Which Way to the Beach?!

We got home July 8th, and it’s been sunny ever since, with more of the same forecast through next weekend and beyond. I worry a bit about drought and the salmon soon trying to return,…

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Laundry Day and a bit of Portuguese Style

With a little person in the house this week, the washing machine has been very welcome, even though said little person’s mother brought along a stack of disposable diapers. Darling little peach-and-pink gingham cropped pants…

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Rainbow Knit Dresses: In for Fall??

My good blogging friend, IndigoAlison, commented on an earlier post that she sometimes wishes good children’s clothes could be sized up for adults. Bet she’d pass, though, on a rainbow- coloured handknit wool dress —…

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In the Garden

My garden isn’t at its best in July. It’s a month when I tend to sit back and watch how plants “duke it out” with the dry weather. Partly for environmental reasons, partly from laziness,…

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french denim for the younger set

Given the space limitations of carry-on luggage, I constrain myself from too much shopping in Paris (although I borrowed some of Pater’s space to bring back some great linen pieces that were on sale at…

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