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Rising From the Mud and the Ashes – Restoring Montecito

August 30, 2019 By //  by Rena McDaniel 16 Comments

*This post was originally published on The Art Of Outdoor Living by Margie Grace We hear about disasters around the globe on a daily basis, but it’s hard to imagine that such devastation will ever hit so close to home. In early December 2017, the …

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Filed Under: Article, Design, Family, Friends, Garden Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: disasters, Margie Grace, mudslide 2017. rebuilding, The Art Of Outdoor Living

My definition of “luxury”!

September 25, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 15 Comments

luxury My friend who writes the blog "Splenderosa" asked us to write about our "definition of luxury"! Here is …

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Filed Under: Article, Blog, Design, Family, Friends, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: "grandparents day"', "my mommies wedding", animals, azalea, Balinese chicken coop, blogs, Brooke Giannetti, cats, chickens, chicks, creative friends, decorating, dogs, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, family, friends, garden, grandchildren, habitat for quail, James Andrew, luxury, mentor, Nathan Turner, National Wildlife Federation backyard habitat, patina, pond, quail, Radisha, Splenderosa, Steve Giannetti, vacant lot, Velvet and Linen, you tube

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 17, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 50 Comments

One of my readers wrote me today that she was thinking of how "dashing" my father was in my little film we found of my parent's wedding in 1934! She gave me the idea to run it again on Father's Day!! I ran this last year on Mother's Day, and for …

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Filed Under: Blog, Family, Travels Tagged With: Father's Day, favorite present, film, home movie, Kodak, mother, Mother's Day, mother's influence, surprise, wedding, Yuma Arizona wedding

French Lavender Oil

May 12, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 21 Comments

When we were building our house;  we went on several trips to Provence. We stayed on one trip at a wonderful hotel in Aix-en-Provence called La Villa Gallici. http://www.villagallici.com/en/hotel It smelled absolutely divine;  so I looked …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Family, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: baby chicks, chicks, lavender, lavender oil, mother hen, Mother's Day, roses, spring

My wonderful surprise! A reprise for Mother's Day!!!

May 14, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 24 Comments

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!! I ran this last year on Mother's Day, and for anyone who didn't see it, you might enjoy it!! I had a wonderful Mother!!  She was the creative behind my own creativity;  although my father, (whom I cannot remember)  was …

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Filed Under: Blog, Family, Home, Video Tagged With: 1934 ford convertible, creativity, Daddy, daughter, discovery, encourage gifts children have, film, marry, Mommie, mother, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2013, moving pictures, reel of film, reprise, wedding, wind up movie camera, Yuma Arizona wedding

Story of the Duck House!!!

May 9, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 27 Comments

WHEW!!!   You haven't heard from me in a while.   We had a duckling disaster!! Six baby ducklings hatched in our duck house.  Last Spring we had nine at the end of March, four in July, and nine again in August, all of whom got as big as their …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Family, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: duck house, ducklings, floating duck houses, goose platforms, Linda Brown, LWB Creations, mallard ducks, Penelope Bianchi, pet portraits, pond, rooster, saving baby ducklings, Winston Brown, wonderful pet portraits

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

December 29, 2011 By //  by Penelope Bianchi Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Blog, Family Tagged With: Christmas, family, grandchildren.tall grandchildren, holidays, love

Christmas with grandchildren! Their "presence" was our "present"!!

December 28, 2011 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 20 Comments

We are so lucky!  Two of our seven grandchildren live less than a mile from our house here in Santa Barbara! Three more lived here for 3 years;  but for 8 years they have been living in Switzerland;  and are moving back here next summer! For a …

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Filed Under: Blog, Family Tagged With: "Granny", antique toile, Christmas, family, grandchildren, stockings

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