Inspired by Alice in Wonderland

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post was inspired by </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Lewis Carroll  - whom I have quoted below . . .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So  she was considering in her own mind . . . whether the pleasure of making a daisy chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPeqvE7LrJ6sUPgdHb9tiM65yMvTLBdCszRy10tnBmIFAJB7izaw-T2ThVYhUYEgGWzIAyL0GeqtF2_-rJF1HyMQU-PUXV7lnTEBeAovuH4wDsde-ot9yGQK7lImrcD-XNdCd7n6eeq4Y/s1600/outtakes-kate-moss-028_160031705045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPeqvE7LrJ6sUPgdHb9tiM65yMvTLBdCszRy10tnBmIFAJB7izaw-T2ThVYhUYEgGWzIAyL0GeqtF2_-rJF1HyMQU-PUXV7lnTEBeAovuH4wDsde-ot9yGQK7lImrcD-XNdCd7n6eeq4Y/s1600/outtakes-kate-moss-028_160031705045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lila Grace's bouquet."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mario Testino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/kate-moss-kiss-me-kate/#/magazine-gallery/kate-moss-wedding/41" target="_blank">Kate Moss: Kiss Me, Kate</a>" by Hamish Bowles.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzHuUZpbNAN5G6rw5BLH6wmDT3zaoNjbHVoqUKNwK0rAF3OGp2y3uRmb62w2R97I-te5_JqRVBSCbw0A6_6lSLejbujiO_tjMBD0Qs6zscgcNasFaGtFGVhvxNxTlL2WQl56lKWkcGdaw/s1600/Original_Easter-Kim-Stoegbauer-Yellow-Cake_s3x4_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzHuUZpbNAN5G6rw5BLH6wmDT3zaoNjbHVoqUKNwK0rAF3OGp2y3uRmb62w2R97I-te5_JqRVBSCbw0A6_6lSLejbujiO_tjMBD0Qs6zscgcNasFaGtFGVhvxNxTlL2WQl56lKWkcGdaw/s1600/Original_Easter-Kim-Stoegbauer-Yellow-Cake_s3x4_lg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daisy Fondant cake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A sweet fondant cake with tiny daisies is the perfect centerpiece for the dessert display. Simple white pedestal cake stands dress up any dessert."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Winslow Photography.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.hgtv.com/entertaining/charming-yellow-and-blue-easter-brunch/pictures/index.html" target="_blank">Charming Yellow and Blue Easter Brunch</a>" by Kim Stoegbauer, The TomKat Studio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hgtv.com/" target="_blank">HGTV</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAmOFRPuMIrBf79g0WOL3yXuZww6NTVa0uYdwA-g-XwztFgf6uuW_bnwb5U-QtTE5PcDlSuPx9suZk_vgLOs-TBaQmSZX3wf_X_cz4SAFMyVYxrMe8aJ5gzNelXBe9OUKrUXc6PIAVYMZ/s1600/easter-baskets-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAmOFRPuMIrBf79g0WOL3yXuZww6NTVa0uYdwA-g-XwztFgf6uuW_bnwb5U-QtTE5PcDlSuPx9suZk_vgLOs-TBaQmSZX3wf_X_cz4SAFMyVYxrMe8aJ5gzNelXBe9OUKrUXc6PIAVYMZ/s1600/easter-baskets-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">"Hop into gardening by nestling small, plant-filled containers in strategic locations throughout the landscape. To create a fun seasonal look, we gave this display an Easter theme, mixing foliage, flowers, eggs, and a small rabbit statuary."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/plant-easter-basket-0" target="_blank">Plant an Easter Basket</a>"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a>.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Alice had not a moment to think . . . before she found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well. . . . the sides of the well . . . were filled with cupboards and bookshelves: here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.</i></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWogLOtcQNc-sW1tCxnJO2dOKOLmlDEZDGUtX824D4_8gb89urlUpa7NcpMJZn0Ig3mxFtnkIsfHPK3gesMnOH6sw9-F0KLt9r34wxzyRhhn7BSPJyKEFpT9a9P1i__qwIW1Z0aH9MiTRS/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl05_graves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWogLOtcQNc-sW1tCxnJO2dOKOLmlDEZDGUtX824D4_8gb89urlUpa7NcpMJZn0Ig3mxFtnkIsfHPK3gesMnOH6sw9-F0KLt9r34wxzyRhhn7BSPJyKEFpT9a9P1i__qwIW1Z0aH9MiTRS/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl05_graves.jpg" width="446" /></a><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“With the folly idea in mind, the architects gave the residence a tea room, which is octagonal in shape and situated off the second-floor library. On the tea room’s exterior, an ivy-covered lattice lends privacy and integrates the rear façade with the gardens.