tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post496808545353309049..comments2024-07-21T08:22:30.899-07:00Diane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-5980346245572050572015-11-15T17:57:46.525-08:002015-11-15T17:57:46.525-08:00Dear Francie-<br /><br /><br />I love your comment.<br />Yes…these are all books you would adore, with so much stylistic variety and inspiration.<br /><br />I love also your adorable &#39;Bee Cottage&#39; memoir, which is a book to be savored and read and read again. Each page has ideas and compassion and a delightful biography filled with hope and optimism and fresh outlooks and visions. You take your reader along with you--and invite them to visit the cottage, your wedding (s), and your family, your delightful garden.<br />You also credit all of your collaborators…so gracious and thoughtful.<br />I could not be more impressed with the freshness and personal views you include here.<br />thank you so much DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-49452017096021260382015-11-15T17:49:28.084-08:002015-11-15T17:49:28.084-08:00LYNNE-<br /><br />YES…this is your dream book selection.<br />You will love the book on &#39;Red&#39; and the history of art and cochineal.<br />The Hermitage book…will enrich your trip to St. P.<br />And the Thurn &amp; Taxis book is rich in detail and history.<br />All of these are essential for your library for keeps.<br />I hope to see some of your recent work soon…would love to see your latest art and obsessions.<br />wonderful to hear from you--DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-4515599201782199962015-11-15T17:41:57.406-08:002015-11-15T17:41:57.406-08:00Well, I just packed my wish list with some new books! As a pigment collector (and paint-maker) I am fascinated by the stories of colors and how they are made. Of course I remember &quot;Princess TNT&quot; from my club-soaked youth and I am thrilled to see their fearless collecting in their historic interiors, and cannot help but notice the rich and fearless colors in those interiors as well. The famous Dior Bar suit is one of my all-time favorites, and for my wedding in 2010 I had a (very similar) jacket made from ivory silk [salvaged from the train of my first wedding gown.] And finally, I am planning my first trip to St. Petersburg in May for the 2016 Salon; I&#39;m very excited to visit the Hermitage at long last. Lynne Rutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861049506323014982[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-41870119660113870362015-11-10T10:42:08.762-08:002015-11-10T10:42:08.762-08:00Love them ALL and will no doubt acquire them all - but am especially excited about the Shingled House and the wonderful work of Ike, Kligerman, and Barkley who are all immensely talented and lovely people to boot. I had not known about the Hermitage book, and that looks like a real treasure. Thanks so much, as ever.Frances Schultzhttp://www.francesschultz.com[email protected]