WEEKEND PHOTO!

Cherries early morning in the Hollywood Hills (above)

This is my first weekend at home in 4 months.  Enjoying just being here.

I've been out of my little tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills due to construction for all of that time...emergency construction after water damage was discovered just days before Christmas.

Well now I'm back...still have lots of sprucing up to do on my little house but I am home!

A neighbor of mine had a little gathering/trunk show yesterday - she makes beautiful jewelry.  I wandered by.  Had a nice chat with several neighbors, caught up with all of what's been going on in the hood and even bought some jewelry.

This morning...I woke up...wandered down my stairs and across the little trail that is my street and took this photo.

Neighbors MR and JH have a cherry tree in their front yard.  The other day, when I arrived home from High Point, NC market, MR welcomed me back and said, "Did you see we have cherries?  You are welcome to eat some".  So early this Sunday morning...I took him up on his offer...I pranced down the stairs from my house, across the trail, plucked two bright red juicy cherries off the tree and ate them.  Delightful Sunday morning here in the Hollywood Hills.  Just delightful. Thank you MR and JH.

Happy weekend!

xo
Coco

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WEEKEND PHOTO!

My friend SB gave me this gorgeous pink Phalaenopsis orchid. So sweet of her but totally unnecessary. I got tickets to a t.v. show taping for her and her kids and other family members.  Getting the tickets was absolutely no problem.  I loved her wonderful thank you note. I thought that was sufficient...but then a day later we got this GORGEOUS flowering plant at COCOCOZY Headquarters in Beverly Hills. So sweet of her.

Anyhoooo...this is my weekend photo. The orchid at dusk in a window at our office. Love the pink flower against the green ficus tree back drop.

My weekend photo!

Happy weekend!

xo
Coco

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SPRING BLOOMS IN MY HOME TOWN!

Went out to my hometown of Claremont, California yesterday for Easter.  Claremont is a small sweet Southern California college town.  Such a cute place it is...was happy to go home for the holiday.

Had a lovely Easter brunch with my very very nice sis DS (uh I add an extra very because I just found out my floors were done wrong at my cottage in the Hollywood Hills so I may have to stay with sis DS for two more weeks), my wonderful mother and the very sweet TE. We had a really nice time together. Good conversation and lots of warm laughter.

Before brunch, as TE and I drove into the little town square there we noticed a beautiful little park with gorgeous pink and purple flowering trees and plants. After our brunch, we stopped off to take photos. It was a bit of cloudy day and I was in light blue Easter dress and heels but I found myself somewhat inelegantly bending, stretching, standing with legs akimbo to get the best shot of all of the stunning blooms. It seems that TE is a better photographer than me though...for every 30 photos I took, he took one really beautiful one...hmmmm...note to self...take some photography lessons.  Anyhooo...here are some views of some lovely spring pink and purple blooms in the middle of Claremont. Some good ideas for my garden next spring!

I should dedicate this post to best of friend AM who loves the color pink and who has passed that love of all things pink onto her little boo boo daughter.  AM hope you enjoy this one!

 

Pink azaleas! (above)

Is this purple flower a lilac?  Please identify! (above)

I think the pink flowering tree is called an Empress tree....it was so beautiful. (above)

Hope you all had a nice weekend!

Happy Monday!

xo

Coco

P.S.  Have been eating non stop for the last 24 hours because Lent is over!  This year, I gave up corn, anything with flour, potatoes, sugar and dried mangoes for over 40 days.  Oy va voy.  This year was hard.  On Easter morning TE made me a cute basket complete with corn chips, an apple fritter, bundt cake from a delish bakery called Nothing Bundt Cakes, boxes of pasta, truffles, chocolate, jelly beans and a stuffed Easter bunny.  I spent the day nibbling at the basket and then finished off the day requesting pizza for dinner (which TE went out and picked up from a great place in Santa Monica).  Sounds crazy...I know...but 40 days without anything quite decadent in the food department would drive anyone crazy...right????  Or wrong???

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A little mercury glass holiday tree sitting in my kitchen window. (above)

Well the holiday season is definitely in full swing. I trimmed my Christmas tree last weekend - a Douglas Fir...nice and plump...with white lights...silver, mirrored, sparkled and mercury glass ornaments...it shimmers at night. It is small but works.

