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Renee’s Kitchen

July 2, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 4 Comments

The very first time I went to Renees house;  I got so excited I forgot to take pictures of the kitchen and dining area! I thought the design was so creative and practical that it really should be shown! So, back I went!  How divine is this …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Dining Room, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: baby chicks, bantam chickens, duck houses, ducklings, floating duck house, mallard ducklings, Mallards, mille-fleurs bantam chicks, Winston's duck house

Success story with ducklings!!!

July 2, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 17 Comments

Well!  After the trauma of the drowned ducklings  (good thing I never had to go to war) The same  Mallard female trusted Winston's duck house from Georgia.......and laid 6 eggs in the back nest box! Another mallard mother trusted the newly fortified …

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Filed Under: Blog, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: birds, death of ducklings, duck house, duckhouses, ducklings, edwards and plunkett, floating duck house, floating duckhouses, garden ponds, habitat, habitat pond, Montecito, natural garden, natural pond, Plunkett architect, pond, wild mallards, wildlife ponds, Winston

Renee's past publicity!! Bravo!

June 22, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 24 Comments

Hi there!  Thanks to my reader, Brenda....lives in the South....... (who may not know it;  but does have a "photographic  memory"!  Thanks to Brenda; I have proof that Renee has been doing this sort of  imaginative and magical gardens for a long …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: end lawn, gardeining and preserving, get rid of lawn. lawn helps no animals.....why have lawn?, landscaping for birds, landscaping for nature, lawn is short-sighted, magic, old brick paths, old iron windows, old spaces saved and preserved, Penelope Bianchi, plants add atmosphere, self seeding plants, wild birds thrive!

Renée’s Magic!!

June 17, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 27 Comments

"Renee's Magic" has been a difficult post!  It is so unusual, and so hard to show in pictures.  But here I go!!! You remember from my post on her garden ;   there is a fabulous trumpet vine that goes all the way around both buildings  (that were …

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Filed Under: Blog, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: "Garden Shed magazine", fairy tale setting, magic, Montecito Ca., New Orleans, old French garden chairs, r, Renee, Renee Parke, Renee Parker-Werner, stables, trumpet vine

The Secret Garden!!!

May 26, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 21 Comments

My friend Bonnie  lives in the neighborhood where Ty Warner (beanie babies) built the most enormous house in Montecito! He bought 5 houses on a bluff overlooking the ocean; tore them all down;   (all of them multi-million dollar houses)  and built …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: beautiful barbecue, borrowed view, brocantes, charming garden, chateau gates and posts, landscape, preserve, protected view, quirky garden, rescued treasure, roses, trumpet vine

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

Spring is Springing in Santa Barbara!

April 15, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 28 Comments

I posted the very beginning of Spring a while ago.  Some people say we have no "seasons" in Southern California!" Yes we do!!  Spring is in full swing!! DO WE HAVE SPRING??? YES!!!!! We have a handsome new deer trophy!  (wrought iron)  in a …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes Tagged With: Anduze pot, arbor, baby chicks, bantam chickens, Boston ivy, cat fur in the bushes for helping birds make nests, dovecote, duck house, ducks, faux bois bench, focal point, fragrant roses, gravel, Janus et Cie, old roses, olive allee, Penelope Bianchi, Provence, Rose Story Farm, roses, Santa Barbara, slipcovers, spring, Spring in Santa Barbara, spring slipcovers, trophy deer, trophy deer heads, vines in trees, wisteria, wrought iron deer head

Thank YouT&G Interiors !!!! for such lovely compliments!

April 7, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 11 Comments

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Living Room, Marcel Vertes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: antique toile, art, bedroom, casual elegance, garden, indoor/outdoor room, Marcel Vertes, mccormickinteriors, Montecito Ca., painted ceilings, Penelope Bianchi, Santa Barbara Living, style, T&G Interiors

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