Amazing.Photo

 

This amazing photo blows me away!

Artist | @niphisi 

Do yourself a huge favor and look at the other photos on this Instagram feed. Each one is extraordinary and it would be quite impossible to pick a favorite. I am so glad I found it to share with you. Happy New Year.

Click HERE.

xo

The Best of British Taste

Like this detail? Wait until you see the rest of this Welsh dresser all decked out for a party.

You will see more inside this amazing English house too.

There are a total of TEN (10) photos on one Instagram post @bibableofbritishtaste HERE

bibleofbritishtaste Sunday lunch chez painter and muralist @a_h_dodd , a beautiful muddle of stuff assembled with an artist’s eye, a double row of milk jugs hanging on the dresser, a tented bedroom in Regency stripe, a minute hall hung with linen printed for the House of Lords by Giles Gilbert Scott - and chinoiserie upstairs, all in an old red brick house with a friendly face. Dodd has lately and very justly been featured in BOTH @cabanamagazine and @theworldofinteriors - but I suspect they tidied everything up

I love this beautiful middle of stuff, don't you?

See the Instagram of painter/muralist @a_h_dodd (Alan Dodd) HERE

Enjoy it all.......xo

A Video of Birds Feeding on The Stump

 I made a video of the birds feeding here and posted it as a Reel on Instagram. I think it's on a loop and keeps repeating itself but I'm not sure. It starts out like the photo above, zooms in in the middle, and ends with a long view like you see in the still photo above. Watch it HERE.

My handyman stopped by today to clean my gutters just in time for tomorrow's 90% chance of rain and big wind. He's the one that flattened the rod and screwed the weathervane on the stump. He was very pleased the birds liked his handiwork. My tree man liked the video too.

xo

Summer Garden Party

This Instagram photo is from a book by a Southern Author and interior designer that is coming out in a few days called Celebrating Home, A Time for Every Season by James T. Farmer III. It looks like a "must have" coffee table book, doesn't it? Click on the Instagram link to see more photos and follow him if you don't already. See a long list of his other books HERE. Enjoy your Sunday. I'm doing another Open House today. xo

Cupola Love

@periodarchitecture 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdN1rwLMvQv/

Cupola detail♡ from the Chester Springs Entertainment Barn.

Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

It's beautiful, isn't it? 

I wish I could see the weathervane.

xo

Classical Architecture in Houston Texas

If that's a sleeping porch over the open porch, I'm in love. 

You can't have too many porches, can you?  

The rocking chair porch too.

Found on Instagram 

Curtis & Windham Architects

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdoqkn-vQse/

 

Tulips and Grasses in A Border

So lovely. 

Clive Nichols photograph at 

Ulting Wick Garden 

in the heart of rural Essex UK.

The tulips above are from his Instagram.

Cotswold House with Gothic Door

Can you even imagine living here? This is a house in the Coln Valley region in the Cotswolds. I love the gothic door and the paint color. Found on Instagram here.

California Quail and Chick

Isn't this the sweetest photo?

Found on Instagram. Photo by Adam Skalzub 

The photographer noted that this was a male taking care of his 15 babies while his mate had the afternoon off. He also said that in all the wildlife photos he has taken in his career, this one is by far the most popular. I can see why too. ♡🐦♡

Sea Birds: Blue-Footed Boobies

Photo by: @dstogs_photography

Photo by:@libor_vaicenbacher

Photo by: @libor_vaivenbacher 

These photos of the world's most unusual seabirds are absolutely fabulous and they make me smile. Three Blue-footed boobies. One bird is a booby. 

All three photos were found on Instagram @exclusive_bird

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7N-QmqOzt/

Learn more about Blue-Footed Boobies HERE.

Happy Friday! Have a nice weekend. xo

Maine Workshop Transformation

A barn-like workshop in Falmouth, Maine was transformed into a one bedroom dwelling. Isn't it simply charming? I wish I could see the before photo! I found it on Instagram @mainehomedesign

Cutest Baby Owl I've Ever Seen

This adorable owlet should be the model for a stuffed animal, shouldn't it? It's so cute it doesn't even look real! I found it on Instagram, link below.

Here's the link:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpnnFNh0_1/

Hand-Written Recipe for Meringues

These are the best meringues you will ever make.

V is for Vanilla

Always have paper and pen at the ready in case someone wants to share a recipe with you! Charlie McCormick is my favorite on Instagram. He grows and exhibits the most beautiful dahlias ever. And he bakes the most spectacular things for teatime! Here is his Instagram link. https://www.instagram.com/mccormickcharlie/

Here is the link for this particular recipe: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZ3HvqhlRP/

Enjoy! xo

Parmesan Crisps Decorated for Christmas

Aren't these savory crispy cheese shortbreads beautiful?

My friend Stacey made them and dropped them off on Christmas Eve along with many more delicious dishes. See the first batch she made and posted on Instagram below. 

These are photographed right out of the oven in her kitchen. Read more about the changes she wanted to make with the next batch on her @staceysnacks Instagram post HERE.

Have a great Sunday! xo

Fountains Cottage - Yorkshire UK

 Photo by Daniel Casson. Don't you love the fall colors?

Found on Instagram @dpc_photography_

Unique Birdbath for A Tiny Bird

Read the charming story HERE with more photos of this tiny bird finding the perfect bathtub for her spa day. The photographer, Rahul Singh, calls this a once in a lifetime photo opportunity. He has other amazing nature photos on his Instagram page. I love the one of this bird soaking in this flower petal on her back! Who knew birds liked a good soak in the bathtub too? 

Thank you @rahulsinghclicks

Gorgeous Cottage in Charlotte NC

Twin Porch Swings! How nice. True perfection. 

Found on Instagram @christiandawdesign

Post-tired

I am just the opposite. I have been pre-tired thinking about making my lower level wonderful again for way too long and it's coming together, finally. I am not finished yet but I'm feeling good about what I've done so far. Image from Instagram. xo

Cutting Garden Diagram

This is the 2021 cutting garden belonging Anya, the garden fairy, arranged with the lowest in front and the tallest in back. She is so inspiring and a real hands-on DIY gardener. She grows most of her flowers from seeds and she is fun to watch on Instagram @anya_the garden_fairy xo

Natural Pest Control Has Wings

Barn Owls have the best ♡ shaped faces.

Shy barn owlet peeking out.

It's a lot to read but this article is very rewarding if you are at all concerned about pesticides on your fruit or in your wine. Fruit growers in California have begun putting up nest boxes in their orchards and vineyards and letting the occupants help with pest and insect control. They are finding the birds are outperforming the pesticides and I find that to be quite thrilling. I always enjoy Penelope Bianchi's owl videos on Instagram showing her barn owls bringing vermin back to the nest box to feed their young. Of course, bluebirds in nest boxes help with insect control as do other small birds.

I have two more dahlia photos awaiting processing which I will add to this post later. I have to transfer them from my Nikon camera on my attic computer which has a card reader. I am waiting for my generator to come on for the weekly 15 minute test cycle before I turn on the computer. I'm glad so many of you are still enjoying my cottage flower photos. xo

The green background seems to fighting the green dahlia foliage of this Black Velvet beauty in my backyard.

I enlarged this dahlia by cropping out all but the flower. It's the same photo I posted yesterday minus the rooster.