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A house in the Netherlands.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eric Kuster.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Michael Graves and Associates.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Daria Scagliola and Stijn Brakkee.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Riverside Sanctuary” text by Mildred F. Schmertz.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2010).</span></span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Alice knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains . . . </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSdTMhndTr0zb8byB0NtuU1CYkvvlHyD4c7vCa-2iyAaCjlqPzgnekUePIM49Gw7t1f-5c9HK7zAM6Ero9eM9MnAJOGcDGns13656QtrdLBc34MnUJzWqAhZVFAaFCyCTO92a8T-OxJEn/s1600/img_formal-gardenlg_ss14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSdTMhndTr0zb8byB0NtuU1CYkvvlHyD4c7vCa-2iyAaCjlqPzgnekUePIM49Gw7t1f-5c9HK7zAM6Ero9eM9MnAJOGcDGns13656QtrdLBc34MnUJzWqAhZVFAaFCyCTO92a8T-OxJEn/s1600/img_formal-gardenlg_ss14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the geometry garden, shrubs are clipped into balls, echoed by round finials. The lead boy balances on a finial that's being sprayed from the pool."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stan and Cheri Fry's Edwardian garden in New Hampshire.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden design by Gordon Hayward.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/magnificent-garden-formal-yet-inviting?page=13" target="_blank">Magnificent Garden: Formal Yet Inviting</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQZujoBZjP6pGA6eDzCao5VUdMOwP_kAjd3McNRvRViGTO52Ilx0iXID23_zF8wveFtye5DkLVZtVmvJxQ_w5rS64nZaYhK_Z2ecSlS-7_CJy3ecqcUFH3FcCP3Bj_aGHAnLEyK4DIbHN/s1600/img_formal-gardenlg_ss11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQZujoBZjP6pGA6eDzCao5VUdMOwP_kAjd3McNRvRViGTO52Ilx0iXID23_zF8wveFtye5DkLVZtVmvJxQ_w5rS64nZaYhK_Z2ecSlS-7_CJy3ecqcUFH3FcCP3Bj_aGHAnLEyK4DIbHN/s1600/img_formal-gardenlg_ss11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The formal garden's reflecting pool with spouting water is framed by 'Wintergem' boxwoods and lead urns."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stan and Cheri Fry's Edwardian garden in New Hampshire.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden design by Gordon Hayward.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/magnificent-garden-formal-yet-inviting?page=10" target="_blank">Magnificent Garden: Formal Yet Inviting</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmdN-1uL9P8g732ADdya4kO4ECFoLZ8_vpLMKvpiN8vLOW4tET8JqQGpCJLf-5CrnD1QaDitJ1733aUYocenjofJ6hKUdC5PpEmCfSy2-IVx7ZR0kgOfXCw8ggZZeSUqXKtw-VA84ZjhJ/s1600/p_101953372_wCROP+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmdN-1uL9P8g732ADdya4kO4ECFoLZ8_vpLMKvpiN8vLOW4tET8JqQGpCJLf-5CrnD1QaDitJ1733aUYocenjofJ6hKUdC5PpEmCfSy2-IVx7ZR0kgOfXCw8ggZZeSUqXKtw-VA84ZjhJ/s1600/p_101953372_wCROP+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Added by Mary and consulting gardener Norman Kent Johnson, the parterre is the only nod to formal French design, Four urns, two of which were original to the house, mark corners."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Birmingham, Alabama, garden of interior designer Mary Finch and her husband Ed Finch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consulting gardener: Norman Kent Johnson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean Allsopp.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/french-garden-southern-setting?page=11" target="_blank">French Garden in a Southern Setting</a>" written by Cathy Still McGowin.