A teensy nod to fall...

Grabbed some tropical leaves from the yard,

plunked a couple of

Chinese lantern branches and sunflowers from farmers market...

Fall in Florida...

In all it's warm slplendor!

House tour...

Off to Morocco(not really, but pretend with me)...To a house full of texture

Begging you to sit....no, lounge

as you feel the soft breeze

that gently moves the linen curtains...

Join me.

Photographer:Bernard Touillon

Via: Cote Maison magazine

Have your shoulders relaxed...just a bit?

Thought so.

Homes with Charisma...

My Favorite.

where the homes history and the owners character, personality

and style collide...

and shine through. Sometimes it is subtle and gentle.

I Love this art, and the simplicity of the setting

photos: 2008 Met home

This 1927 home in SanFrancisco designed by Jiun Ho is no exception to that rule.

Find his work here: Jiun Ho

Charismatic homes...Love 'em...or not so much?

Whoops...not done yet!

The continuation to the previous post....sorry, but simply couldn't edit it (?!)

First...Please go to visit Hooked on Houses, Journey's of Mangonette and Team Thornhill News for some fabulous reading and pix!!! These gals are Great!!! Thanks for awarding and tagging!!



And last....I want to recognize some amazing, compelling beautifully written and visual feasts of blogs...and bestow them with the Hooked on Your Blog Award (handmade by Julia! with few rules...but to pass it on to some blogs you are hooked on!)...

They get bonus points if they add 8 things about themselves that we may or may not know!!

In no particular order...

Rocks in my pocket

Decorology

Is it nap time yet?

Lahore Designs

Pretty*Practical

My Nottinghill

Smallspace Style

Backporch Musings

Delightful home

This was tough.....There are so many many more I love...but this is a start!

Carry on........

Ok...no dripping with tropical bliss pix

...just me...

But go ahead,Don't let me stop ya... picture yourself on a hammock, toes grazing the warm pink sand as you read. There...ready? Perfect.

I am continually amazed and awed at this brave new world

of blogging! I've seen mountains moved...internet souls converge in the 100's of thousands to help a family in need.

Continents and remote islands all communing....in a new way.

Fantastic!!

You guys all just float my boat! Thank you for accepting me into your worlds...

and I love peeping into yours!

The ever lovely Julia from Hooked on Houses (the quintessential blogger on all things House...and design reality shows!) Has gifted Lime in the Coconut with her

new and colorful Hooked on your blog award...

Thanks Julia!I accept it....with grace, and the knowledge that I am equally hooked on hers....and many, many...many(check the list, that needs updating, on the right) more!

The Tropical Mango gal from journey's of mangonette (who doesn't love that name?! You'll love her blog even more!) and Beth Ann from Team Thornhill News (eloquent blog on family, twins and life!) Have asked me to divulge 8 things

you may or may not know about me. ( me? really??)

So....I'll give it a go. (if you are not yet snoozing on the hammock, with raffia hat covering your eyes...actually it would make me feel better if you were....

1. Coffee yogurt. Sliced banana...try it. I did almost every day of my first pregnancy. Primo.

2. I don't do socks. Well maybe in running shoes, but otherwise...no way...here in FL anyway.

3. Sleeping yet?

4. I Love the smell of a newborn baby...and have had the privledge of being at the birth of more than I can count.

5. I worked for a NY State Senator. Senators tend to go to a lot of parades.

6. I can recite the stages of lactogenesis in my sleep. I'm not helpin' ya...look it up.

7. I can drive very, very fast. I think I am that good (oy!). My Bro and I used to take my dad's new cars to 120mph and over...every time he got a new one. No, my Dad never knew. Yes, My Bro races formula I race cars now.

8. My greatest joy...and deepest pain... has been learning to assist and live with (and help navigate often muddy waters) our child with Autism. I know I am a better person and mother because of him. He has been, and continues to be, my greatest teacher.Biggest hero. Bar none.

How Fast Can We Go?

Most of us are accustomed to juggling but last week and this week both home and work seem to be moving at such a rapid speed that I can't keep up! Have you ever noticed those signs on the interstate that post a minimum speed? Well I fear that I am going to be ticketed shortly! Sometimes life just comes at us at all angles and so for the time being I remain a turtle. Slow and steady, I am determined to make it to the finish line.

At least for a moment while I stop and type up this message I am taking a break from all the many demands that life is sending my way. Meanwhile my niece (10 years) called earlier this evening as she was working on a Christmas card. What a happy thought. It gave me a mental break just to stop and talk about silent nights and Christmas tree lights. If your September is anything like mine I hope you will stop do something pleasurable and take a deep breath in between tasks. I keep reminding myself to do the same.

Tropical jewels...

They find me...more than I find them. Little jewels.

Take a few moments. Breathe slowly, deeply.

In through the nose...

Filling all of those empty spaces.

Picture yourself in tropical Bali.

The scent of jasmine and cinnamon.

Color awakens your senses...

Textures soothe your soul....
You have time to collect...just be.
The doors are always open. the air fresh and sweet...

Inside and outside blend perfectly...blurring the edges.

Fresh fruit, abundant.

Art in the details...
Relax...
Be.


Villa Kirana...in the verdant heart of Bali ...

...arguably one of the most beautiful, fully-appointed five bedroom private rental villas in Bali. It overlooks the Ayung river gorge with breathtaking views of Bali's major volcano range and distant rice field terraces....