A posting on California Home and Design Magazine.com

California Home and Design is an on-line resource and a great overview of what's new and happening in the home and garden dz world. I'm addicted, and so thrilled to be featured this week in their designer "Profiles" section.

When they asked me for a list of my favorite resources and inspirations it was impossible to appear cutting edge and in the know because I'm not. I really get a lot of inspiration and ideas from just- wandering around. Stoneyards and nurseries, and in my car.
List my car as one of my resources? Those who have ever seen my car, or been in it (and had many near-death experiences as Luke once said...) would wonder what the...? But it is so. On every drive I take, and I drive a lot; I see stuff. For instance, I didn't know that boring and usually scraggly-looking Brunfelsia uniflora, commonly called "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" for the way the blossoms change color, could make me stop in my tracks (mentally- I did not stop in the middle of the road, damn- so I don't have a picture...)

It was stunning. I will probably never buy one, but at least I had the exerience of witnessing the glory and audacity and total randomness of a riotous burst of lavendar-purple hanging onto the edge of a cracked concrete driveway. Bet it smelled terrific, too. Click here to read the article... Read more...