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg3hLFM9FP0DyFBwdYfVSbebit4HK1HLjoreXj6G3G7Bp-ipuCXSP3zQnivFv2jH69KRnlcdjA-XuiBcloHZEOfvM1gNfedBYeJKi3iEaTgXddG_qsoaFYXvvzhYM7o2EK9N1SoZgn-Xs/s1600/101648852_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg3hLFM9FP0DyFBwdYfVSbebit4HK1HLjoreXj6G3G7Bp-ipuCXSP3zQnivFv2jH69KRnlcdjA-XuiBcloHZEOfvM1gNfedBYeJKi3iEaTgXddG_qsoaFYXvvzhYM7o2EK9N1SoZgn-Xs/s1600/101648852_p.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Urns are planted with roses, geraniums, bacopa, and ivy, imbuing the grounds with a certain air of classicism."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane Goldman's 1949 Hamptons shingle-style residence.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden design by Jane E. Lappin and Arlene Gould, Wainscott Farms Inc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Rebecca Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/english-style-garden-hamptons?page=11" target="_blank">English-Style Garden in the Hamptons</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharam..</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>[T]ied around the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME, beautifully printed in large letters. . . . this bottle was not marked 'poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it . . . </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwQqU33bugfe8LtabOVmmHQ8gZBMRYzDql9zTcjAzOqRwt6iBRUg14KlEDRdIxES8guaAuzY-arcyv0VPWGblkP8jvr8fdcdAR-XQ_QANAaF4mG0Xjl6SF8aC32hRTnpw7hw8WEXQk6RE/s1600/il_570xN.345431438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwQqU33bugfe8LtabOVmmHQ8gZBMRYzDql9zTcjAzOqRwt6iBRUg14KlEDRdIxES8guaAuzY-arcyv0VPWGblkP8jvr8fdcdAR-XQ_QANAaF4mG0Xjl6SF8aC32hRTnpw7hw8WEXQk6RE/s1600/il_570xN.345431438.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/93124448/drink-me-gray-white-barber-pole-straws?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_search_query=drink+me&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto2&ga_explicit_scope=1&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_view_type=gallery" target="_blank">DRINK ME Gray and White Barber Pole Straws and Tags</a> - Set of 12 - You Choose Ribbon Color."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handmade item offered by Jacquelyn Vaccaro via Etsy. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself, and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim78vcRCw8yJ_h1DdbMOF40syxDqsNV3MNWTkRMjIJ4Ij-M2azsHU48sY_k-LvTMbCWRuSJY9WFt0G7Ympvto7_T_jnjSKqIhc7c2a03OvNXGXkzR3VD3FpwFFdqBf454egQStB8msK3rh/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-16-0409-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim78vcRCw8yJ_h1DdbMOF40syxDqsNV3MNWTkRMjIJ4Ij-M2azsHU48sY_k-LvTMbCWRuSJY9WFt0G7Ympvto7_T_jnjSKqIhc7c2a03OvNXGXkzR3VD3FpwFFdqBf454egQStB8msK3rh/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-16-0409-md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Digitalis purpurea</i> 'Alba,' or white foxglove, softens an English staddle stone."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Neil A. Landino Jr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/english-garden-design-connecticut?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Well-Manicured: Greenwich English Garden</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QeQEAL-9Q83hKihErj18pa1hQD_mbzwV5vCE4mHroQI9u0CTh_q1ZnDsWCsBrNlUlcwWIUU-lQTFLqPgVwzymyqTZHgWWe9fi7xvu35urMDOGphSrbbURGR2wR471o_dBKVZ_cGDTVX6/s1600/img_VAgardenlg_ss16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QeQEAL-9Q83hKihErj18pa1hQD_mbzwV5vCE4mHroQI9u0CTh_q1ZnDsWCsBrNlUlcwWIUU-lQTFLqPgVwzymyqTZHgWWe9fi7xvu35urMDOGphSrbbURGR2wR471o_dBKVZ_cGDTVX6/s1600/img_VAgardenlg_ss16.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"These playful mushrooms are part of the children's garden."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silverbrook Farm, Dotti Shetterly's home in Purcellville, Virginia.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Rebecca Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/outdoor-living/virginia-farm-garden?page=15" target="_blank">Virginia Farm Garden</a>" produced by James Cramer. