O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:22:"Fabulous: Front & Back";s:4:"link";s:103:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/NO-jP6QfWWU/fabulous-front-back.html";s:8:"category";s:19:"ShuttersColorDesign";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:28:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-1642538387719571406";s:11:"description";s:2371:"Adore the asymmetry of doors, windows, shutters, steps, below.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoFFA8PLtAg/TWkOh0CGB5I/AAAAAAAAEio/tDjrnKSL-U4/s1600/100_0061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoFFA8PLtAg/TWkOh0CGB5I/AAAAAAAAEio/tDjrnKSL-U4/s400/100_0061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578005587540969362" /></a>Complete follow-thru, below, at the back of the home.  RARE !<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JqQiM2prAAc/TWkOhsBkR1I/AAAAAAAAEig/17RZzmj_yBk/s1600/100_0063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JqQiM2prAAc/TWkOhsBkR1I/AAAAAAAAEig/17RZzmj_yBk/s400/100_0063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578005585391273810" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >From the landscape there are NO unconsidered views of your home.</span></b><div>.</div><div>Front, back, sides.  Hop on it.  </div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,       XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>More pics from my project at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a> in Charleston, SC.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-1642538387719571406?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/NO-jP6QfWWU" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-26T09:38:27.761-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:64:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/fabulous-front-back.html";}s:7:"summary";s:2371:"Adore the asymmetry of doors, windows, shutters, steps, below.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoFFA8PLtAg/TWkOh0CGB5I/AAAAAAAAEio/tDjrnKSL-U4/s1600/100_0061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoFFA8PLtAg/TWkOh0CGB5I/AAAAAAAAEio/tDjrnKSL-U4/s400/100_0061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578005587540969362" /></a>Complete follow-thru, below, at the back of the home.  RARE !<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JqQiM2prAAc/TWkOhsBkR1I/AAAAAAAAEig/17RZzmj_yBk/s1600/100_0063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JqQiM2prAAc/TWkOhsBkR1I/AAAAAAAAEig/17RZzmj_yBk/s400/100_0063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578005585391273810" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >From the landscape there are NO unconsidered views of your home.</span></b><div>.</div><div>Front, back, sides.  Hop on it.  </div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,       XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>More pics from my project at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a> in Charleston, SC.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-1642538387719571406?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/NO-jP6QfWWU" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1298730480;}i:1;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Big Impact Little Input";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/21l9Rb0eM0I/big-impact-little-input.html";s:8:"category";s:33:"vanishing thresholdDesignInterior";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:45:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-2110670924764678101";s:11:"description";s:2879:"Interior design &amp; landscape design share templates.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKenqBqiqo/TWfA1PJAajI/AAAAAAAAEiY/f-cqwh3WMks/s1600/100_0059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKenqBqiqo/TWfA1PJAajI/AAAAAAAAEiY/f-cqwh3WMks/s400/100_0059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577638684351556146" /></a>Most garden magazines waste my time.  Neglecting to educate, inspire or widen my horizon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BpgR5HU16vU/TWfA05qfHDI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/OkROnLE-IIQ/s1600/100_0060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BpgR5HU16vU/TWfA05qfHDI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/OkROnLE-IIQ/s400/100_0060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577638678586399794" /></a>Instead I look to other realms/arts for landscape design inspiration.<div>.</div><div>Color, form, contrast, texture, scale, flow, focal points, high density, low density, invitation, joy, peacefulness, simplicity &amp; more; this interior design, above, speaks.  </div><div>.</div><div>It would be pure pleasure to design a landscape flowing from the views of this window.  My inspiration?  Easy.  Color, form, contrast, texture, scale, flow, focal points, high density, low density, invitation, joy, peacefulness, simplicity &amp; more.  </div><div>.</div><div>Landscape designed in conversation with interior design.  Vanishing Threshold.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Another pic from my project at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a> in Charleston, SC. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-2110670924764678101?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/21l9Rb0eM0I" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-25T09:59:19.916-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:68:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/big-impact-little-input.html";}s:7:"summary";s:2879:"Interior design &amp; landscape design share templates.