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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

A blogpost from Brooke at Velvet and Linen about me!

July 15, 2015 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 5 Comments

This was a post a few years ago by Brooke Giannetti at Velvet and linen! an evening with penelope bianchi and lars bolander... Having never attended school for interior design, I've always wished that I had a mentor. There have been a few …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends, Gardens Tagged With: Anduze pot, animals, antiques, bantam chickens, Brooke Giannetti, decorating, garden, habitat, House Beautiful, Lars Bolander, patina, pond, Velvet and Linen

Backyard Wildlife Habitat (National Wildlife Federation)

September 8, 2014 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 76 Comments

I have many new subscribers!!  I am going to post a few of my favorite (and others' favorite posts) In between new posts, so the new subscribers don't have to go searching!! (Be sure to click on the title to see the complete post!) In 1997;  we …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: birds, butterflies, floating duck house, gardening, hummingbird nests, hummingbirds, landscaping, landscaping for birds, landscaping for nature, LWB Creations.com, Margie Grace, milkweed, milkweed for monarch butterflies, monarch butterflies, national wildlife federation, new subscriptions, nurturing wildlife, organic gardening, other source for duck house, pond, repeat post, replay, republish, wildlife, Winston Brown

A sad pond story with a happy ending for some ducks!

July 4, 2014 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 42 Comments

This is what our pond looks like now.  I was so upset about this I couldn't  even photograph it! Finally.......now that the ending is written......I could. This was two months ago. Can you imagine??? This is what our pond looked like a few …

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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

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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