Author: Frances

Pretty vignette at a friend’s country house. I begged the hydrangeas to take back to city and glad I clipped them before the wonderful rains came. #hydrangeas #vignette #interiordetails @ninaggg

Sometimes you just have to be silly. #silly #hisgrace #afewfriendsfordinner thank you @ninaggg @carolyneroehm

My beautiful friend’s beautiful house in Dutchess County… #ipaddrawing #doodling @ninaggg

While big ugly things will always happen around us, let us not overlook the blessings of tiny beautiful ones also always around us. I loved this play currently on at @publictheaterny starring @niavardalos Just great #tinybeautifulthings

Last night saw this jewel of a play about Walt Disney and Igor Stravinsky amd they got into a fuss over how IS’s Rite of Spring might be used in WD’s #Fantasia. Classic conflict of #artvsentertainment. And my first time @59e59 in NYC. Another jewel! And you dont have to schlep to Broadway! Also showing The Violin by #DanMcCormick #smallworld bu #frederickstroppel

This early morning light warming the buildings around Central Park lasts but minutes, and it feels like a gift to capture it, however fleetingly. #morninglight #prettylight #centralpark

Repost from my darlin’ cousin @renaearnhardt, who saw this at an old-fashioned hardware store in Waynesville NC. #goodadvice

Bye bye beautiful Atlanta and fabulous @adacatlanta Thanks for a wonderful 3 days and loved seeing you @barriebenson @johnoetgen @johnlineweaver @duvallfuqua @ballarddesigns @editoratlarge @billingramarchitect @cynniereid @eslong100 @alexhitz and sorry missed you @jamestfarmer @jamesfarmerinc @lisafinetextiles @carolinairving

Such a beautiful slant of sun on yet another gorgeous @michalevansflowers arrangement at my darlin’ sister’s for a small gathering last night. So good to be back in ATLANTA and looking forward to seeing many of you today at #discoveradac2017 speaking at 1 pm and booksigning and visiting at @theshadestore afterward. Come! #discoveradac @adacatlanta #prettylight #slantofsun

…and #thebeecottagestory comes to a close. I cannot thank you all enough for your kind words and encouragement. You all have been and are a blessing, and my heart is bursting with gratitude. Thank you, from Bee and me.

It’s down to this… Saturday from 9 to 2, 11 Fithian Lane. #tagsale #thebeecottagestory #beecottage #byebye #happyandsad

Remember when it was all about this #applegreen?! Loving this @johnoetgen designed dining room and the mix of chairs and art hung all #higgledypiggledy Looking back again at houses loved and left – this my 1990s ATLANTA townhouse – which i may get to visit when Im there next week to speak at #designADAC @adacatlanta on Wednesday at 1 pm. Info via link in profile. Also thinking this week and praying for the many who’ve lost houses they’ve loved in the wake of storms and earthquakes. Blessings to you all.