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,…
Contained in our blog, Eye on the Garden, you will find interviews with garden professionals, landscape architects, designers and contractors discussing topics ranging from water conservation, how they choose a particular planter, to their design aesthetic. We also often include a story on one of our manufacturers or a new shipment that has arrived at Eye of the Day. We like to showcase garden related books in a monthly review and share a seasonal recipe and cocktail. Brent shares his wanderings in and out of his garden and we’re always on the lookout for new topics to discuss in Eye on the Garden.
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…
Pithos. Knossos.
Pithos (plural pithoi) is the ancient Greek word for a large storage jar of a characteristic shape. Many pithoi were excavated in the Palace of Knossos in Greece. Pithoi were almost universally made of clay, an ideal material that kept out water, dirt, insects and rodents. Most were as tall or taller than a human…
