Dear friend,Sooooooo relaxing. Record temperatures. We had all four parents join us for the holiday weekend, which was refreshing and affirming in that particular way visits from parents can be. I pu...
Dear friend,Top of the morning to you! Things in house portrait land have been great, lately...really lovely, actually. Mostly thanks to my new assistant. It works like a dream. I paint. She scans, p...
Dear friend,Good morning. How was your weekend? Ours was puttery and good. There was a lot of painting, both on paper and on walls. I cant wait to show you my bees. So far, so precious. I also painte...
Dear friend,This little Internet of ours is really something else. A few months ago, I painted a house portrait for the lovely Melanie Watson, who, as it turns out, was moving to Nashville. As it tur...
Dear friend,This is how I make my jam.First, I run all the jars (I use half-pint Ball jars) and lids through the dishwasher, making sure to set it to the high-heat-dry setting. This sterilizes them r...
Dear friend,This weekend we rode the bus through what seemed like a hundred thousand miles of Tennessee and Georgia countryside, and back again. My parents were recently moved from our home state of ...
Dear friend,I ordered some dried lavender wreaths from Pottery Barn last week, and when the postman brought them to my door yesterday I was practically knocked over by the scent of the boxes, fully p...
Dear friend,Hot coffee on a gray morning. The birds start twittering here at approximately 3:30am. I know this because yesterday morning I bolted out of bed at 2am (for no reason I can conjure yet) a...
Dear friend, I dont know why it feels ridiculous to knit right now, but for some reason, it does. I realize lots of people knit year-round, weaving in the tails of winter projects over iced tea ...
Dear friend,Its May. Yay! May is a very good month, in which you feel like youre on the brink of something terribly exciting. It seems like the clock starts to tick more slowly toward the end of May,...
Dear friend,The garden center at the farmers market was fiercely abuzz with folks this morning; it was madness of the happiest variety. Little old ladies pushed flats of flowers like the world was en...
1. The afternoon light in our living room is pure magic.2. The latest addition to my antique oil painting addiction collection. Bought here. MEOW!3. New hair...blonder and blonder!4. Saltwater Sandal...
Dear friend,I thought the wind was likely to have its way with us yesterday. The way it would whip up and quiet down, whip up and quiet down, was enough to make a girl into a bundle of nerves. Nevert...
Dear friend,I think this one deserves a post all to itself. The owner of this home admitted to me that she really struggled with color choices while renovating it, specifically the fiery orange...
Dear friend, How are you this morning? Would you believe its strawberry season here already? I know! I was very much shocked to see these sweet red gems from Delvin Farms yesterday. I thought we...
Dear friend,It seems a whole crop of little homes with candy-colored details have been finding their way into my house portrait stack lately. I love the classically colored homes...the bricks and tau...
Dear friend,Yesterday my sister dressed head to toe in crisp, swishy calico to sing at an historical renactment of a mid-1800s Easter Sunday. She looked just as fancy as could be in her chambray coat...
Dear friend,Things are happening! Lots of many things. Easter eggs, for one. Ive never been much of a Country Living reader, but...wow. Have you seen the cover of this months issue? Only some of the ...
Dear friend,Still cant get over last weekend. Dont even know how to start.Love,Rebekka
Dear friend,Three whole days late!!! Im embarrassed and sorry. But, wow, this weekend. I mean...its just....I dont even know where to START! Houseguests...eight of them...dearest friends in the world...
Dear friend,There is a grand settling in happening in a very light-filled yellow house this morning. Dishes are being put away. Kittycats are exploring. Kittycat A is busy making sure Kittycat B know...
Dear friend,Oops, I almost forgot! I was going to show you this, because remember this? Well, that was this. What a major honor to be asked to illustrate the cover of Her Nashvilles annual "Neigh...
Dear friend,Our new neighborhood is old and flowery. The other day I took a walk around it in the wake of a fleeting spring shower. Those moments right after those rains are genuine magic, with all t...
Dear friend, When I say that this is "a surprise", I sort of mean its a surprise for you, but what I really mean is that its a surprise for US, because when I started painting these hous...
Dear friend,A new print has been added to the shop! I have been so busy working on house portraits and illustrations for Homecare.com lately that my poor Etsy shop has been seriously neglected. ...
Dear friend,I think Im done with knitting for this season. As it turns out, the love and dedication I poured into this one hat completely finished me. Well....at least until October! Ive been w...
Dear friend,Creamy, milky, ice-cream and sherbet colors. Punches of coral. Charcoal. I spent the whole weekend on this project, mesmerized all the while by visions of jade milk-glass, buttercream and...
Dear friend,March is a good month, full of hope. This calendar is dedicated to the little bees that work behind the scenes. Thank you, bees. Heres wishing everyone a slowly unfolding season. To downl...
Dear friend,Its hard to be buried under a pile of work when the world outside seems to be waking up. Is it like that where you are? I think were in for a very long spring and I am so hoping for a gen...
Dear friend,Spring comes little by little. Brought by the littlest things, on the littlest wings.:)Rebekka
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