Frozen Desserts | Slim Paley

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Here we are, at the end of another wildly fleeting summer month already

Are you feeling well summerized yet? Have you been to the beach, or the lake? Maybe even the drive-in? (I have!)

Or perhaps you’re more of the gardening type? Have you been enjoying all the fruits of your labour?! My garden is in full-on blowsy mode at the moment. To be honest the old girl is in serious need of a new “Do”- you know like when you literally cannot wait one more SECOND to get your hair done? But no time, no time…where does it go??

Though I can’t complain about my roses this year. Even if I do say so myself, they’ve been pretty dang gorgeous. Now I’m always enamored with old fashioned roses; the delicate, breathy hues and lush crinolined layers of all the regal grande dames, but I must admit to having my head turned by this new, ridiculously loud orange fellow. His sheer brazenness just brings a smile to my face and a kick to any arrangement. I can’t possibly think of him in feminine terms. This rose is a dude who goes by the name of “Gingersnap” (Available at Rose Story Farm in Carpinteria) .

The colour is divine with turquoise, another of my all time favourite combos

Rug available at Richard Morant

Speaking of tangerine (how’s that for a segue?)

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Have you ever tried Lillet? My husband recently read Hemmingway’s “A Moveable Feast” for the first time and decided that he must try Lillet (being a favourite tipple of Ernest’s) Aaand guess who’s now drinking the Lillet and who’s gone back to his diet coke?!

Best served very cold with an orange slice.

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A little droopy but still appealing (some of us can relate to that, right?)

I saw these somewhere but lost the credit- if anyone knows where to buy them please let me know

Suzani from Richard Morant

Chair available from Shades of Light

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A big bowl of loquats and tangerines from the garden

Citrus sorbets from another of my fav cookbooks to look at ”Frozen Desserts”

Blu Mediterraneo by Acqua di Parma

ahhh- so light and summery

Lily Pulitzer luncheon plates

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A summer table setting at the beach

Another version of that delicious Louis Vuitton summer bag…I can feel the ceiling fan wafting through my hair…

Happy August to Everyone

Stretch each and every day as long as you can

Take time to read, relax and smell those roses

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It was another gloriously sunny day in California, though I must admit, the day came with all it’s Monday Might and left me a wee bit worse for wear. My antidote was to take a walk around the garden this evening with my camera (and a glass of chilled white wine ) and let Mother Nature still my spirits. There’s nothing quite like the beauty of an unfurling rose, or even a mere fern leaf to help bring a certain stillness back to the soul. When the sun sets at this time of year, the entire garden takes on a glorious chartreuse hue that never ceases to enthrall me no matter how many years I’ve lived in this house.

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Chartreuse is the name given to the wonderful colour created when green and yellow are combined (or in actual fact, when the absence of green and yellow combines, if we are to get technical) Grande Chartreuse is the head monastery of the Carthusian order, located in the Chartreuse Mountains just north of Grenoble and is most famous for being the producers of Chartreuse liquer, which has been around, believe it or not, since the early 1700′s. (God I’m good…Dan Brown eat your heart out )