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Veranda’s First Ever Outdoor Living Award For The Montecito Garden Restoration Project

March 30, 2020 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 4 Comments

Exciting news!  The new issue of Veranda March-April has the 2020 Outdoor Living awards.  The first time ever!  And our garden was selected to be one of the eight awardees!!!  The talented garden designer who originally designed our landscape came …

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Filed Under: Article, Design, Garden Design, Gardens, Montecito Gardens, Press Tagged With: animals, baby chicks, bantam chickens, birds, chickens, duck house, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, floating duck house, garden, gardens, habitat, Montecito

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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The tale of the pond!

August 24, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 10 Comments

This is an updated version of a blog post I wrote in  2011! I hope you enjoy! On Mother’s Day in 1997; we purchased this vacant lot.  It is a little over two acres;  however it seems like more because it is in the middle of 90! …

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: birdwatching, ducklings, ducks, fish, habitat, national wildlife federation, native plants, natural, organic, pond, protection from predators, restore wetland, wetlands

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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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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Kitchen details! I was asked by one of my favorites to show my kitchen! Here it is!

August 22, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 39 Comments

Hi there!  One of my favorite bloggers and commenters asked to see more of my kitchen! It was from those darling people at "Wilson Kelsey Design"! Based in the next town to our daughter who lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts! Another lucky couple …

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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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"the top 10 most romantic homes in the world in 2012"

February 13, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 23 Comments

Oh my goodness!!  Imagine my surprise when our agent sent me this! This is an annual list released once a year!  These houses are selected each February and are publicized all year! No one can apply for, nor purchase this advertising! I feel …

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