a Tree inheritance
. Mrs. Tree's Sitting Room at Ditchley Nancy Lancaster stated " I was always searching for beauty wherever I've lived, wherever I've gone. I wasn't interested in the houses as I was in their ambiance. In the furniture, in the history, in the garden. You never really could put your finger specifically on whatever created beauty-it was too elusive-but house were where I found it the most." I

march of the English Penguins
. Why one can not find these darling little PENGUINS in the States-I can not say? Never fear- head right off the ENGLAND for the most delightful series- PENGUIN'S ENGLISH JOURNEY. Twenty classic English romps through the countryside.

an Andy Warhol Thanksgiving
. The photographer HORST serving up ANDY WARHOL in the 1980's. Warhol in his panelled boardroom at the FACTORY serving cold cuts at his Irish Regency sideboard. A beautiful Pre-Raphaelite painting by Scottish David Forrester Wilson. The infamous Factory was an 1870's warehouse housing Wahol's work, the offices of his magazine INTERVIEW and his collection of antiques. (note the opaline and great dane Cecil)

honestly
. When scraps comes flying your way-You duck or it hits you right square in the face. The Honest Scrap- I took right in the kisser, savoring it. Being tagged by A Bloomsbury Life's Lisa is special, an amazing talent with the needle,creating modern day "samplers" with more than a bit of wit and wonder- just as she does in her blog.

Nicky Haslam, Nicky Haslam
. The bespoke name on every design devotee's lips this month will be Nicky Haslam, Nicky Haslam, whether shouted to the rafters or whispered in hushed tones- talk will be all about REDEEMING FEATURES- Haslam's new lush and luscious book.  image from