Blue Blue Texas!

I enjoyed my Easter Sunday driving the Bluebonnet Trail
in Ennis and Palmer! Even a few furry friends enjoyed
seeing me!

Another Bloggers Luncheon at The Prairie!

How lucky can one girl be? Pretty lucky I would say!
This time we have our luncheon with Carol Hicks Bolton
from the original Homestead in Fredericksburg… now
at Antiquities and Laboratoire de Design in the same
place but with a whole new design and look!
Bud from Royer’s Cafe will be providing the delicious food
again and his famous pie for dessert! So watch out blogging
world, here we come for another fun time at the wonderful
Rachel Ashwell Prairie B&B!

The luncheon again benefits Dwell with Dignity, and is
sponsored by The Dallas Market Center and Bud’s – Royers
Cafe!
After the luncheon, I will spend a couple of days for
Marberger Farms as one of their “VIB” bloggers posting
about all the goodness around Round Top and Marberger!
April is really going to be a busy month in Texas
after all the fun and shopping at Round Top, the Country
Living Fair is coming to Austin, for the very first time!
I would say Texans love their antique fairs, that’s for sure!
Country Living Fair
Royers Cafe
Marberger Farms
Dwell with Dignity
The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell

Mr.Horse steals the show!

Mr.Horse came from the Folk Art Museum in NY years ago!

even those seated on the other side of the table have a view!

my precious angel…with my pinkish village!

After working on my photo clubs Christmas party, Dickens in Dallas,

I decided to use a little idea from my tables there at home. Using old

books as risers, I don’t have enough Victorian or Dickens style cottages

so I pulled Mr. Horse into action! He loves being the center of attention

and so there he sits on my dining room table, waiting for company tomorrow!

Merry Christmas Everyone!~

Big Tex and the State Fair’s last week~

great weather finally, so a great time to head out to the Fair
for the last week! I shot it with my iphone last Sunday and just
ran out of energy and with sore feet to see everything, but here
are a few photos from my day…

entering to buy tickets… go early!

train depot museum

reminds me of the train i rode when i was 12 from Dallas to Chicago, alone!

entertainment out in front of Hall of State goes all day long!

great Texas history exhibit in Hall of State

vintage costume and details

The Hall of State

at 2:00 there are lot’s of hungry people, i love the cinnamon rolls!

some pretty fancy chickens in the livestock area!

time to rest, sit a spell and watch the goat judging…

my favorite place was closed on Sunday, the Police horse stables

Big Tex and his new outfit!

a stop in downtown Dallas one evening

that soon to be famous bridge whilst driving…

Unforgetable…that was my day at The Prairie

I don’t know what it is about Round Top and the whole antiques week
experience… it just seems to draw you in, making attending each
time, a must do, no questions asked! Just go. For whatever reason.
As one of the bloggers said at my table, “I would give anything
to move to Round Top!” I know exactly how she feels, as I often think
the same thing – then glancing at real estate for sale…

Shabby Chic Couture store

Ranger Hall

Kelley Copeland, Bud Royer and Rachel Ashwell

the gals from Dwell with Dignity

the lunch by Royers Cafe – Shrimp BLT

Fresh Chocolate Chip pie with Amy’s icecream

Rachel’s T shirts for sale in the store

poor Lady, worn out from all the festivites

pretty lace panels, sitting in windows…

pretty prom and -

wedding dresses… hanging here and there

luscious fabrics everywhere!

lot’s of fun decor! even the Deer get a few embelishments!

Rachel’s finds at Round Top sitting in their graveyard – waiting . . .

and we all got a name tag so perfect in style…by Tattered Style in Dallas

Maybe it’s getting older? and ready for a change, a great
place to retire to??? or maybe it’s just the feel of Round Top
as you drive through the hills, around the little square
which is not really square at all… past Royers Cafe and all of the
other little shops around the circle leading out to other areas
around Round Top, down Hwy 1457, 458 or 1291. Or maybe it is the German
settlers and others who built the log cabins, the stone homes,
and the trees, the rolling hills, the neat and tidiness of the
whole place. I don’t know if there is another place on earth quite
like it. But whatever it is, it draws you in to where you must go back
time and time again.
The Hidden List
The Prairie
Dwell with Dignity
Royers Cafe
the tattered style
more to come…for a very special day not to be forgotten!

The Farm – where time stood still

the horses all loaded easily!

puttin’ on a show

I guess it was around the year 2000. Paul and Kelly
walked into my real estate office in Frisco where I
worked. They had moved from California to be near family
and wanted to now buy a house. They had been living for
5 months on a farm of a family friend. The farm is on a
piece of land that had been in the same family for 150
years which I believe is fairly rare around here.
The farm was also in the family of a friend of mine from
high school and after we chatted, we found out that Paul
and I were also in the same high school maybe just a
year apart! What a coincindence- after just walking into
just one of many Real estate companies in Frisco! So they
lived here since then, I also sold another home for them a
few years ago that Paul grew up in and at that point, I was
heavily into my photography. Kelly and I talked often of me
coming out to the farm for a photo shoot, bring a model, etc
Whenever we planned it, the rains came and made it just too
muddy to try. So now that they again are moving only this time
back to California to be near their daughter who moved back after
high school and now has babies… well you get the story.
So right down to the wire, I headed out on Sunday just as the
trailer came to pick up the horses. I got to shoot a little of
them and then went into the house where time stood still…

Santa Fe to be continued…

so many photos from my week in Santa Fe! next
I will show some of the models we shot in
Keith Carters class at Santa Fe Workshops

off the Plaza in Santa Fe

La Cantina

classmates home on the hill

Madrid, NM great food at the Saloon

Cowgirl Red in Madrid

Bobcat Inn B&B

at the Bobcat Inn my first night

The National Cemetery

Popular place to eat at Harry’s

Harry’s back garden dining!

Santa Fe along Canyon Rd

Geronimo Restaurant

Rancho Nambe

my favorite gallery ijn Truchas, Anna Karin

Truchas, NM, the high road to Taos

along Historic Route 66 – Marilyn

Tucumcari, NM

and if you get off the main road and don’t follow the signs…

you end up here, on a gravel road! still Route 66!

Santa Fe Workshops

What a wonderful experience Santa Fe Workshops is!
Just got back from 6 days in Santa Fe, studying under
Keith Carter. Had a great time wish I could post all
of my images now but no time… so here is my trip home
stopping along Historic Route 66 plus a few for now
of Santa Fe… highly recommend the school

view out my bedroom window

Harry’s Roadhouse back dining area

Redwood Inn

Marilyn

Fringe in McKinney, the place to be this weekend!

Guest designer this month

Elizabeth DuVal jewerly designer…

Revive, Jennifers new shop coming soon!

The Toymaker creator of vintage looking Santas

the old lumberyard makes a great setting for vendors!

McKinney Grain , one of my favorite buildings

The Dance Hall at Gruene, Texas

I made a side trip on my way home from Austin on Monday
and got to go inside this historic dance hall, the oldest in
Texas! I love how neat and tiddy all the shops and landscaping
are in Gruene it is a pretty immaculate little town!

historic movie theater in West

interesting in West

Gruene Hall