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKenqBqiqo/TWfA1PJAajI/AAAAAAAAEiY/f-cqwh3WMks/s1600/100_0059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKenqBqiqo/TWfA1PJAajI/AAAAAAAAEiY/f-cqwh3WMks/s400/100_0059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577638684351556146" /></a>Most garden magazines waste my time.  Neglecting to educate, inspire or widen my horizon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BpgR5HU16vU/TWfA05qfHDI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/OkROnLE-IIQ/s1600/100_0060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BpgR5HU16vU/TWfA05qfHDI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/OkROnLE-IIQ/s400/100_0060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577638678586399794" /></a>Instead I look to other realms/arts for landscape design inspiration.<div>.</div><div>Color, form, contrast, texture, scale, flow, focal points, high density, low density, invitation, joy, peacefulness, simplicity &amp; more; this interior design, above, speaks.  </div><div>.</div><div>It would be pure pleasure to design a landscape flowing from the views of this window.  My inspiration?  Easy.  Color, form, contrast, texture, scale, flow, focal points, high density, low density, invitation, joy, peacefulness, simplicity &amp; more.  </div><div>.</div><div>Landscape designed in conversation with interior design.  Vanishing Threshold.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Another pic from my project at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a> in Charleston, SC. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-2110670924764678101?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/21l9Rb0eM0I" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1298645100;}i:2;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:10:"Simplicity";s:4:"link";s:94:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/-Wwf2VIynTc/simplicity.html";s:8:"category";s:24:"vanishing thresholdColor";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:21:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-5637750729444596128";s:11:"description";s:2775:"Simplicity, below.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4DLcCX-JoYM/TWZrAwrxQKI/AAAAAAAAEiI/yXwFgfw71QM/s1600/100_0054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4DLcCX-JoYM/TWZrAwrxQKI/AAAAAAAAEiI/yXwFgfw71QM/s400/100_0054.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577262849357594786" /></a>With very little, much is created. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6cRB0F1a3HI/TWZrAjX3hfI/AAAAAAAAEiA/tpb2pfTRKAw/s1600/%2523C879581136903%2523P363581136903%2523F8%2523.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6cRB0F1a3HI/TWZrAjX3hfI/AAAAAAAAEiA/tpb2pfTRKAw/s400/%2523C879581136903%2523P363581136903%2523F8%2523.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577262845784458738" /></a>Without moving my feet, above, another pic of the same space.  Leaving this wall bare, eyes flow to the garden &amp; sky.  <div>.</div><div>This is a model home at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a>, a project I'm working on in Charleston, SC.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,       XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Lucky me, I get to design a landscape in conversation with this development team.  Of course I'm biased, there is a huge dog run already constructed and most members of the development team do, indeed, own dogs.  </div><div>.</div><div>Gardens &amp; interiors are a flowing conversation.  Seeing this model home helped me know how to proceed in my landscape design work for this company.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-5637750729444596128?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/9ghV52r_xxY" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-21T08:59:39.059-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:49:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/copy.html";}s:7:"summary";s:1775:"Because it's new<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-InYP_eZzmN4/TWJuY6cm-GI/AAAAAAAAEh4/wQ3FJ_f93yY/s1600/100_0084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-InYP_eZzmN4/TWJuY6cm-GI/AAAAAAAAEh4/wQ3FJ_f93yY/s400/100_0084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576140662923262050" /></a>doesn't mean it must look new.<br /><div>.</div><div>Copy.  It's one of the 1st rules of Landscape Design.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,              XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pic taken last week at <a href="http://www.mixson.com">Mixson</a> a project I'm working on in Charleston, SC.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-170074642050366159?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/Gha29fVpNgQ" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-19T09:50:23.912-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:63:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-use-this-type.html";}s:7:"summary";s:1831:"Don't use a single wheeled wheelbarrow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W8nM7eQv5iw/TV_W2QjoPQI/AAAAAAAAEhw/_mtsWiRIdC0/s1600/100_0088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W8nM7eQv5iw/TV_W2QjoPQI/AAAAAAAAEhw/_mtsWiRIdC0/s400/100_0088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575411091353648386" /></a>Double wheeled demand less physically + don't compact the soil as much.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>This girl has been ridden ROUGH.  She's not old but already retired.  Found at a jobsite I was working on in Charleston, SC last week.  Adore the lines of a good wheelbarrow.  Evocative.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-1512460367739119140?