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The Olive Allée!!!

June 10, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 54 Comments

Definition: (from  Wikipedia) "Allée is traditionally a walkway  with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side , which is used, as its French source venir ("to come") indicates; to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a  "focal …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: allees, Anduze pot, Bianchi, cypress, focal point, Grace Design, Margy Grace, Montecito, Oak allee, olive allee, on axis in the garden, South of France, Southern plantation, symmetry

Duckling update! And a rare bird nesting!

June 9, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 3 Comments

Well!!  Look how big the ducklings are! They are now 57 days old;  their wing feathers cross over on their backs!  They CAN fly!! But they don't seem to be going anywhere!!!      Do we think it is because I fill up their dish twice a day …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: bird house, California Gnatcather, ducklings, endangered bird species, floating duck house, pond, wildlife

Quick duckling progress story!!! First ducklings of the Spring!

May 25, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 24 Comments

   This picture is right after they hatched!!     April 13,2013  And this is today!! May 25,2013 All 11 ducklings have survived;  in 10 more days they will be able to fly!! They are a little hard to distinguish from …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: attracting wildlife, baby ducklings, duck houses, ducklings, floating duck houses, garden, nest boxes for ducks, new blogs about this, pond, protection from predators for ducklings, saving bably ducklings, spring, whe=hen I was little., wildlife pond

La Colombe d’Or in Saint Paul De Vence : an iconic hotel in Provence

May 23, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 16 Comments

In 1982 my husband and I went on our first trip to Provence together.  My favorite hotel I had ever seen was the "Hotel  de La Colombe d'Or." (I almost fainted!!!) It is  perched at the top of the most beautiful  mountain  village of St. Paul de …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes, Travels Tagged With: art, beautiful pools, challenge of outside lighting, dovecote, downlights at Le Columbe' d'or, gourd down lights, gourd down lights in trees, honeymoon, La Columbe d"or lights in trees, mediterranean style, natural gourd lights, natural.....color of stone, patina, Patina Style, Penelope Bianchi, pigments from Provence, plastic wicker revolting outside furniture, Provencal style, Provence, research in Provence, St. Paul de Vence, stone walls, subtle outside lighting, understated elegance, vacation in Provence

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

Spring Is Here!

April 18, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 25 Comments

    Today really feels like spring! 11 baby ducklings! Just in time for the Piedmont Garden Club!! The proud Mommy!  It's the most we have ever had! The duck house in the rear (from LWB Creations in Georgia) is where she sleeps to keep …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: decorator in Montecito, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, floating duckhouse, garden, garden tour, gravel, LWB Creations, picnic, Piedmont, Piedmont Garden Club, pond, spring

A lovely post by a friend and blogger!

March 28, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 15 Comments

    My friend and fellow blogger Tracey Jackson came to Santa Barbara to visit her mother;  and came over to visit! (These pictures were taken last Spring!  Not by Tracey)     Tracey is a screenwriter, and that is one reason …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: birds, chickens, ducks, dust baths, floating duck houses, getting rid of crows, interior decorator Montecito, interior designer, Montecito, nature, Paradise, Penelope Bianchi, Penny Bianchi, Tracey Jackson, writer

A lovely post by a fellow designer!

December 13, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 20 Comments

   Yesterday,  I was stunned when I received a post by my new friend, Julie of TG Interiors! She wrote me to ask if she could speak to me about how I started my career; and she wanted to see if had had advice for young people thinking about …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: architecture, backyard pond, black-tie dinner parties, creative process, decorator, design school, European, French architecture, garden for nature, interiors, Julie Taylor, McCormick interiors, Montecito, mother's influence, Pasadena, Penelope Bianchi, slipcovers

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