If you have ever been to Paris in the winter (and we LOVE Paris in the Winter), you will see that all of the major and even the minor public fountains are drained and remain dry until the threat of freezing is gone. Believe it or not, even some areas of Santa Barbara County experience…
Archives for 2010
Eye of the Day Goes Cosmopolitan
After the flood, our Great Flood, we were awarded a small business loan thanks to FEMA. Though we weren’t able to salvage the MANY barrels that floated down the Santa Ynez River to Buellton, Lompoc and beyond, we moved forward (or southward) to our new home in Carpinteria. And to us IT WAS HUGE! First,…
Daisy? Day’s Eye? Eye of the Day?
It is thought that the name “Daisy” is a corruption of “day’s eye”, because the whole flower head closes at night and opens in the morning. Chaucer called it “eye of the day”. You have been wondering, right? Why we are called Eye of the Day? When we started our business, after moving from the…
Eyes in Tuscany
Inventory at Eye of the Day in 1994: 1. Wine barrels cut in half 2. Wine barrels cut in quarters 3. Wine barrels cut in three-quarters 4. Whole wine barrels 5. Mexican pottery 6. Potting soil Inventory at Eye of the Day in 2010: Okay. No lists. But LOTS MORE than in 1994. When we…
A Little Greek Jar
We didn’t even know we were looking for them, but then… an ancient, weather-burnished Italian oil jar stood waiting for discovery. An old wooden wagon with softly faded color appeared just inside a black, dark barn. No… TWO wagons. One small, aged jar next to a shop door keeping the secret of scores more hiding…
AAHH…nduze!
There is some mystery… some magic connected with the pottery of Anduze. At Eye of the Day everyone seems to be drawn to the section of the store holding our great cache of these pots. The variety of colors, finishes and sizes feeds the eye and the imagination. The little village of Anduze in the…