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/Gha29fVpNgQ" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1298126040;}i:5;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:12:"Another Sign";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/8CEjElXP0nk/another-sign.html";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:15:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-2755830531001275910";s:11:"description";s:2751:"A sign in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Buckhead</span> last week, where I lectured.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-towy1WKT7G0/TV5xd_Eb44I/AAAAAAAAEho/cEvGo87GpzM/s1600/100_0097.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-towy1WKT7G0/TV5xd_Eb44I/AAAAAAAAEho/cEvGo87GpzM/s400/100_0097.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575018148691436418" /></a>'Wine', written larger than 'program'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nmYCAdOP9qE/TV5xdg0VVLI/AAAAAAAAEhg/NDQotzG2_po/s1600/100_0098.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nmYCAdOP9qE/TV5xdg0VVLI/AAAAAAAAEhg/NDQotzG2_po/s400/100_0098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575018140570834098" /></a>Women with<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5apjJnErIRM/TV5xdfYRrXI/AAAAAAAAEhY/l632jOeEqu4/s1600/100_0095.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5apjJnErIRM/TV5xdfYRrXI/AAAAAAAAEhY/l632jOeEqu4/s400/100_0095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575018140184718706" /></a>priorities.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">XO</span> Tara</div><div>.</div><div>They ignored the ladies bringing the sumptuous food.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-2755830531001275910?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/eeKlw18Ut8w" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-16T07:30:46.411-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:73:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/conservatory-new-way-to-cook.html";}s:7:"summary";s:3541:"Greek salad with shrimp, vegetable soup with Gruyere cheese, last week's luncheon in the Conservatory.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sf0LuLq0JbA/TVu_3nJHmuI/AAAAAAAAEhQ/ezaGAL54Lvg/s1600/101_0033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sf0LuLq0JbA/TVu_3nJHmuI/AAAAAAAAEhQ/ezaGAL54Lvg/s400/101_0033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574259925922061026" /></a>Sitting down to lunch,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jiqn3EFDpAM/TVu_3eJYR7I/AAAAAAAAEhI/1fVPY9jO00I/s1600/101_0036-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jiqn3EFDpAM/TVu_3eJYR7I/AAAAAAAAEhI/1fVPY9jO00I/s400/101_0036-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574259923507234738" /></a>desert waiting on the sideboard,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zecx8W8ek9o/TVu_3IiN1_I/AAAAAAAAEhA/bP4k0Jqnsw0/s1600/101_0038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zecx8W8ek9o/TVu_3IiN1_I/AAAAAAAAEhA/bP4k0Jqnsw0/s400/101_0038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574259917705828338" /></a>is when I put the<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4i7FPbmURbk/TVu_21SKMVI/AAAAAAAAEg4/kj_DC04mQ-A/s1600/101_0039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4i7FPbmURbk/TVu_21SKMVI/AAAAAAAAEg4/kj_DC04mQ-A/s400/101_0039.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574259912538206546" /></a>kettle on top of the stove.  Boiling water for the French press coffee pot.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,        XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>NEVER, ever saw myself cooking on a wood stove.  Can't wait to make a real meal on it.  College Boy cooked this menu upon my request; inside the house.  A request including when I wanted it ready and when he needed to "disappear".  He performed each task beautifully.  More about the cookies &amp; biscotti, above, soon.  You have no idea how special they are.    </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-7268370835348853558?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/eeKlw18Ut8w" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1297858200;}i:7;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Don't Let This Be You";s:4:"link";s:104:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/1IFBy9JZdBQ/dont-let-this-be-you.html";s:8:"category";s:48:"vanishing thresholdCurb AppealDoorstep Gardening";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:01:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-1231059102076811805";s:11:"description";s:2057:"Too small, not centered, typically rotting; at least this doormat, below, isn't rotting.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LrGQAPA5mHU/TVqIeUiRwWI/AAAAAAAAEgw/7g-6xxM9B1k/s1600/100_9744.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LrGQAPA5mHU/TVqIeUiRwWI/AAAAAAAAEgw/7g-6xxM9B1k/s400/100_9744.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573917543314342242" /></a>BAD doormats set me off.  Disrespect.  <div>.</div><div>Is your foyer beautiful?  Is the doormat outside disgusting?</div><div>.</div><div><b>A stupid  or ugly doormat makes the 1st impression, not a gorgeous foyer. </b></div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,   XO Tara </div><div>.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>You have no idea how many times I arrive at a 1st time client &amp; they open their front door to see me holding their disgusting doormat between 2 fingers like rotting fish.</i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-1231059102076811805?