“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” 

- Ernest Hemingway

On the first Sunday of the month the Jesus Pobre farmers market on the Costa Blanca merges with the local antiques market. Spanish markets have an atmosphere that you could eat with a spoon. The usual warm, sunny weather bring everyone together in a good mood, and shopping for treasures becomes simply a by product of simply being there and enjoying yourself. I often come home empty handed but our hearts are full, whether it's from puppies that are being offered to you for free (yes really!) or the sweet older gentleman telling you stories about his wares.

Styling and shooting stills in our studio makes me happy whether it's for a client, or just for myself.

Little vignettes that have caught my eye around the house in the last little while.

Phosphenes n. the stars and colors you see when you rub your eyes

It's been a summer full of traveling for weddings and for joy! Finally some time at home to go over some of the photos. Menaggio and Bellagio were beautiful, though we weren't prepared for the cold and the rain within the first 2 days, having packed about 3 bikinis, yet missing key items like long trousers or warm sweaters.

The last day more than made up for it with a refreshing swim in the lake as well as a chilled glass of prosecco in what seemed to be about the only place not charging a cover for the patio. And it was right on the lake! I was in heaven. It's the little things.

Hot sun, cold coffee, jean shorts, beach blankets and pure summer.


“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
- Henry James

Rainy mornings in Spain call for a hot mug of coffee and preparations for a day of baking.

“The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea. 

-Isak Dinesen

“Home is the nicest word there is.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

we must bring
our own light
to the
darkness.

-Charles Bukowski

On Tuesdays in Jalon on the Costa Blanca, fresh vegetables from the lovely vendors, and a cold beer in the narrow streets. La buena vida.

“This morning, with her, having coffee.”
– Johnny Cash, when asked for his definition of paradise.

I love the wine, I love the food, I love the people, I love the land. But most of all, I love the light.

Hanging laundry in the fresh warm Mediterranean air. Everything is beautiful, inspiration found in seeming chores.

An old, lonely and dark side table was found at a local rastro, (the Spanish flea market) haggled down to a few euros and restored into a side table of my dreams.