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>" 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from here?'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'That depends a good deal on where you want to go,' said the Cat.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'I don't much care where --- ' said Alice.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Then it doesn't matter which way you walk,' said the Cat.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>' --- so long as I get <u>somewhere</u>,' Alice added as an explanation.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat. If you only walk long enough.' "</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaCKJKbbRw4U8tdRp4zGFqA_uvkh1DujMVaAPNIfzcE9lQtEspuQHqQhLfWe-p0xRVNowHEj84blM4C8WYHHX1-bWlUKF9pbdTEjZoXvMGPEu2FLpiUxDNqKh-MD-Pql0uVoDlbcQSAsf/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaCKJKbbRw4U8tdRp4zGFqA_uvkh1DujMVaAPNIfzcE9lQtEspuQHqQhLfWe-p0xRVNowHEj84blM4C8WYHHX1-bWlUKF9pbdTEjZoXvMGPEu2FLpiUxDNqKh-MD-Pql0uVoDlbcQSAsf/s1600/002.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Virginia garden of jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patricia Lyons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-inside-shenandoah-gem" target="_blank">Inside a Shenandoah Garden</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Do you play croquet with the Queen today?'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'I should like it very much,' said Alice, 'but I haven't been invited yet.'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'You'll see me there,' said the Cat, and vanished.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJepxFytvmtzP2qZEZCrm4pZqo1jmEsi_DTkemmOhGeS5Eutc2BOcieigRQpGluzaAKQ3luubO8f_4ivHe8d6ZXsv1xZfgWKTG1OA_oTBzo2R39m7o0su76jcUtaBHfpo75qa8PVnlmkYM/s1600/croquet-lawn-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJepxFytvmtzP2qZEZCrm4pZqo1jmEsi_DTkemmOhGeS5Eutc2BOcieigRQpGluzaAKQ3luubO8f_4ivHe8d6ZXsv1xZfgWKTG1OA_oTBzo2R39m7o0su76jcUtaBHfpo75qa8PVnlmkYM/s1600/croquet-lawn-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Croquet Lawn at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Cooper Carras.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/general/west-virginia-weddings/west-virginia-wedding_5" target="_blank">Southern Wedding at The Greenbrier</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it, a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows in it, and talking over its head. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfeZNgAK2UPq9fuMmnbL6xBVn2rwA3BOIMOaq2eR3Rscm57Dp9mGeL1SVFuOvQt9cx7B5tVN-vyebes3q00ZWp946aKGJdQojojTX-t9H3pJy9xZf3QbXDTu2OdqeXiMkf23vsTrMvb3S/s1600/101970060_wcrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfeZNgAK2UPq9fuMmnbL6xBVn2rwA3BOIMOaq2eR3Rscm57Dp9mGeL1SVFuOvQt9cx7B5tVN-vyebes3q00ZWp946aKGJdQojojTX-t9H3pJy9xZf3QbXDTu2OdqeXiMkf23vsTrMvb3S/s1600/101970060_wcrop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Jacksons love summer evenings sipping wine under the pergola."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/british-garden-french-countryside?page=9" target="_blank">British Garden in the French Countryside</a>" written by Lynn McBride.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBCVP82ZwTPgyQ_zrjmDXU50O9CwgEJeRPa6KrbCTLB6KwuDYtMc9ClcCT4HH_gyb7GVlOACaYciamUz6-KzMqj31TfVm5naizpu4bpiL4Y_SbVZjiOMuGsNMbuN6zY3WdaBPg8wTEl2U/s1600/101734429_p_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBCVP82ZwTPgyQ_zrjmDXU50O9CwgEJeRPa6KrbCTLB6KwuDYtMc9ClcCT4HH_gyb7GVlOACaYciamUz6-KzMqj31TfVm5naizpu4bpiL4Y_SbVZjiOMuGsNMbuN6zY3WdaBPg8wTEl2U/s1600/101734429_p_0.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"This setting effortlessly combines formal elements with casual style. Vintage and heirloom Chinese export Rose Medallion plates mix with 1937 Duke of Windsor flatware and heritage knives with mother-of-pearl handles. Immaculately pressed </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">linen napkins <span style="background: white;">are folded simply, without fuss. Down the center of the table, small topiaries in white cachepots balance carefully arranged flowers in tin garden containers. Dining chairs with hand-painted silk upholstery move outdoors to gather around the table."