Monday, August 26, 2013

White on White Cottage

Don't you love the decorative shingle patterns on the gables? This is so lovely and the dog on the porch completes the picture perfectly. via
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Pile of Sleeping Black Puppies

Good night, everyone. See you in the morning. via
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Great house


I am absolutely blurry eyed from looking at paint colors, solid stain colors, going from place to place to check availability, etc. The description of the color the people who built this house give is they used a very dark brown/black solid stain. I love the way it has weathered. WANT, but cannot find. Will not stop until I do. I am tempted by Dragon's Breath by Benjamin Moore. Must go and look tomorrow. Cool name! via
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Sea Foam with Starfish

Fall is in the air, but it's still summer. Enjoy it while you can. via
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Choose Your Company Well

Great 13th century advice.
Be with those who help your being. Rumi
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

More Inga Moore illustrations from the book Wind in the Willows






I found more illustrations by Inga Moore from Wind in the Willows on this blog. I only posted a few but there are lots more if you click on that link. You all know how much I adore interior design by animals. Now I adore her artwork and imagination. Have a great weekend.
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Friday, August 23, 2013

The Mole Spring Cleaning


Illustration by Inga Moore from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame via

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said `Bother!' and `O blow!' and also `Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. Read more here...
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Pink Hollyhocks Climbing to The Sky

How much do I love this photo? via
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