The Huntington Library, Gallery and Gardens

This place is one of the great cultural institutions in the United States thanks to Mr. Henry E. Huntington. We had the good fortune this week to drive down to see it. A 2+ hour slog through LA traffic was a small price to pay for the visit. It would take a week to give you a comprehensive description of everything we saw but suffice it to say Mr. Huntington has left the the public one of the most comprehensive examples of  inspired book collecting in America. Go there!
The art and the gardens are terrific too but the books are absolutely astounding. 

Gearing Up For The New Season

Do you see the smiling driver in the car over there? That's Sarah doing what she really loves, buying great looking antiques for next season. In this place it was a pair of ceramic frog bookends and a hanging shelf made from a WW II bread baking tin filled with battered old zinc mugs. Sounds strange doesn't it? Not a bit of it. They're terrific! Wait till you see them.