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/Xy4bRK8vUJk" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1297431600;}i:10;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:30:"How To Make Tulips Last Longer";s:4:"link";s:114:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/u-57MdnkCuQ/how-to-make-tulips-last-longer.html";s:8:"category";s:31:"vanishing thresholdConservatory";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:45:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-6714779303661902005";s:11:"description";s:2894:"From a distance, white tulips are most visible.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kgpz0Kp5iqs/TVPQpz47bBI/AAAAAAAAEf4/boKSuTDlU6A/s1600/101_0014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kgpz0Kp5iqs/TVPQpz47bBI/AAAAAAAAEf4/boKSuTDlU6A/s400/101_0014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572026580709633042" /></a>These are getting rattier by the day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q17RiWUaQqg/TVPQpnoHi-I/AAAAAAAAEfw/dm8rCSIqhgk/s1600/101_0013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q17RiWUaQqg/TVPQpnoHi-I/AAAAAAAAEfw/dm8rCSIqhgk/s400/101_0013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572026577417898978" /></a>Doesn't matter, from the house they look fabulous, their rattiness doesn't show.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gk0ERfRUcsk/TVPQpbgteZI/AAAAAAAAEfo/bJ1NY74gZfs/s1600/101_0012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gk0ERfRUcsk/TVPQpbgteZI/AAAAAAAAEfo/bJ1NY74gZfs/s400/101_0012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572026574165604754" /></a>Tulips last longer when you keep them in your conservatory.  <div>.</div><div>Another bundle of tulips, bought the same day, placed inside my home are long gone. <br /><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,         XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken this week.  List of <b>reasons you NEED a Conservatory</b> has today's factoid at #6.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-6714779303661902005?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/zTUsnIw8XF4" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1297086660;}i:14;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:39:"How To Make New Brick & Mortar Look Old";s:4:"link";s:121:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/2Rx7L5lRQXQ/how-to-make-new-brick-mortar-look-old.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Bricks";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:59:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-3998084433581910553";s:11:"description";s:2220:"With a keen eye on historic homes their new home copied<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TU1KoJMfoaI/AAAAAAAAEe4/nr_YfRm6PUM/s1600/100_9970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TU1KoJMfoaI/AAAAAAAAEe4/nr_YfRm6PUM/s400/100_9970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570190367650718114" /></a>a mortar &amp; brick style of the past.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TU1KnijU14I/AAAAAAAAEew/396uhPRRtRE/s1600/100_9972.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TU1KnijU14I/AAAAAAAAEew/396uhPRRtRE/s400/100_9972.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570190357277497218" /></a>At terrace level bricks are flush with mortar.  The rest of the bricks are slightly raised.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,   XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken in the same garden as previous post.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-3998084433581910553?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/OzlYwNFzYok" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-04T09:11:36.831-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:77:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-add-depth-in-narrow-space.html";}s:7:"summary";s:2870:"The long brick walk was already installed before I designed this project.  My design added to its length, literally &amp; metaphorically.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHiWsaQGI/AAAAAAAAEeo/oXfY8ItoPhQ/s1600/100_9958.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHiWsaQGI/AAAAAAAAEeo/oXfY8ItoPhQ/s400/100_9958.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569835125939257442" /></a>Instead of bringing the brick 'straight' to the curb I flared it slightly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHiLyIjhI/AAAAAAAAEeg/tqqSsFDvYoE/s1600/100_9984.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHiLyIjhI/AAAAAAAAEeg/tqqSsFDvYoE/s400/100_9984.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569835123010473490" /></a>A common technique for painting on canvas;<b> transition from wider to narrower for creating the illusion of greater depth.</b><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHh_565II/AAAAAAAAEeY/iMe7WEcOO6U/s1600/100_9983.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUwHh_565II/AAAAAAAAEeY/iMe7WEcOO6U/s400/100_9983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569835119821907074" /></a>Can you believe the timing of the shadow?  Ugh!<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,    XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken at a recent project.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-727780080216899641?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/zzaau9yM-h8" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-02-03T07:43:49.862-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:69:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/02/whats-at-your-front-door.html";}s:7:"summary";s:1855:"Vanishing Threshold, below.  And an enfilade, a common choice for book covers.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUqhAh2o8LI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/BrRGRE4YEqw/s1600/victoria%2Bhagan%2Binterior%2Bportraits.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUqhAh2o8LI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/BrRGRE4YEqw/s400/victoria%2Bhagan%2Binterior%2Bportraits.