Wishes for You
on Nov 20, 2009 in Friends Family Beauty Faith Thanksgiving May your days be filled with beautySweet words from farawayA nice place to rest your headunconditional love, love, loveTaken at Chateau SonomaA nice place to have a warm mealOur table at Cena LunaGood foodLots of family and friendsAnd for that good r...

Cinema Bound
on Nov 18, 2009 in My Petite Maison Store Movies French Love Petite Marie We're walking the FrenchVintage brick path of homedown to the art house cinema ~ a charming little town away ~What will you put on your popcorn?(My choice is garlic seasoning, chiles, basil and Parmesano Reggiano cheese ;)We're off to see the moviePa...

Wine Country Mini Vacation ~ Part 1
on Nov 13, 2009 in Wine Country Vacation Grape vines in a row :)How about lunch by the fire AND a glass of wine?Just inside... Yum!Beautiful altar for El Dia de los Muertos for children's animalsTouched my animal loving heartZeke's long lost brother in PetalumaHe's a little bored butthis ma...

Remembering Veterans Day
on Nov 11, 2009 in Veterans Day Veterans Day, November 11thHonoring Military Veterans This post was originally posted 11.11.08It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Dayin other parts of the world, falling onNovember 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armisti...

Busy, busy, busy!
on Nov 6, 2009 in Busy-ness Porch Magazine My Petite Maison Store I am so busy... wish I had so many morehours in the day!Polly and I have been working like fiends (really!)on the upcoming issue of Porch Magazine(so many beautiful places featured)And I'm adding to the shop through the weekend too!I really want to s...

A Holiday Event
on Nov 3, 2009 in Marie Antoinette Blog Event Click above for Event detailsMy very dear friend, Marie Antoinetteshared this on her blogDon't you just love Marie?If I told you all the thoughtful thingsshe's done as a friend during this trying time...You would cry ~ I have with the loveshe's share...

Happy Halloween
on Oct 30, 2009 in Halloween All our scariest wishes for you...this HalloweenMake sure to look in the top windowHappy Halloweenfrom our family to yours...

Book Signing UPDATE
on Oct 29, 2009 in Book Signing Friends Antiques An update for Wine Country Tour WeekBarbara Jacksier will be at my dear friend,Michelle McCauley's wonderful storeSummer Cottage Antiques this Friday, 10.30.09 beginning at 6:30pm153 Kentucky StreetPetaluma, CA707.776-2873To sign...This beautiful boo...

Playing Tourist
on Oct 23, 2009 in Life Halloween Vacation Looking forward...toHalloween weekA week to play tourist with my husbandWalking the towns of Wine CountryDon't you just love this huge tree?I would love to hear the stories of peopleof days gone by it could tell us today.Another beauty overlookinga l...

Heart Warmingly Good
on Oct 21, 2009 in Giving Back Kind People Animals I found something wonderful last night thanks to someone I follow on Twitter (Winecountrydog) that, of course, is here in beautiful Wine Country. It has warmed my heart and touched me so I wanted to share it with all of you.As you may know, one of th...