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When your priest comes back in after the service to catch the Mariache band’s encore –that’s my kinda church. Thanks to Jim Pugh, the #littlevillagefoundation, and the phenomenal Mariache Mestizo, back home from playing Carnegie Hall earlier this summer! @stmarksinthevalley @mariachemestizo

Dahlias from #farmtotable #heehee. #afewfriendsfordinner at #rancholazaca And some of my favorite plates by #astierdevilatte @astierdevillatte

Bumper crop of my beloved dahlias this summer at #rancholazaca #dahlias #cafeaulait

If these arent two of the cutest cowboys you ever did see… Ain’t their first rodeo, neither. Rode in the Fiesta show yesterday in Santa Barbara. Love me a rodeo. #cowboys @briecromer @w.cromer @patticromer

Home again. Our beloved olive grove at #rancholazaca Thank goidness the fire didnt make it this far. #homesweethome #losolivos #santaynezvalley

The South Aftican Hip Hop Dance Team in all their glory in Phoenis for the #hiphopinternational Exciting to be on the plane with them! Go RSA and USA! @kryptonitedanceacademy @hiphopdancesouthafrica

What a neautiful weekend it was – and #afewfriendsfordinner at #beecottage Saturday night, and my sister, niece, and @alexhitz to visit. @duvallfuqua @ffuqua #thebeecottagestory #easthampton #dinneralfresco #alfresco #dahlias #tablesetting

Favorite outing on Friday morning is to the #easthamptoncurbmarket #easthamptonfarmersmarket

The hydrangea allee at the just gorgeous and perfect #springs home of @marshallwatsoninteriors whose book #theartofelegance is as superb as the designer is talented and lovely.

What a setting for a dinner party – just heavenly! On a Wednesday! Near Southampton…

The enfilade gallery at #themount, Edith Wharton’s Berkshires home, where I visited this past week. Elegant, gracious, beautifully proportioned, and thankfully restored!

Aren’t #bees amazing? #echinacea #coneflower #busybee