</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Huntsville, Alabama, home of Beverley Farrington, whose design business is called Accents of the South.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brunch hostesses: Beverley Farrington and Tasia Malakasis, owner of Belle Chevre.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/entertaining-southern-brunch-recipes?page=0" target="_blank">Entertaining: Southern Brunch, With Recipes</a>" written and produced by Stephen Excel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshGmAn6gG6lgulSlen-o3C4niK7R14hYRgtKdtIX7D93jAn85IN8bl1c2bi4wf4rsH0XcZcB_UFcRBV-guPJ1VerjKwY0eHIuGfEEp53uxSM77JeTwdUgcqx5pib1d8QE2uubwDWCvBJB/s1600/p_101906691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshGmAn6gG6lgulSlen-o3C4niK7R14hYRgtKdtIX7D93jAn85IN8bl1c2bi4wf4rsH0XcZcB_UFcRBV-guPJ1VerjKwY0eHIuGfEEp53uxSM77JeTwdUgcqx5pib1d8QE2uubwDWCvBJB/s1600/p_101906691.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Team a beautiful tray with ornate china for a winning combination. 'Darley Abbey' bone china teacups and dinnerware are from Royal Crown Derby and the Wallace sterling tray is from Replacements."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Chris Barrett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event planner: Rachel Hollis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn Millet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/great-gatherings-afternoon-tea?page=5" target="_blank">Great Gatherings: Afternoon Tea</a>" written and produced by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa3PsYDvg4nDesSjIPIw7W1QLwA0pupThulcF3IdIV9Im0hWdV2VZgNhNNLLJtIplnL3GuwczUMOit8JnxHcjnyi2OPRE1oBOKWJWE82_4Fc3mhdL884plt-Yo7PIo6GQlBYsSnOYKvbV/s1600/img_mothersdaylg_ss6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa3PsYDvg4nDesSjIPIw7W1QLwA0pupThulcF3IdIV9Im0hWdV2VZgNhNNLLJtIplnL3GuwczUMOit8JnxHcjnyi2OPRE1oBOKWJWE82_4Fc3mhdL884plt-Yo7PIo6GQlBYsSnOYKvbV/s1600/img_mothersdaylg_ss6.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mismatched teacups generate conversation about travels and flea-market finds."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Party planners: Catherine Bailly Dunne and Tanis McGregor of Door Couture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mark Edward Harris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/mothers-day-luncheon?page=5" target="_blank">Mother's Day Luncheon</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7J67CnuZJP4bm7Lt9ITdAlPK4ex7O_q9IOtBUo9NZWmF80vACGhRqPLGhjTFbmSxk7z7drdE8NeflLCMfyborzqKP_AT3M-JIgxPK0iMC1nUaRHo7Aax1gGxlSdn-c97uur8Gpkzu8WFg/s1600/p_101906693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7J67CnuZJP4bm7Lt9ITdAlPK4ex7O_q9IOtBUo9NZWmF80vACGhRqPLGhjTFbmSxk7z7drdE8NeflLCMfyborzqKP_AT3M-JIgxPK0iMC1nUaRHo7Aax1gGxlSdn-c97uur8Gpkzu8WFg/s1600/p_101906693.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A bar offering various loose teas like these from Tea Forte encourages guests to sample. Strainers or empty tea bags should also be on hand. Stainless-steel bowls are from Mary Jurek Design."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Chris Barrett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event planner: Rachel Hollis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn Millet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/great-gatherings-afternoon-tea?page=13" target="_blank">Great Gatherings: Afternoon Tea</a>" written and produced by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiJV74DHy8xRNmQR0HjeCf_JMdO5JFz1-fHw2uqDAubVBQcIDKw_B-5YAVfr13eh-RoUCCdgdSikT4EZIE3akanlt99BhKgfdyvPRX0ub6_W3x3DM0lGXKf-37oNjIjGL4uFtHmkn19iI/s1600/p_101906695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiJV74DHy8xRNmQR0HjeCf_JMdO5JFz1-fHw2uqDAubVBQcIDKw_B-5YAVfr13eh-RoUCCdgdSikT4EZIE3akanlt99BhKgfdyvPRX0ub6_W3x3DM0lGXKf-37oNjIjGL4uFtHmkn19iI/s1600/p_101906695.