Have a little obsession with mercury glass looking things lately...including this glass tree I picked up the other day.

This little holiday tree sits in my kitchen window or on my dining room table. I like its metallic shine. Oddly shaped kind of but still does the trick of adding a little touch of holiday spirit.

What holiday touches are you adding into your home? What do you think of this little glass tree...cute or weird looking? Hmmm...do tell!

Happy Saturday! Happy weekend!

xo
Coco

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVE!

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I love Thanksgiving...such a wonderful time with family...enjoying good food...taking the time to reconnect.

I am making two pies (a sweet potato and an apple) for our family gathering at my mom's house. My hat goes off to those of you who are cooking an entire meal. My pies will take some time but nothing like a turkey and all of the sides!

Oh, the color of these leaves reminds me of fall. I took the photo a several months ago...actually back in the Spring...it is of the Japanese Maple in front of my house. Now there are barely any leaves on my little tree. I'm going to deck it with sparkle white lights for the holidays!

Anyhooo...what are you doing to prep for Thanksgiving tomorrow? Any fun plans tonight? How do you spend the night before a big holiday?

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving Eve.

Happy Wednesday.

xo
Coco

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Love this image...nature's design.  A Camellia tree losing its pink blooms and a pink bike to match.  Puts a smile on my face.

Happy Friday!

xo
Coco

P.S. As you know...I'm going to the Emmys this weekend! Whirlwind of parties and primping to ensue over these next few days. Will tweet about the Emmys on Sunday straight from the red carpet! So make sure to follow me on Nbaynadamas Twitter! Hope my blackberry will fit into my tiny Judith Leiber bag!

P.P.S. Over 4,000 now following on Nbaynadamas Twitter.  Yoohooo! The more the merrier! On Twitter, I tend to tweet randomly and share photos of things I run into...so would be great to hear from you all there

P.P.P.S.  Also, if we are talking numbers, right now, there are 33,321 followers on Nbaynadamas Facebook! Thanks all of you for joining me there too. If you haven't yet, please follow along!  I love reading your comments!

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WEEKEND PHOTO: THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND A LANDSCAPE DILEMMA!

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My "front yard"! (above)

As most of you know, I live in a tiny tiny tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills. My house is located on a small trail nestled among the trees on its own little knoll.

This is the front of my house.

Out front, there's a lovely little colorful Japanese maple that my gardener recommended, some fuchsia and white impatiens and 25 winding flagstone steps that lead up to my 1940's house (mini house actually). Oh did I mention the oodles and oodles of ivy out front...including two slightly bizarre ivy covered trellises (I did not put those there...the previous owner did).  I chuckle when I look at those trellises sometimes as I walk up the stairs after a long day at work...they just look so strange....like ivy monsters or something...serving no purpose really...but I haven't gotten rid of them even after almost 8 years of owning this house! :-)

I have a small "outdoor decor" dilemma today...landscaping issues...

My little Japanese maple out in front of my house looks so wonderful right now...bright and vibrant...full of those fabulous deep purple leaves. I love it when leaves come back. I am thinking though of changing this Japanese maple out for an evergreen miniature tree like a little kumquat or something.  Reason...for about 1/2 of the year my little maple has no leaves...and it is little depressing to come home to a scrawny little tree that really just looks like a bunch of twigs. I don't know what to do here. I LOVE the way this cutie looks in spring and summer...but I nearly loathe the way it looks in the winter...

Do I keep the maple tree or do I dig it up and find a little evergreen tree?  What do you think dear readers? Take or leave the maple...?

Am off to the Pasadena Rose Bowl flea market this morning!  Wish me some good vintage hunting!

Happy Sunday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Do you have any part of your yard that you are particularly proud of?  If so, please send me photos and maybe I'll post!  Nbaynadamas@gmail.com

P.P.S. I know, I really should be addressing those two heaps of ivy on the slope behind the tree...but that is for another landscape dilemma Sunday!

P.P.P.S. Follow me on Nbaynadamas Twitter because throughout the morning I will tweet finds from the Rose Bowl Flea Market...from around 9:30am-11:00amPST.

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