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569440919656657074" /></a>I was in my early 20's when I first noticed, in House &amp; Garden magazine, a front door Vanishing Threshold.   <div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,     XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pic from <a href="http://www.victoriahagan.com">Victoria Hagan's</a> new book.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-3383138300568055379?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/zzaau9yM-h8" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1296736320;}i:17;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Chandelier: Before & After";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/udkP-7Tk_ts/chandelier-before-after.html";s:8:"category";s:44:"vanishing thresholdLight FixtureConservatory";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:09:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-2868500853389190973";s:11:"description";s:4252:"From Lowe's, below, chandelier in my new Conservatory.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvmYqvPI/AAAAAAAAEeI/0URB3AH-kFM/s1600/100_9843.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvmYqvPI/AAAAAAAAEeI/0URB3AH-kFM/s400/100_9843.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569079989001436402" /></a>SHIPMAN called from Buenos Aires last month, "Found you the perfect chandelier, want it?"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvW1rDOI/AAAAAAAAEeA/mWzwLYrGGyI/s1600/100_9916.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvW1rDOI/AAAAAAAAEeA/mWzwLYrGGyI/s400/100_9916.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569079984828124386" /></a>SHIPMAN dismantled the chandelier &amp; packed it in a fruit crate for its trip home.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvXuHGCI/AAAAAAAAEd4/4wRI5ZN-dX8/s1600/100_9909.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvXuHGCI/AAAAAAAAEd4/4wRI5ZN-dX8/s400/100_9909.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569079985064843298" /></a>SHIPMAN brought a bottle of wine &amp; 2 crystal glasses for the hanging &amp; gossip fest.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvOwTK1I/AAAAAAAAEdw/M09QCwdZlj4/s1600/100_9911.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYvOwTK1I/AAAAAAAAEdw/M09QCwdZlj4/s400/100_9911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569079982658104146" /></a>SHIPMAN &amp; I decided it must have summer shades &amp; winter shades.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYuy5yi3I/AAAAAAAAEdo/Rmltg9o0TW4/s1600/100_9914.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUlYuy5yi3I/AAAAAAAAEdo/Rmltg9o0TW4/s400/100_9914.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569079975181716338" /></a>I'm on the prowl for those shades.<div>.</div><div>SHIPMAN &amp; I decided the chandelier is only about 80 years old, we pouted a moment about its youth but decided its great backstory, into my Conservatory, adds patina.  At least to us.</div><div>.</div><div>Life is good.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,     XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>V<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >oicemail from SHIPMAN this morning, "You must come for lunch in my conservatory this week."  Yes, life is good.  Now, how to get the time...........</span></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-2868500853389190973?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/0OUVBJtmNYs" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1296309600;}i:21;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Are You Making A Choice With Library Shelves?";s:4:"link";s:118:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/BgZS_k_TWuU/are-you-making-choice-with-library.html";s:8:"category";s:19:"vanishing threshold";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:48:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-5243828125459765906";s:11:"description";s:2493:"Centuries old, below, this style of library shelf caught my eye 2 years ago.  All books, no bric-a-brac.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUK7X-4_IuI/AAAAAAAAEcY/TIC5fQZ9a0M/s1600/7.%2Broman%2Band%2Bwilliams%2Bbooks%2B4th%2Bst%2Bloft.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUK7X-4_IuI/AAAAAAAAEcY/TIC5fQZ9a0M/s400/7.%2Broman%2Band%2Bwilliams%2Bbooks%2B4th%2Bst%2Bloft.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567218110076756706" /></a>A style matching my<b> landscape aesthetic.</b>  Borders with: flowering shrubs/flowering groundcovers/flowering understory trees/bulbs.  Brick-a-brac of perennials?  Not.  <div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,           XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pic via <a href="http://www.habituallychic.blogspot.com/">Habitually Chic</a>, from <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/">Roman and Williams.</a>   </div><div>.</div><div>Must take a pic of my library shelves for you &amp; post it with a pic of my garden.   <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span">A conscious aesthetic.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i>.</b></div><div><b>Perennials, though pretty, are too much maintenance.</b>  Dead-heading, cutting back, downtime and they take very little space for their expense.  Give me a flowering shrub.  </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-5243828125459765906?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/BgZS_k_TWuU" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-01-28T08:36:06.979-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:79:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-making-choice-with-library.html";}s:7:"summary";s:2493:"Centuries old, below, this style of library shelf caught my eye 2 years ago.  