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A melange of vintage two-cup teapots from Replacements presents each guest with a signature pattern for individualized appeal."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Chris Barrett.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event planner: Rachel Hollis.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn Millet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/great-gatherings-afternoon-tea?page=14" target="_blank">Great Gatherings: Afternoon Tea</a>" written and produced by Krissa Rossbund.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ9Fon-7vU_ZaCFCEFD7opBkT8AR2IPFSuAb9rjH1GTinCaJ_HL-4MA9ftU_Jgv56Eq630PQuqHe-eAGJli38GtWJpQzqAwdKk0kdRZg5mTyz20ow_dfyqnkk0yEnOPvacU73XrQK0Tbo/s1600/101648863_p_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ9Fon-7vU_ZaCFCEFD7opBkT8AR2IPFSuAb9rjH1GTinCaJ_HL-4MA9ftU_Jgv56Eq630PQuqHe-eAGJli38GtWJpQzqAwdKk0kdRZg5mTyz20ow_dfyqnkk0yEnOPvacU73XrQK0Tbo/s1600/101648863_p_0.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Double Delight roses are tipped with a hue as red as Snow White's lips."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane Goldman's 1949 Hamptons shingle-style residence.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden design by Jane E. Lappin and Arlene Gould, Wainscott Farms Inc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Rebecca Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/english-style-garden-hamptons?page=7" target="_blank">English-Style Garden in the Hamptons</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharam..</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life: it was all ridges and furrows; the croquet-balls were live hedgehogs and the mallets live flamingos, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y29t_ZSbHHToCwe_wJZD7X0dhfszOT1hIpHhP85kMvmTXlVcVj01xW2IJPDcPASLOu0-yJlXu_Hq8GpKffsgnu4MLJGnNBjDNC_Dkw0gMlb3GY8Bd5UkUkb_E89kItEaCFyqi712WpuW/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.topiary-gardens-05-ladew-sculpture-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y29t_ZSbHHToCwe_wJZD7X0dhfszOT1hIpHhP85kMvmTXlVcVj01xW2IJPDcPASLOu0-yJlXu_Hq8GpKffsgnu4MLJGnNBjDNC_Dkw0gMlb3GY8Bd5UkUkb_E89kItEaCFyqi712WpuW/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.topiary-gardens-05-ladew-sculpture-garden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ladewgardens.com/" target="_blank">Ladew Gardens</a> in Maryland.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When you find yourself caught in the seemingly endless tedium of Interstate 95 around Baltimore, take an off-ramp to the wonderful topiary gardens created by Harvey S. Ladew. A <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">bon vivant born during New York’s Gilded Age and a famous cutup, Ladew (1887–1976) purchased a Maryland farm, later developed 22 acres of it for a garden, and then decided to do all the landscaping and garden planning himself. A sporting gent, Ladew often rode to the hounds during visits to England, which inspired his not-to-be-missed topiary hunting scenes </span>complete with fox and hounds bounding across lawns and horses and riders clearing fences in pursuit. In another garden area, Ladew’s huge oval swimming pool is surrounded by wavelike topiary hedges topped with green swimming swans. Ladew was able to infuse his rooted-to-the-earth sculptures with a sense of motion that is unique in this arena of garden design."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Ladew Gardens Staff Photos via Architectural Digest.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-10/public-topiary-gardens-guide-slideshow_slideshow_Ladew-Gardens_5" target="_blank">Garden Party</a>" by Katherine Whiteside.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012).