Is coming. Summer is marching ahead. The foliage is overly green and heavy. The blue hydrangeas are incredibly beautiful –filled out and heavy hanging, colors changing by the day. Transient blooms are fading as vines take over the garden. Related Images:
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Green shoots coming up everywhere, fat azalea buds busting free. And the lily leaf beetles keep surfacing on the lilies. I try to get them every day but it’s becoming every other day. I spent time this week preparing the new bed for the dahlia tubers and cultivating around the hostas. Related Images:
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Paola pillows are soft feather and cotton sateen- and NOT outdoor pillows. This Ancient Hosta pillow just seemed to warm the yard. We were feeling pretty heroic in Litchfield after weathering a four-inch snowfall last week. Related Images:
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Paola Prints are available for sale at DesignSourceCT in Hartford, CT! The 25,000 square foot showroom is a design-filled space open to qualified trade professionals. Retail customers are welcome to browse; showroom staff will facilitate referrals to design professionals. Paola Prints can be ordered through the showroom starting in February. Related Images:
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I’ve always been grateful in mid-winter for having a big imagination. There’s real escapist value to mind traveling. Related Images:
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Someone recently asked me how I’d ever come up with the idea of making Paola pillows- specifically applying flower photos to cloth. It seemed a funny question but then I thought about it. Related Images:
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The other day I wandered into a google discussion about the history of pillows. It appears the original purpose of pillows wasn’t so much about comfort but keeping bugs out of your mouth. Related Images:
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2013 was a challenging year in pursuit of new life for my garden photos. The project totally consumed me. Related Images:
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I’ve been searching all my life for a way to move my art off the walls and into everyday life. Since childhood I’ve had a love relationship with fabric, but after college I gave full rein to common sense and developed a marketing consulting practice to support myself. My new line of cotton throw pillows is the culmination of a long journey with lots of twists and turns. It brings together a love of gardening and colorful fabric designed for everyday use. Art made practical. Practical made special. Related Images:
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