Finding a House on The Hill for my College Student Son Hello there and HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! It’s the end of the school year already and my baby boy, my youngest son, Austin, has just completed his 1st year in college. You’ll remember him, he’s the crazy skier dude that broke his back doing wild […]
Hello there. I don’t blog about this as much as I really should, but one of the things that keeps me busy is designing and manufacturing custom Hand Forged Wrought Iron light fixtures, furniture and decorative accessories. So today I thought I’d tell you about my latest hand forged wrought iron project. But first a […]
Hello! My husband has a saying: “Life is never as it seems.” The longer one lives the better one understands that this is generally the case with every human being. The persona we emit to the world at large may not always be as squeaky clean, or as exotic, or as exciting, or as happy as […]
Greetings. Today I wanted to share with you a luxury Bohemian retreat in Somerset England that I discovered while looking at European rental properties. I dream of taking a trip to Europe with all my kids that would be relaxing, a real vacation rather than the hurried sightseeing extravaganza that most of our trips entail. […]
Mother Nature seems to have forgotten it’s Spring. When we returned home from Salt Lake City after our week with Austin in The University of Utah Medical Center, we came home to another late snowfall. As I rushed around tending to a son with a broken back I tried to remind myself to stop and […]
As you may know, my son Austin recently broke his back in a skiing accident. The book that got me through a week in the hospital is called “Lies and Other Acts of Love” by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Read about this poignant Southern novel on the blog today.
Happy Holy Week & Happy Spring! In anticipation of Easter (which I can’t believe is this coming Sunday) I thought I’d show you how to make a beautiful custom Easter basket. I’ve included clickable links to everything you’ll need to make your own custom Easter basket. When I was a young girl my mom, like most […]
Greetings. Today I’d like to take you to Washington, DC for a look at the White House Easter Egg Roll. Did you know that for the past 138 years the White House has been celebrating Easter by opening up the South Lawn to the public for what is known as the White House Easter Egg […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
