Mr and Mrs Livewire back home by the fire and tucking into a bit of chili verde… Did I mention we were doing a cookbook/entertaining book this coming year?! This photo will likely not make the cut, but I hope it captures the spirit of the book’s intention: to encourage entertaining at home and making it about gatherings of friends and family and about nourishing our spirits as well as our bodies.
Stay tuned for more… .
#gatherings #recipesofrancholazaca #southernhospitalitymeetscaliforniarancho #rancholazaca #homebythefire

Around this time a year ago we were preparing for a family trip to India. I did this small study of the Taj from one of my photos as a souvenir gift to my sister and her husband this year. In my photo there were dogs frolicking in the pool, but I was afraid to try to paint them, fearing they’d look like giant grasshoppers or something. #lovinghandsathome .
#tajmahal

An early 20th C English-inspired house designed by Harrie T. Lindeberg in East Hampton. In this glorious week of (sort of) downtime, I am relishing my illustrated design books, particularly the sublime new Harrie T. Lindeberg and the American Country House by @peterpennoyer and Anne Walker from @monacellipress If English-inspired country houses are your thing, this is your book. I cannot put it down. #architectureporn ! .
#harrietlindebergandtheamericancountryhouse #monacellipress #englishcountryhouse #americancountryhouse #countryhousearchitecture peterpennoyer/’ title=’Explore peterpennoyer on Instagram’ target=’_blank’ class=’ig-hash’>#peterpennoyer peterpennoyer/’ title=’Explore peterpennoyer on Instagram’ target=’_blank’ class=’ig-hash’>#peterpennoyerarchitects #roofline #interestingroofline

Another great reason for the season! Out adorable nieces and nephew! Regram from @ruthfuqua Photo by Mama @duvallfuqua

Moody morning sky in Jackson… and on the way home. Happy Boxing Day to all! .
#jacksonhole #cloudscape #moodysky #iwanttopaintit

Christmas morning doodle of Wyoming landscape using the Procreate. .
#procreate @procreate #wyominglandscape

Dreaming of a… Merry love to all from snowy Jackson Hole

God rest ye weary gentlemen and women – our brave and true back home still fighting the beastly Thomas Fire even on this Christmas Eve. Re-grammed from @hollyejacobs who posted this photo taken by the mother of Kern County firefighter Dylan Newell, at Westmont College. .
#thomasfire #firefighters

The wonderful St John’s Episcopal church in Jackson. I hear from a parishioner that “Episcopalians were big out here” establishing this and that… #ofcoursetheywere .
#stjohnsepiscopalchurch #jacksonhole

Just a crazy beautiful afternoon after a brief but blessed rain… Will settle a bit of the ash to our south, we hope. This is the view across frim my studio in Santa Ynez. .
#santaynez #santaynezvalley #clouds #cloudscape #iwanttopaintit

A horse laugh is always good in case the holiday hustle and bustle has you a bit stressed… This is actually called the #flehmanresponse and has to do with opening his nasal passages to expose certain smells (in my case Jo Malone or carrots? ) directly to his voneronasal organ, whatever that is. Thank you, Arnold, for the comic relief!
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#horselaugh
#flehmanresponse
#rancholazaca #santaynezvalley

Loved this painting in the late 19th c gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago. Pardon in Brittany, by Gaston la Touche. .
#artinstituteofchicago #pardoninbrittany #gastonlatouche