Paris Cabinet

Heather from the I Love Carmel California site told me she met the owner of The Ship House and said she and her husband would be delighted to give us a tour of their home. Several weeks ago w...

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On Valentine's Day hubby and I went to Carmel so he could photograph more scenes for his next book. At the southwest corner of Sixth and Lincoln is a bronze sculpture titled "The Valentine....

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Heather and Bill Bebaugh wrote an article about Jan and his coloring book. It is posted on their site, click the following to read it.  I Love Carmel California They also put together a short...

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If we are craving candy while in Carmel we make a stop at Cottage of Sweets. The chocolates are excellent. The roof facing north is covered with moss and the red and white awning pops. He...

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Saturday, December 10, 2016 was an exciting day. An order of 25 coloring books arrived. We were over the top thrilled because they were better than the proof! It was after 3 in the afternoon an...

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For months Jan has been working on drawings for his book, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California's Storybook Town Coloring Book for All Ages. Finally it is complete and the proof has been ordered from C...

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Across the Seine from Notre Dame is the world famous book store, Shakespeare and Company. The history of the store is very interesting, it first opened in Paris in 1919 by an American, Sylvia Bea...

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Recently my hubby had a custom order to miniaturize a home. It is fascinating to watch him do it. The customer sends a photo of the home and hubby saws it out of thin cabinet grade plywood. He pr...

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It is zucchini season and we have generous neighbors who keep us supplied. One of our favorite meals, breakfast or "breakfast for dinner," is Zucchini Walnut Buttermilk Pancakes. In August 1980...

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Sierra Sky Park is the first aviation community in the world, created in 1946 for passionate aviators right here in Fresno, California. The homes at the private airport were built with hangars so...

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In 1990, when we moved to Holland, I fell in love with fabulous breads. Grocery stores sold fresh wheat bread that was wonderfully nutty with natural wheat, not just bread with brown color that w...

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The mailman delivered my Teatime Tales this week, I'm so excited! Angela is a great story teller and blogger. Her blog is Tea with Friend s. She posts something tea related every day, I don't kno...

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Several days ago the neighbor girls were in the culdesac flying their beautiful kites. Hmm, I thought it would be so cute to take a photo of them with their kites in front of the castle shed. Ar...

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A couple of weeks ago we made reservations to tour the Tor House again in Carmel. Tours are only Friday and Saturday and it turned out to be a day forecast to be raining but that doesn't stop us...

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A few days before Valentine's Day I had my glass of wine out in the shed working on the paper mache chandelier and thought I would ask hubby to make me a new table that is similar to the little o...

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Late in the afternoon one day this week I went out to paint crumpled paper for the paper mache chandelier for my castle shed. Here they are pinned to a line to dry in the shed.  Closeup of ...

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The weather has been lovely for a week, in the low 70s. The castle shed has been calling, so many projects to do but not when it's cold out there. So I went down the rabbit hole a couple of days ...

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Downton Abbey has many of us at the edge of our seats in the US. Unfortunately we're already halfway through the last season. What will we do without the elegant clothes and drama? Well, sip a cu...

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Two dear friends of mine have lost sons, it was 14 years ago for Janet and a few months ago for Virginia. We all love tea time and in December Janet suggested that we visit Virginia in early Janu...

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After our Christmas photo session on the 17-Mile drive at Pebble Beach hubby and I went to Carmel to go to a few shops on Ocean Avenue. The Tea Rose Collection has a great selection of tea ware...

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In July we took Lisa and the boys to Carmel and the beach . Lisa loves the beach and sea, we just love anything in Carmel and the area. She wanted their annual family Christmas photos taken at...

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The chill is in the air and the wind is blowing so we are inviting all the fairies to come in and warm up. A few days ago I asked hubby to make a flat Christmas tree to display many of his h...

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It has been a gorgeous weekend in Fresno, sunny and 70 degrees. Maybe that's why two of the three guard dogs at the Castle Shed are laying down on the job. We've been doggie and kitty sittin...

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Viewing Van Gogh paintings is something I need for my soul! In Amsterdam, in 1990, I saw the 100 year anniversary of his death exhibition of paintings that Van Gogh considered his most important ...

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Grizelda the witch passed the torch this year. We were away for Halloween so Lisa borrowed my witch costume for her friend, Sandy. They had a fun time and now I'm getting requests for witch costu...

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