To my dear readers…
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year!
I’ll be taking a break from blogging for a bit. I have weeds to pull, new lavender to plant,
the last few bulbs to get into the garden beds. It’s been a wonderful 8 months of imagining,
of sharing my favorite clippings and photos from my idea files and favorite design books.
I’ll be back after finishing a few DIY design and home improvement projects, orchestrating
the emergence of “Garden 2010″, and hiking and running a few hundred miles on my
favorite set of hills nearby. I’m returning my treasured set of old design magazines and
design books back to the shelves (and in bins under my bed!), from where they had
precipitously tilted in various stacks about my office, but am glad I was able to share
many beautiful forgotten images with you. I’ve tried to organize my blog so that you
can readily view old posts in the side bar (click snapshots by month or on favorites).
There is a winter to get through before my garden will bloom again.
Rain and mud and frost. But the colder the days get, the better the
Peonies will be. I’d like to think that’s a metaphor for life.
I believe in beauty and will back to share it.
Happy New Year wonderful readers. Keep warm, keep weeding, keep improving.
Your life is your own design.
XO Trish
Trish, thank you for all the inspiring imagery you have compiled here for us; a rich trove that I look forward to returning to often. Thanks also for your encouragement and support for my blog over the couple of months. Good luck with your projects, enjoy some time off and I look forward to your return to ‘Trouvais’. And best wishes for 2010!
Don’t be gone too long Trish! I will miss you. I have learned a lot from you and enjoyed every single thoughtful and well written post. Have fun with your garden and your projects, your runs and your life! I will be here when you return!
Laura
Happy New Year!
I have only recently discovered your blog, tho I did post on Corey Amaro’s blog that you were my favorite newly dscovered blog! And Corey will tell you that I am shamefully terrible at posting. I have so enjoyed having you available at my fingertips….. and will miss clicking on that favorites post. I will definatley be visiting those ast posts and I look forward to your return. Thank you for bringing such a wonderful, inspiring and beautiful trove to us. Looking forward to many more! Best wishes for the New Year!
Yes, I agree! Take a break, but do come back soon!
Happy New Year Trish.
xo
Brooke
I envy your climate. My garden is under snow and ice with more on the way. I think the quest for beauty in all forms is one of the most wonderful parts of a life journey. Best to you as you seek another fork in the road. I hope all the hills you climb are filled with joy and wonder.
Hi Trish,
Happy New Year to you and all your loved ones.
This was a year full of discovery’s I am sure 2010 will be even better
David
Bonjour Trish,
Boone chance with all your profects and the garden. Will miss all your beuatiful posts, and will be waiting when you return.
Wishing you a fabulous New Year filled with every success!
Trish,
Everyone needs time to recharge! Enjoy these moments. We will be here when you return! We will miss you!
Happy New Year!!!
xx-Gina
Happy New Year to you and your family Trish, and have a wonderful time away.
May you have a wonderful year ahead with much love, good health and happiness.
Look forward to your return.
Hugs
Carolyn
I will miss your blog terribly -truly part of my everyday. enjoy al your projects and must do’s…looking forward to your return. It is great that you can be firm about what you want and need!
bisous
Colette -South Africa
I will miss you too, but will visit now and again while you are away.
Happiest of New Years… a brand new decade stands before us a new chapter to write.
Lee
Happy new tear, Trish! Best wishes for you and your family, garden, great inspiration!
I “ll keep your words about life and design in my mind, we have not to forget it!
Lovely comments from all of you, thank you. Hope everyone is out there making the most of a brand new year! XO Trish
what A BEAUTIFUL blog…….wonderfully inpsiring……
hello Trish! Happy New Year! i just wanted to stop by and tell you how beautiful your blog is. i really do appreciate all your work in finding these amazing images. i just discovered your blog the other day and was just in heaven, such amazing inspiration! i will truly be a daily reader. take sometime off and enjoy! a great artist deserves a break! i’ll definitely be hanging around and enjoying reading your previous post. your blog is truly a treasure find! wishing you and your family a blessed, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
God Bless,
Charmaine
Well if you have to walk away, at least it’s for a good reason! Raising peonies and tending to your garden seems like a wonderful retreat. Looking forward to seeing your work with mother nature when you do come back to us!
Happy New Year, Trish!
I am already suffering withdrawals! Enjoy your blogging break and please hurry back to us as soon as you finish your projects.
~jermaine~
Happy New Year and come back soon. Your blog is a thing of such beauty it feeds the soul.
Happy New Decade. May all your hopes, wishes and dreams come true.
Much Love
Di (Designers Block)
Happy New Year Trish. I will miss you but will be anxiously awaiting your return. Get your batteries recharged and enjoy all the beauty around you.
Blessings…
xx
Peonies, my favorite! And the lavender garden is so beautiful!
Trish, I wish you the best for 2010 . Hope all your projects come true …I’m looking forward reading you again.
Bisous
Happy new year to you too. Don’t stay gone too long. We’ll certainly miss all of your amazing posts during the pause. Looking forward to what you have in store for the future.