What is felt from a house facing south?  Shadows on the wall are good.  How fortunate you are if when you look out your front door you see something of beauty.  These are subjects discussed in short yet lovely fashion in  Patience Strong’s Book of Homes and Gardens.   “If you cannot have a vista” […]

more

A suckingly pig from Tio Pepe’s, the best Spanish restaurant in Baltimore, Md.  This pig arrived seemingly well educated although the one lens of his glasses was a bit singed.  What can you say to a guest at your party?  “Go home and get some clear glasses before we clear you away!”  Frankly Mr. Suckling […]

more

Drum roll please.  Last night to benefit Pickering Creek Audubon Center in Easton, Maryland,   husband and wife chefs donated a six course meal paired with wines from their own cellar. The third course was fresh figs stuffed with Gorgonzola in a bed of baby spinach with a sherry vinaigrette. The dinner was served on the […]

more

    ROSEDOWN PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE Rosedown Plantation is located in the West Feliciana Parish community of St. Francisville along one of the most historic corridors in South Louisiana. Daniel and Martha Turnbull began construction on the main house at Rosedown in 1834, completing it by May the following year. The home was furnished with […]

more

56 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of water from a fresh spring in Baltimore County, Md. Fresh water from a limestone base that we drank today. Can you imagine having fresh water scooped with a ladle by the spring for us to drink. To drink a garden, to see a garden, to smell a garden, to […]

more

    University of Maryland Wye House Archeology Exhibition Opens at Academy Art Museum Easton, MD, 1963, Photograph by Historic American Buildings Survey. (Courtesy of the Wye House Collection) The historic finds from eight years of excavations at Wye House — one of the most important and well documented plantations in Maryland — will be on display […]

more

Pin It on Pinterest