Are you looking for something unique or special this holiday season? The Eye of the Day Holiday Gift Guide for 2016 has you covered. These gifts come from all around the world and are sure to be statement pieces in the home or garden. 1. French Anduze Pottery Our handmade French terracotta Pottery from Anduze region in…
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Design Update with Inviting Spaces by Kim
Design Update with Inviting Spaces by Kim Eye of the Day’s large rectangular Italian terra cotta planters, the Delos, were installed recently to add impact, structure and curb appeal to the entrance of a home with an overgrown, out of proportion boxwood border. The planters provided a win- win situation when combined with the ability…
Groundskeeping: A Letter from Portugal
Travel Dispatches: A Letter from Portugal It’s hard to say where I most like to be when my exploring takes me abroad. I like being where I’m familiar—definitely Paris and its arrondissements where I like to walk through the markets and bistros. In Bologna, I walk the miles of arcades looking at the architecture stopping…
Garden Cocktails: Winter Collins
Garden Cocktails: Winter Collins Persimmons always remind me of little, even more colorful pumpkins. Sometimes, after all of the leaves have dropped from the persimmon trees in Autumn, they look like ornaments hung on a tree. If they didn’t get mushy, I might want to make Jack-o’-Lanterns out of them, or candle holders. This is…
Garden Recipes: Ryan Filbert Salad
Mike and Jean Ryan live in Oregon on a farm that has been in the Ryan family for generations. We are now related to them as our daughter married their son. This makes us fortunate in uncountable ways, but this is about the filberts grown on their farm. Some people might know them as hazelnuts,…
Book Review: All The Presidents’ Gardens
As we near the holidays, we find ourselves needing a break from the daily pummeling of post-election news, but with the constant overload, our interest in the Presidency has been heightened. So, let’s take a non-political walk with the U.S. Presidents through their White House gardens. All the Presidents’ Gardens; Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses,…