Stuffed Strawberries.....YUM

Stuffed Strawberries 

with cheesecake filling.....YUM

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Rotating Kitchen - Red Dot Award Winner

How about a kitchen for a small space ?

Do you have 6 feet ?

This kitchen rotates to allow access to all the features......

and the it will completely close shut.

And yes it comes in other colors...

and other styles.

I thought this was pretty brilliant.

This company; CC Concepts LTD won the 'red dot design award' for this product.

It's German so you know it is quality.

Imagine the possibilities. 

Here's one;

Do you have a room over the garage you would rather have your guest stay in ?

....and not use your kitchen

...making their stay more independent ?

This kitchen only takes up 6 feet!!!!

WOW.

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http://www.compact-concepts.com/deutsch/index.html

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Dog Love

It seems that 'dog love' 

is all I really need to get through these trying days of packing for my move to Maine.

I am grateful for my 'dog' {youngest daughter}.

Have a great Wednesday.

xox

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A Great Garden Wagon

If I could find a great garden like this.....

I would have to get it!!!

How about you?

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Apple Ice Cream Cups For Ice Cream

Hollow out apples and bake with cinnamon and sugar inside. 

After its done baking, fill with ice cream and caramel sauce.

.

I am not a huge apple pie fan.....

but

throw in ice cream and caramel sauce

then add

whipped cream.

This becomes  another story altogether.

And after all I will try anything if the presentation is inviting.

So, here is your starter kit!

....if you wanted to get fancy you could always apply ribbons and studs,

or paint it with eatable paint. Who knows how far you can go?

And add a small pedestal.

After all...

what would the chef at Palace of Versailles do???

CRAZY Right????

But I bet someone tries it!.

xoxox 

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Creative Home...and how to do it.

If you are an artist and love your space to escape
or just get some work done at home.....

Take a good look at the what the homeowners did
to make it all work BRILLIANTLY !!

I would be in heaven in these spaces.

I love this space.

It would be a dream environment for me.

How about you?

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Trees

'Nature was the earliest companion of primitive mankind.'

Do you love trees like I do?

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Mario Buatta Romantic Bedrooms

Do You Have A favorite?

Or is it just not your style?

Click the link below to read the complete article in Architectural Digest

Mario Buatta - Romance

on a personal note:

I am off to buy more packing supplies......

I am overwhelmed by this process.

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Straight To Heaven

Feb 20.1912 - Aug 8.2012

I will miss Marie dearly 

and am so happy for the time we got to spend together. 

She was a caring and loving person 

and was the best mother & grandmother in the world. 

Even though she is gone 

her memory will live on in our hearts forever. 

Many of you know that my mother in-law 

{ who I have known since I am 11 yrs}

came to live in my home.

She died peacefully in her sleep 2 nights ago.

I have been living with my ex-husband and her for 5 years now.

With the sale of my home of 28 years

{the longest I have ever lived anywhere}

so.....

I am packing because I am selling the house....

- my daughter is moving out to her own place

{as it should be}

and then my ex-husband who has been a constant for me is going his own way.

It is the end of an era.

Like a sweater,

I feel my small universe unraveling all around me.

This is painful and frighting.

But 

as all of my friends have told me,

it's G-d setting a new path for me.

I will get through this, but I must be permitted to morn the loss of it

before I can start anew.

I will take the unraveled yarn,

roll it up in a neat ball

and knit a new sweater when I get to Maine

AND I WILL 

START A NEW AND WONDERFUL LIFE IN MAINE

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Relax?

The sale of my home of 27.5 years is coming to a close.

I am over whelmed.

Can you imagine all that I have collected over the years?

Not to mention the memories ....

I have to decide which personal treasures I will keep.

This is becoming less difficult by the day.

I am keeping for sure my things from Paris and the revolution.....

...and pictures.

I want to go light-

Really light.

I found this online and have been re-reading it daily.

Who knows....

Maybe it will help you someday.

I hope so.

Much love................RF

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Diane Von Furstenberg

The come back kid!!!

I admire everything that I know about her.....

I don't know much,

but I do know she was 'HOT'

then she was not.

Then she re-invented herself and become a huge success AGAIN!!

How many of us can say that?

So....

Diane.....

it's Sunday, it's summer, maybe you are in NY.

What is your perfect afternoon ?

My dear bloggers.....

What do you think 

a perfect Sunday afternoon consist of ?

Diane's home in A.D. click here

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Marimekko Flagship Store NYC

I remember the first time I entered a Merimekko Store.

It was off 5th Ave by the MOMA-

It was the late 1970's and I just thought it was soooo wild.

It was.

It still is.

RETRO 60's!!!

It's even better now.

Anything you purchase from the store will be 'COOL'.

And there is a place for these fabrics, pillows, and bedding etc.

Kids room.

A Happy family room.

A beach house....

you know better that I where these happy fabrics would work.

Seriously,

stop in and have 'eye candy' for lunch instead of something fattening.

I am packing 

and sorting my head off.

What to take with on my move....what to dump.

My life will soon be so different.

Let's just hope it's not psychedelic !!!!!

THE SITE~~~~CLICK HERE

Marimekko Flagship Store - NYC

located :  200 Fifth Avenue, NYC, New York 

GO!!!

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