Carpe Diem Journal

Believe it or not, despite my bakery loving aesthetic, I do eat fruit and the occasional green juice. I completed this fruit platter after a similar, more caloric, Valentine XOXO cookie platter, and...

It's a blue sky February Saturday, it's still & peaceful and this is a slice of life I truly cherish. The quiet putter, errands mixed with book reading, shelf organizing, coffee with a friend, a...

It's February, it's cold, it's winter...and it's one of my favorite cheerful color palette months! I love pink, all shades, tiny highlights or all out nothing subtle about this kind of PINK (see...

I'm thrilled to be participating in the 2024 Chairish Art Gallery at Bergdorf Goodman group art show! Show runs from January 11-April 8, 2024. There are approximately 30 artists, all work can be...

Happy 4th of July! Today has included a Blues Angel flyover (thrilling), a small town parade (charming), sloth-like heat (sloth-like), a little that's turned into a lot home improvement painting job...

What could these three possibly have to do with each other? In a sentence, they're all happening within 48 hours of each other. In a paragraph, they're all on my summer "to do" list that has carried...

I love this time of year. The lilac tree behind the house is going crazy, our dogwood tree is like a pink puffy of cotton candy and the rhododendrons are jurassic sized this year. A long wet...

It's May Day! Yup, May 1st. Otherwise known as five minutes after winter and wasn't it just Valentine's Day? Let's see, what's new..?? I've been up in Victoria with my family, now home cleaning my...

There might be snow on the mountains, hail in the morning, sun in the afternoon and three wardrobe changes in an April southern Oregon day but one things remains...it's a floral delight! I've got...