We vacation with the hope of leaving behind the stress of our regular life and our mundane responsibilities. We travel to escape, to get away from it all. Sometimes we may even fantasize about leaving behind our everyday personalities and behaving in a completely unprecedented, uninhibited fashion…
Heart of the Home
In art and design, we refer to negative and positive space. In a room, on a wall, in the pattern of a fabric, the negative space refers to the blank areas and the positive to the filled/occupied areas. So assess a room this way and ask yourself…
…And the livin’ is easy
A favorite pasta recipe and outdoor living design inspiration…
Around the World – Portugal
These gorgeous images are from Pratos e Travessas—food, photography and stories, by the multi-talented, Mónica Pinto…
The Heart Expansion Experiment
The first time I did this, I decided to give it a concentrated effort for a day. Now let me preface this by saying that I like to think I go out most days with good will towards my fellow human beings; so committing to just a single day focusing on this didn’t seem too challenging. However, what I would soon learn was that this little “heart expansion exercise,” well…it was—quite literally—exercise…
Appennino by Giambologna
Giambologna’s largest work, the mountain god, Appennino (1577)…In his Voyage en Italie, Michel de Montaigne described the construction of this new divinity of the Mannerist pantheon: “they are building the body of a giant whose eyeball is three cubits large.” …
“Patience, my dear.”
I see him listening to me. He always has the same benevolent smile. It’s the smile a guru has for his student—the smile of the seasoned gardener. The one who graciously allows me time to grow and mature. Though he doesn’t utter a word, I know what he is thinking…
Art in the everyday
The truly fortunate—see everyday objects as marvelous works of art.
Negative space…
…for a positive experience. It’s the simple concept in design of editing. Leaving room for living. Allowing…
adorazione del fiore
I never tire of photographing these miraculous beauties nature so generously bestows upon me. It seems that for every moment I spend tending to my garden, I am rewarded a thousand times over…
Might I suggest…
Present moment living/Taking a stand: “I’m going to make a concentrated effort to ignore all the decorations already on the shelves and the calendar hurtling towards…”
Recipe: Heirloom Tomato & Burrata Cheese Salad
The soft, buttery center is made from fresh cream and shredded pieces of mozzarella called stracciatella. The sac is then tied with a blade of grass and has the shape of a chubby pear…
Yoga: Mind.Body.Soul
When you understand who and what you are…
Essential Oils ~ Gifts of Nature
We use essential oils to enhance our meditation and yoga practices and for everything from housekeeping to skincare to first aid. It is amazing to me how versatile and adaptable a single oil can be. LAVENDER, for example…
l&l collection no. 09
“Let your beauty manifest itself without talking and calculation. You are silent. It says for you: I am…”
Sunday and a new perspective.
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
to break my heart
as the sun rises,
as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers
April Airs and Bliss
Soul of undying rapture!
How loves enchantment clings,
With sorcery and fragrance,
About familiar things!