Who knew we would be sellling LOAFERS but I am and I love them!!!! These loafers are the most comfortable shoes you will ever stand or walk in!!! Marina andI stand in these all day and could walk up Baldy after the end of the day!
The grass at my house is turning green!!! The pond is flowing, the trees are have tiny little buds everywhere. What a relief, winter is over!!!
This summer is very exciting for me. Kim Seybert who owns one of the most beautiful TABLETOP companies will be coming to our store for a TRUNKSHOW in early August. I can’t wait, not only will she be bring more summer ideas, she will also bringing new fall tabletop. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I only want to think of summer, dinner in the patio, birthday parties for friends, romantic dinners and dancing in our fruit orchard………
Some of my very favorite pieces from Kim Seybert are her outdoor melamine products, napkins and napkin rings. Most of her pieces and 
the colors are all about the beauty of nature.
Let me show you some
Happy spring
Terry
StephanieFreid-Perenchio is a documentary photographer with a humanitarian focus, covering a wide variety of global issues including endangered African wildlife, the vanishing cowboy culture of the American West, U.S. Navy SEALs, and the plight of women and children around the world.
In 2009, Stephanie published SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice, a book of her photographs honoring the daily sacrifices made by the U.S. Navy SEALs and their families.
Through all of her travels, Africa, Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia and North Korea as well as Montana, Wyoming and her own private Idaho Stephanie’s images make an impact in the way we all live our lives, establishing awareness and creating relationships that can make a difference.
Terry: What is your motto?
Stephanie: Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Terry: What do you most value in your friends?
Stephanie: Unconditional friendship and Honesty.
Terry: What is your favorite characteristic in yourself?
Stephanie: My honesty.. sometimes my uncensored truth.
Terry: What would be your most indulgent day?
Stephanie: I have 2…
1 – Sleep in, hike with my dogs, ride my horses, yoga, a massage, dinner at home with my family – no phones no emails no outside noise.
2 -Never getting out of bed.
Terry: What is your most precious to your heart cause?
Stephanie: I have too many. Protecting wolves, elephants and big cats from
the injustices they face by humans and Empowerment of women and girls
globally.
Terry: If your life was a title of a song, what would it be?
Stephanie: Never take one moment for granted.
Terry: What place do you go to when you need to settle your mind?
Stephanie: The mountains – I look for the closest peak and I start to climb.
Terry: Seen anything weird lately?
Stephanie: Everyday.
Terry: Do you believe in love at first sight AND
do you believe in it happening over and over again?
Stephanie: Yes I believe in love at first sight. I married the man. I
believe the more you open your heart to life experiences and to people the
more love at first sights you will have. Love is defined in many ways.
Terry: What inspires you?
Stephanie: Life.
Geoffrey Ross and John Dransfield are the influential designers behind their eponymous, sixteen-year old, New York City based, home furnishings company, Dransfield and Ross.
Geoffrey Ross’ talents as a designer of high-end textiles have enriched the collections of Scalamandre in New York and Nobilis in Paris.
Melding their passions, they have created a collection of home goods with an idiosyncratic mix of textures and colors, infused with their encyclopedic knowledge of the decorative arts. Besides their existing categories of soft furnishings, they have recently broadened the scope of their collection under the banner of “Mise en Scene” by Dransfield and Ross” to include furniture, decorative accessories, as well as desk and bath accessories.
Dransfield and Ross products have received impressive editorial coverage in Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Coastal Living, Domino, Elle Décor, Food and Wine, Hampton’s Cottages and Gardens, House Beautiful, In Style, Martha Stewart Living, Metropolitan Home, O at Home, The New York Times, Town and Country and Vogue Living. Their homes have been prominently featured in House Beautiful Magazine, Elle Décor and Hampton Cottages and Gardens.
Terry: What is your motto?
Geoffrey: ”Unparalleled glamour is not for the squeamish”.
Terry: What do you most value in your friends?
Geoffrey: A generosity of kindness.
Terry: What is your favorite characteristic in yourself?
Geoffrey: A sense of adventure.
Terry: What natural gift would you like most to possess?
Geoffrey: I’m a klutz what can I say…
Terry: What would be your most indulgent day?
Geoffrey: Fall sales at Christies, with a blank check that won’t bounce.
Terry: What is your most precious to your heart cause?
Geoffrey: We are founding board members of a charity called “Earthly Delights”. We raise funds for New Jersey’s under funded public gardens. I’m a big believer in how natural beauty brings out the best in civilization.
Terry: If your life was a title of a song, what would it be?
Geoffrey: Well, I’m a big Sondheim fan so it would have to be “I Never Do Anything Twice”
Terry: What place do you go to when you need to settle your mind?
Geoffrey: My garden to work up a sweat.
Terry: Seen anything weird lately?
Geoffrey: We just saw Robert Wilson’s opera “Zinnia”. Weirdness is a close relation to rare beauty, you eye just has to get use to it.
Terry: Do you believe in love at first sight AND
do you believe in it happening over and over again?
Geoffrey: Lust at first sight, yes, love at first sight, no.
Terry: What inspires you?
Geoffrey: This relates back to weirdness. I often find beauty and inspiration in strangeness. The french had a term for it jolie laide. It means a beautiful ugly person but I use it across the board. Look at someone like Diana Vreeland. She was both ugly and beautiful. That’s inspired.
Leave it to Terry to find the “next big thing”. Urbanears… I couldn’t resist getting a pair for myself. The color choices are really great and they fit. EarClick construction is a patent that ingeniously secures the earphone into position in your ear. The EarClick construction makes use of the bottom of the ear, much like the standard construction, and adds an upward hook securing the earpiece. The Medis comes with four separate, silicone size pads. Try out for a perfect fit. The Medis features a dynamic sound and the sleek and minimal design. I got coral.