</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtP2Y3zuC4WXpuTh3PS6EnK6eL4YzrcXukyb1AVFKZU_J5Y9PdT_SDlDWkXw6r6-37_F4Hs38dNuPBoWZr_AJjdy3-U-U9yrIZU9rmKU_9SZ9YQDFiPifuWG-1Cf9MGmpqe9D9ZSPPm7I/s1600/02VER-Corrigan-garden--2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtP2Y3zuC4WXpuTh3PS6EnK6eL4YzrcXukyb1AVFKZU_J5Y9PdT_SDlDWkXw6r6-37_F4Hs38dNuPBoWZr_AJjdy3-U-U9yrIZU9rmKU_9SZ9YQDFiPifuWG-1Cf9MGmpqe9D9ZSPPm7I/s1600/02VER-Corrigan-garden--2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To reduce the stretches of gravel, Corrigan expanded lawns and parterres."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loire Valley garden of Los Angeles-based designer Timothy Corrigan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/relaxed-outdoor-retreat?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">How This Designer Creates a Relaxed Outdoor Retreat</a>' by Mario Lopez-Cordero.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfon5rYjCOyyH0wE2SKnl1ZryfaurNTMCFKk44R2OjmQiYy2n-OiC4yjdOTOUz-vhUg3BgV9jf9xkslWquxzt0IVTQXY3Tz5ec85QAE33RpEc9CZ6mCVUn4yzSmsLUhYIB-5mIdI4LjFn/s1600/p_101907273_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfon5rYjCOyyH0wE2SKnl1ZryfaurNTMCFKk44R2OjmQiYy2n-OiC4yjdOTOUz-vhUg3BgV9jf9xkslWquxzt0IVTQXY3Tz5ec85QAE33RpEc9CZ6mCVUn4yzSmsLUhYIB-5mIdI4LjFn/s1600/p_101907273_0.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The knot garden behind the house features arches of roses and clematis."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old Rectory, Netherbury, West Dorset, U.K.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jerry Harpur.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-english-garden?page=1" target="_blank">Classic English Garden</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG2YqW3wVbxN60vfdyO_sDx9dP3DwrvFpegn8FnqZ_vtZFzL2Fcza2i4hal5V1P-2XtHk4LEYJrn5gYVjBASSfV2BIjzs7GqzCxifcdeoPJwZjRj4DAhcopgjsPjcglZviaQPlnW-Yfqa/s1600/p_101907274+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG2YqW3wVbxN60vfdyO_sDx9dP3DwrvFpegn8FnqZ_vtZFzL2Fcza2i4hal5V1P-2XtHk4LEYJrn5gYVjBASSfV2BIjzs7GqzCxifcdeoPJwZjRj4DAhcopgjsPjcglZviaQPlnW-Yfqa/s1600/p_101907274+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Along the pebbled driveway, neatly clipped boxwood hedges in a classic diamond design frame domed standard trees."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old Rectory, Netherbury, West Dorset, U.K.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jerry Harpur.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-english-garden?page=5" target="_blank">Classic English Garden</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWccf-M6fkt4vWVMUWlOJ8aclrfuojXJkJlFvXpNPxVRCUZzxhp5fNLba05k6H_J1e5KB7k8W97Br-NXbvCYKKT1-MLczgxgzP1HOjnMQFZjLIyDHX2zn3tyRTx-tqkg9MyOLXWq9bkVsr/s1600/p_101907280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWccf-M6fkt4vWVMUWlOJ8aclrfuojXJkJlFvXpNPxVRCUZzxhp5fNLba05k6H_J1e5KB7k8W97Br-NXbvCYKKT1-MLczgxgzP1HOjnMQFZjLIyDHX2zn3tyRTx-tqkg9MyOLXWq9bkVsr/s1600/p_101907280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Clipped yews echo the shapes of the garden houses and, along with upright hornbeams, define a long central access."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old Rectory, Netherbury, West Dorset, U.K.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jerry Harpur.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-english-garden?page=7" target="_blank">Classic English Garden</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg813TIzD5GgGpl2VveymgOIJeZjJy2pBnGHHvFAMpSmLkHCax18d1FVF2ZyBaVBj1sjH73rgLJixUxUgAeQBOb4kjlqaTQiEUoOunniAZNLg8Lk1_mrZXmgHzmyDLGD2HhdlvH1ZhjX-dy/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-1-0409-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg813TIzD5GgGpl2VveymgOIJeZjJy2pBnGHHvFAMpSmLkHCax18d1FVF2ZyBaVBj1sjH73rgLJixUxUgAeQBOb4kjlqaTQiEUoOunniAZNLg8Lk1_mrZXmgHzmyDLGD2HhdlvH1ZhjX-dy/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-1-0409-md.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On this private estate, adults and children alike delight in the taxus maze."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Chris Meech.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/english-garden-design-connecticut?