The ivy league

I love English ivy. It's clean simple greenery. And it's ability to form shapes in topiaries. I decided to pull a bunch of it from the yard and form it around some topiary forms I've had lying around. They're now all inside the dining room for the cold months. Let's see how long I can keep them alive.

Bob

I met Bob this week. He lives in one of the most beautiful houses in all of Sag Harbor. It sits on an odd little corner at Jefferson and Suffolk Streets. There's a carriage house next door and a pool. I've often walked by it on the way to the library and wondered "who lives in the stunning home?" and know I know! The inside has been totally re-thought, it's almost loft-like in it's openness, in a palette of creams, ocean blues, and sand. I didn't get to see upstairs, just the first floor and a downstairs guest room with a treadmill, but what I saw was gorgeous. I walked over from my place because it was such a beautiful night, no one was out on the streets on that cool October night.

What a dump(ster)!

I did one of my favorite things IN LIFE the other day. I ordered a dumpster from my garbage pickup service, a "4 yard" one, and threw away a TON of stuff that has been cluttering up the house, especially in the basement and yard. Old TV's, clothes, busted shutters, suitcases, clay pots, the old birdbath, that cracked big urn on the back deck, old chairs, on and on and on. It feels SO GOOD to purge. Now the basement is clean and orderly again. The deck is minimal and unfussy. It had been over 10 years since I had last done this, let's hope I don't wait another ten to do it again!

BEFORE

and AFTER