frances

Flashback Friday to early summer and sketching in Provence with #julianmerrowsmith and my favorite hat, a gift from @munderskiles

So much to love about this cozy, pretty bedroom of a friend in NC mountains I visited earlier this summer. #bedrooms

Love this vintage Ford truck i spied in Solvang thebother day. #fordtrucks #fordtruck #vintageford #vintagefordtruck

So excited to receive my friend Cynthia Spivey’s fab new book, How To Eat Paleo! @smilingwatergroup #howtoeatpaleo #paleo #paleolife

Sunflowers in our goofy cutting garden. #rancholazaca #sunflowers #cuttinggarden

This morning in the cutting garden, #rancholazaca. #sunflowers and #zinnias #summerflowers

A flung together centerpiece with dahlias and roses from the garden and grapevines and jasmine from around the front door. #usewhatyougot #dahlias #centerpiece #rancholazaca

Interior of #playhouse posted earlier. Little girl’s heaven and a budding artist’s studio, at a friend’s in East Hampton. #pinkandgreen

Detail from “Brooklyn Bridge Moonlight” by Paul Balmer. Have always admired his work, and here he is in the Delta Sky Club at Laguardia Airport. @paulbalmerart #newyorkcityscape #cityscape #airportart

A young friend’s fairytale playhouse and “art studio” in East Hampton. Isn’t it the best?! I could spend the day here… #playhouse #pinkhouse

Ryan Gainey, garden designer, dog lover, plantsman, poet, creative spirit extraordinaire, imp, and inspiration to so many, including me. Rest in peace, good friend. Photo by David Schilling, in “The Well-Placed Weed.” #ryangainey @davidschillingphotography

Secret garden of a lovely friend in East Hampton. #secretgarden @doorway #gardengate #hamptonsgardens