All books, no bric-a-brac.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUK7X-4_IuI/AAAAAAAAEcY/TIC5fQZ9a0M/s1600/7.%2Broman%2Band%2Bwilliams%2Bbooks%2B4th%2Bst%2Bloft.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUK7X-4_IuI/AAAAAAAAEcY/TIC5fQZ9a0M/s400/7.%2Broman%2Band%2Bwilliams%2Bbooks%2B4th%2Bst%2Bloft.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567218110076756706" /></a>A style matching my<b> landscape aesthetic.</b>  Borders with: flowering shrubs/flowering groundcovers/flowering understory trees/bulbs.  Brick-a-brac of perennials?  Not.  <div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,           XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div>Pic via <a href="http://www.habituallychic.blogspot.com/">Habitually Chic</a>, from <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/">Roman and Williams.</a>   </div><div>.</div><div>Must take a pic of my library shelves for you &amp; post it with a pic of my garden.   <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span">A conscious aesthetic.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i>.</b></div><div><b>Perennials, though pretty, are too much maintenance.</b>  Dead-heading, cutting back, downtime and they take very little space for their expense.  Give me a flowering shrub.  </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-5243828125459765906?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/BgZS_k_TWuU" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1296218880;}i:22;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Why You Shouldn't Decorate With 'Cute'";s:4:"link";s:119:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/ExtoVZ9kp5A/why-you-shouldnt-decorate-with-cute.html";s:8:"category";s:37:"vanishing thresholdTreeswinter garden";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:19:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-4279307259248638689";s:11:"description";s:3573:""On the outskirts of agony sits some observant fellow who points."   Virginia Woolf<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlgBWp0sI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/K0heEwrDVuE/s1600/100_9878.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlgBWp0sI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/K0heEwrDVuE/s400/100_9878.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842215200314050" /></a>When I NEED her words I don't need a cute stupid sign or focal point (cheap resin is particularly offensive, ha, expensive resin too) in the garden as I gaze out my windows.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfsxXDvI/AAAAAAAAEcI/o5FWdv0U7FM/s1600/100_9880.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfsxXDvI/AAAAAAAAEcI/o5FWdv0U7FM/s400/100_9880.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842209675185906" /></a>I need beauty, strength &amp; wisdom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfV6BH0I/AAAAAAAAEcA/-NmplHva0tk/s1600/100_9881-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfV6BH0I/AAAAAAAAEcA/-NmplHva0tk/s400/100_9881-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842203537481538" /></a>Upon a winter's day Providence laughs.  Slowing me.  Taking me away, for a few moments, into a realm of grace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfPt-pDI/AAAAAAAAEb4/8pNOGmL5gfo/s1600/100_9882-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfPt-pDI/AAAAAAAAEb4/8pNOGmL5gfo/s400/100_9882-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842201876374578" /></a>Away from the 'outskirts of agony' .  <div>.</div><div>Closer to seeing the 'fellow who points'.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,         XO Tara </div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken at Pecan Orchard's garden this month.  Ugh, straining to see the 'fellow who points'.  Knowing I will when I let go.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-4279307259248638689?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/ExtoVZ9kp5A" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-01-27T08:12:02.834-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:80:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-you-shouldnt-decorate-with-cute.html";}s:7:"summary";s:3573:""On the outskirts of agony sits some observant fellow who points."   Virginia Woolf<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlgBWp0sI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/K0heEwrDVuE/s1600/100_9878.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlgBWp0sI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/K0heEwrDVuE/s400/100_9878.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842215200314050" /></a>When I NEED her words I don't need a cute stupid sign or focal point (cheap resin is particularly offensive, ha, expensive resin too) in the garden as I gaze out my windows.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfsxXDvI/AAAAAAAAEcI/o5FWdv0U7FM/s1600/100_9880.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfsxXDvI/AAAAAAAAEcI/o5FWdv0U7FM/s400/100_9880.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842209675185906" /></a>I need beauty, strength &amp; wisdom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfV6BH0I/AAAAAAAAEcA/-NmplHva0tk/s1600/100_9881-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfV6BH0I/AAAAAAAAEcA/-NmplHva0tk/s400/100_9881-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842203537481538" /></a>Upon a winter's day Providence laughs.  Slowing me.  