Good morning, well if you follow me on Instagram you know I have had some kind of nasty stomach bug. I am not out of the woods yet but certainly better than yesterday.

Of course this happens when I have four things to attend four days in a row, 2 so far I have had to miss and the event tonight and tomorrow are a question mark…so please send your healthy get well vibes over this way!

I am very excited to announce a winner of my Enchanted Home Love contest after nearly 4,000 votes combined, you have chosen the winner and a beautiful one it is!

 

Congratulations goes to Lory for this fabulous picture-

Lory please contact me at [email protected] with your shipping address so that your first package of 11 more to come can get on it’s way and a very hearty congratulations to you!

I also want to thank once again, all  of the other entrants who submitted so many beautiful and inspiring, images.  I lost count, there were so  many fabulous pictures.  You make what I do so much fun and incredibly gratifying!

Here is a snippet of life over on this end in the last week or so……as I went through my many pictures I smiled every time I came across one from Nashville/Franklin and it was temping to include those again but that would have made this post one of the longest in history so I used restraint:) So this is from the last 2 weeks ……..

We went for a walk to a neighboring horse farm and this beauty greeted us

The backyard is finally getting green and the azaleas are in full bloom, still have to put out all my pillows and other accessories, but it’s happening, slowly but surely!

Napkins out the door, love my new stickers

This gorgeous complex is part of a HUGE marina/housing project which will service a new ferry service from Glen Cove to NYC…its going to be fabulous! The preview party was last night (husband went) and said it’s going to be amazing, we took Teddy there for a walk last Sunday

Above will be the marina terminal

And look someone is trying to cozy up next to Teddy…a new friend:)

White inpatients and azaleas add so much to our entrance

Love this custom napkin going out the door to one lucky recipient

OK this is the only Nashville pic…a reminder of how wonderfully civilized it all is there. The entire airport experience was fantastic and that is saying something. Even in the dreaded security lines..they had a waterfall wall which was so soothing and such a smart place to put it….it eased the most stressful part of the traveling experience!

Gorgeous batch of beautiful hand painted chinoiserie pillows arrived!

Awwwhhhhh….let’s all say it in unison, here is Teddy and his cousin Chloe when they were only a few months old!

My gorgeous Mother’s Day flowers!

Was at my friends beautiful home which they just lovingly (and beautifully) restored

Part of a local design job, this is turning out to be the most darling girls room, cannot wait to show you the finished space

Loving the newest color of my foo dogs, the turquoise…fabulous

Reorganized my stovetop with all my “essentials”

Put together a new vignette using green apples, love decorating with fruit (these are good faux never have to worry about them rotting:)

And caught my dining room late afternoon with the beautiful late day sun streaming in, my favorite time of day

So along with my bed rest from being under the weather came along a movie binge, saw some of my all time faves, cried like a hyena and laughed like a crazy person watching Steel Magnolias…one of my all time faves

Then watched Stealing Beauty, always loved this movie…the scenery literally takes your breath away and the party scene at twilight in Tuscany brought tears to my eyes, it made me so badly want to be there (yes I get emotional about beautiful things)

And then watched some amazing documentaries which I will talk about on Sunday, so made the best of feeling lousy.

And that friends is a wrap:) Hope you are well and enjoying a great week, hope to feel better soon and get back on schedule. Thanks as always for stopping in, until next time….