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I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I spent some much needed time just relaxing and working on planning my trip.  This time we will not be visiting Giverny, but our last visit was so fun and beautiful I thought I would share it with you today.  My garden has been on my mind lately as I am going to have to start fresh once we are finished with the pool.  I cannot wait to gather more ideas from the beautiful gardens on our upcoming visit.  

It is official... I am getting ready for another trip to Paris in a few weeks and we are bringing back our first container.  I am a little nervous I will admit but excited at the same time.  We will stay in Paris and shop the flea markets there for the first week mixed with much site seeing and relaxing around the city, then it is off to Normandy to shop with Sharon from My French Country Home.  I am so excited to see her again and experience a bit more of her amazing everyday life!

These are just a few of the photos that we snapped on our last trip, some you may have seen and some are new.  I was just going through them and thought I would share some of my current favorites with you.  I have a few more posts lined up from our last adventure to share before we leave too!

Oh my goodness it has been quite a week and we are getting geared up for a busy weekend too!  I am wishing for this type of tranquility but it is not in the cards!  What are you up to this weekend?

Next week look for some additional changes here on the blog.  I am looking forward to starting up a series or two and you might notice some physical changes here and there too!

Let's face it some days your inbox can be more foe than friend...   That has been my last couple of days, one icky email after another (with a few exceptions).  Well this morning when this little beauty landed in my in box I felt someone had thought of me and sent me this special getaway even if just for a few moments..  The really cool part is that you can actually go to this beautiful place and stay as long as you might like to.  This is a beautiful Villa from Haven in Paris and although it is out of my budget for travel this year it would be the perfect setting to make some beautiful memories with family and friends.

One gorgeous space after another to would invite you to relax and dream of a wonderful life in the French countryside.  Take a few minutes to go there... if even only in your dreams.. see isn't that better?  I feel better already!  (okay now back to work)

While searching for a little inspiration I came across some older travel photos.  I have shared some of this trip previously but I don't think these particular photos have made it on the blog.  When I travel I have a tendency to spend A LOT of my time taking photos.  This trip was great because I was with a friend who was just as interested in photographing EVERYTHING and I was driving so I could stop anytime I pleased for a photo opp!

I love these old buildings and structures as I am sure that many others do to considering we are consistently taking clues from them when we plan our own homes and gardens.

My favorite part is that even the weeds look good just because they are here! We are working on selecting stone for our patio and I keep consulting photos of these beautiful spaces to inspire me, I just have to figure out how to make it look beautifully aged.

 

images by Christina for greige of Portugal

 

We all know I am a list maker, and I have a deep affection for paper products!  I have stacks of books and journals some full, some not so full but I fell in love with these little notebooks and had to have them.  I have started making notes for our trip to Paris in one that I keep with me at all times.  Things I want to buy when I am there and places I want to stop.  I am trying so hard to create a new list of must sees while I am visiting and shopping this time.  Do you have any suggestions?   

I plan on taking this little book with me to sketch little things, gather cards in and to tuck mementos in between the pages so that on my next next visit I know what I want to do again or what to avoid (which is rarely the case).

 

One little peek at this Hotel and I was hooked.  The design has a clean European feeling, with great texture and a sense of history, just stunning.  The Washington School House Hotel is located in Utah but it feels like a complete world away.  

It could be all of the soft greige and white details that are really getting me.  Each room is unique and the beds are fabulous looking!  Can you imagine staying for a ski weekend or the fabulous Sundance Film Festival?  Yes please!