Taking me away, for a few moments, into a realm of grace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfPt-pDI/AAAAAAAAEb4/8pNOGmL5gfo/s1600/100_9882-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUFlfPt-pDI/AAAAAAAAEb4/8pNOGmL5gfo/s400/100_9882-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566842201876374578" /></a>Away from the 'outskirts of agony' .  <div>.</div><div>Closer to seeing the 'fellow who points'.</div><div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,         XO Tara </div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken at Pecan Orchard's garden this month.  Ugh, straining to see the 'fellow who points'.  Knowing I will when I let go.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-4279307259248638689?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/ExtoVZ9kp5A" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1296130740;}i:23;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Choosing Exterior Color";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~3/sxZCxp82DGg/choosing-exterior-color.html";s:8:"category";s:52:"vanishing thresholdColorDoorstep GardeningPorch-Deck";s:6:"author";s:42:"taradillard@agardenview.biz (Tara Dillard)";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:09:00 PST";s:4:"guid";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-3440517064080741783";s:11:"description";s:3412:"Your front door does not have to be black.  Nor does it need to be the color of your shutters.  Choose a color threading thru your interior art/wallpaper/couch.  <i><span class="Apple-style-span">I cannot design a landscape without seeing interiors.</span></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdohNpvvI/AAAAAAAAEbw/MxTgINhjSMs/s1600/100_9905.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdohNpvvI/AAAAAAAAEbw/MxTgINhjSMs/s400/100_9905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481721377537778" /></a>Look at color choices in sun &amp; shade, morning, evening, rainy days.  <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoXABrSI/AAAAAAAAEbo/6laOWS4pSNw/s1600/100_9906.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoXABrSI/AAAAAAAAEbo/6laOWS4pSNw/s400/100_9906.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481718636031266" /></a>Beware of colors that are too alive.  They steal attention.  White is the worst offender.  No worries, there are plenty of calm whites.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoPp0FdI/AAAAAAAAEbg/o2-uHpWiF30/s1600/100_9903.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoPp0FdI/AAAAAAAAEbg/o2-uHpWiF30/s400/100_9903.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481716663817682" /></a>A color looking (for example) grey/green in shade, and at the same time looking green/blue in sun is fabulous.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div><a href="http://www.colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/">Colour Me Happy</a> is a dedicated COLOR EXPERT.  I love everything written &amp; photographed at <a href="http://www.colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/">Colour Me Happy.</a>  I like using Benjamin Moore Historic Colors.  There is a reason they are historic !</div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken at a client's last week.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-3440517064080741783?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LandscapeDesignDecoratingStyling/~4/sxZCxp82DGg" height="1" width="1"/>";s:4:"atom";a:1:{s:7:"updated";s:29:"2011-01-26T08:28:03.040-05:00";}s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:68:"http://taradillard.blogspot.com/2011/01/choosing-exterior-color.html";}s:7:"summary";s:3412:"Your front door does not have to be black.  Nor does it need to be the color of your shutters.  Choose a color threading thru your interior art/wallpaper/couch.  <i><span class="Apple-style-span">I cannot design a landscape without seeing interiors.</span></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdohNpvvI/AAAAAAAAEbw/MxTgINhjSMs/s1600/100_9905.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdohNpvvI/AAAAAAAAEbw/MxTgINhjSMs/s400/100_9905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481721377537778" /></a>Look at color choices in sun &amp; shade, morning, evening, rainy days.  <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoXABrSI/AAAAAAAAEbo/6laOWS4pSNw/s1600/100_9906.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoXABrSI/AAAAAAAAEbo/6laOWS4pSNw/s400/100_9906.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481718636031266" /></a>Beware of colors that are too alive.  They steal attention.  White is the worst offender.  No worries, there are plenty of calm whites.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoPp0FdI/AAAAAAAAEbg/o2-uHpWiF30/s1600/100_9903.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b94YPf5c5OE/TUAdoPp0FdI/AAAAAAAAEbg/o2-uHpWiF30/s400/100_9903.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566481716663817682" /></a>A color looking (for example) grey/green in shade, and at the same time looking green/blue in sun is fabulous.<div>.</div><div>Garden &amp; Be Well,          XO Tara</div><div>.</div><div><a href="http://www.colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/">Colour Me Happy</a> is a dedicated COLOR EXPERT.  I love everything written &amp; photographed at <a href="http://www.colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/">Colour Me Happy.</a>  I like using Benjamin Moore Historic Colors.  There is a reason they are historic !</div><div>.</div><div>Pics taken at a client's last week.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Garden & Be Well,  XO Tara<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/935757824325245429-3440517064080741783?l=taradillard.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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