One more amazing gingerbread house from @solvangbakery sent to us by @briecromer and @w.cromer in Jackson Hole to make us feel at home! Awwww! Thanks again guys! We are saving it for next year, too!!!

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