Author: Frances

My cousin John’s camellias. In a large glass bowl, instant arrangement. So beautiful here in the Lowcountry. #lowcountry #camellias #beaufortsc

My godmother’s front porch at Orange Grove Plantation. The Lowcountry tour continues to Beaufort, SC, where I’ll be signing #thebeecottagestory today at M Home & Garden on Bay Street from 12 to 2. Come see us! Love this shop! @mhomeandgarden #beaufortsc #porchswing #porchliving #frontporch

Charming Mt. Pleasant. This interesting little garden folly – if that is what it is – caught my eye. #mtpleasant #lowcountry

The Lowcountry is a place of marshy watery beauty. This painting of the marsh is by the talented #elizabethmiddour, host of my booksigning tonight @thegreenshutter which she also owns. Wonder if she’d give me lessons? #lowcountry #marsh #pleinairpainting

Today! Signing @thegreenshutter in Mt Pleasant from 5 to 7 and reading at 6. Come see us and enjoy this wonderful shop! #thebeecottagestory

Morning walk in #Charleston by the #charlestonfirestation. Love the statue of the dozing #Dalmatian on the sidewalk under the flag. Such a charming city. #morningwalk I’ll be signing #thebeecottagestory today, Tuesday, at #Fritz-Porter from 4 to 6. Reading at 5. Come see us!

Why they call it #theholycity. Beautiful old #Charleston and its beautiful old #churches. Here to sign books #thebeecottagestory at Fritz-Porter in the Old Cigar Factory from 4 to 6 Tuesday TODAY and @thegreenshutter tomorrow Wednesday in Mount Pleasant. @fritzporterchs

Whew glad that’s over, but thank you @lowcountrylive for a great morning. Can I open my eyes now? Please come see me tomorrow afternoon @fritzporterchs in the old #cigarfactory in Charleston or Wednesday @thegreenshutter in Mt. Pleasant signing #thebeecottagestory And thank you adorable matchmaker @charlestonwinepairings for the photo.

Good morning Charleston! From the green room of WCIV-TV channel 4 waiting to go on Lowcountry Live this morning talking about #thebeecottagestory. I’ll be reading and signing @fritzporterchs in Charleston on Tuesday and @thegreenshutter in Mt Pleasant on Wednesday. Details in my website. Come see me! On the cover of this month’s @charlestonmag is by #karinolah @lowcountrylive @karinolah

Happy Valentine’s Day. Finally got to the Costume Institute at the Met on last trip to New York. The Countess Jacqueline de Ribes was and is a paragon of style, and also gracious and lovely in person. I was thrilled to meet her ca 2005 at a party in Venice….

Happy Valentine’s Day. Petals on the table and silly sunglasses for napkin rings. #myfuturesobrightigottawearshades #rancholazaca #homesweethome

Shared the road with this fellow driving home from town the other day. Love living in a small town. (I seem to be on a road theme here lately…) #horseandbuggy #losolivos #santaynezvalley #santabarbarawinecountry #smalltownliving #smalltownusa #roadtrip