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Well-Manicured: Greenwich English Garden</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM4oOxb3XBPtyCkhPSPz_tRB3XH3SUjqJEbEShn_Ox76Jb9Ty9I613OtJRrjqmUU8JJ7Rc5Eca70cD_E-BJv0Igm3_rxwPi6x8Cem3YpF4EnhdGjB4ZxrpCJ-MsnhOV4XLvqS8cNhvDIY/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-7-0409-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM4oOxb3XBPtyCkhPSPz_tRB3XH3SUjqJEbEShn_Ox76Jb9Ty9I613OtJRrjqmUU8JJ7Rc5Eca70cD_E-BJv0Igm3_rxwPi6x8Cem3YpF4EnhdGjB4ZxrpCJ-MsnhOV4XLvqS8cNhvDIY/s1600/gardens-greenwich-estate-7-0409-md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A venerable wrought-iron gate punctuates the stone wall below climbing <i>Hydrangea petiolaris</i>."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Neil A. Landino Jr.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/english-garden-design-connecticut?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">Well-Manicured: Greenwich English Garden</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm-KEtcvl5RnMQRIJCfIJ4z9LQvf93sv5MBIDYTDggMD2XC10IXeDF9HhyphenhyphenDhz5A_kJ32JqhpxIJITiBMhe9vv-yuXT8trBZ6B_CogztDErYzlfLuVFFe3DBtifC-zShyphenhyphenJVuxfWzgVy8tH/s1600/Sue-Grafton-Lincliff-Estate-Louisville-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm-KEtcvl5RnMQRIJCfIJ4z9LQvf93sv5MBIDYTDggMD2XC10IXeDF9HhyphenhyphenDhz5A_kJ32JqhpxIJITiBMhe9vv-yuXT8trBZ6B_CogztDErYzlfLuVFFe3DBtifC-zShyphenhyphenJVuxfWzgVy8tH/s1600/Sue-Grafton-Lincliff-Estate-Louisville-17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The turnaround at Lincliff appears to be the work of professionals, but the couple swears no landscape designers played a part."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grounds of Lincliff Estate, Sue Grafton's 100-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Andrew Hyslop.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-inside-sue-graftons-kentucky-garden" target="_blank">Inside Sue Grafton's Kentucky Garden</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG-TQFWlHKXKTfGqv0azIVv6kCAahG6zpeZB_BPpq5EiWzMoU9aB8huns6GhXzJL5NBjN9-t9nusUvNIwf8EFIHbCUOu7S-vHVOSnjxq5tjpuPVDnq2zzclHkePcK9RJX8vd9mWYp4DRO/s1600/Sue-Grafton-Lincliff-Estate-Louisville-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG-TQFWlHKXKTfGqv0azIVv6kCAahG6zpeZB_BPpq5EiWzMoU9aB8huns6GhXzJL5NBjN9-t9nusUvNIwf8EFIHbCUOu7S-vHVOSnjxq5tjpuPVDnq2zzclHkePcK9RJX8vd9mWYp4DRO/s1600/Sue-Grafton-Lincliff-Estate-Louisville-2.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A knot garden of boxwoods and barberries."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grounds of Lincliff Estate, Sue Grafton's 100-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Andrew Hyslop.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-inside-sue-graftons-kentucky-garden" target="_blank">Inside Sue Grafton's Kentucky Garden</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting, 'Off with his head!' or "Off with her head!' about once a minute.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4U6qy8EDPPOt9ZHra7uIV17otmSbQAo9k95OOrSwn3nxx2ifOEJSLQdDjAFovaDxKHAztvphMXmMwss9J_cAqQpnxJN-G2z7P7a33x5YYlQ1ltSYcmiKoeJiAlRvVS1tBEGLtLTHfBG8/s1600/101970091crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4U6qy8EDPPOt9ZHra7uIV17otmSbQAo9k95OOrSwn3nxx2ifOEJSLQdDjAFovaDxKHAztvphMXmMwss9J_cAqQpnxJN-G2z7P7a33x5YYlQ1ltSYcmiKoeJiAlRvVS1tBEGLtLTHfBG8/s1600/101970091crop.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Small touches, like an authentically aged bust, reflect the refinement of the Jacksons' property."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/british-garden-french-countryside?page=13" target="_blank">British Garden in the French Countryside</a>" written by Lynn McBride.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Who cares for you?' said Alice . . . 'You're nothing but a pack of cards!'</i></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcBoKeJ-Ycp3BxqH8XK2Za1neCCs1TFgt-1WuWO1xooqQ-OSgJAexqeYwvMyvI7o9UL4SQwIEKwYYNXSxdetildHgq0EhqQk1XtsDeU2nCURecM-y239TzQVkRmMh4Ym052YKKkfm35gA/s1600/MrxSf_FIigIl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcBoKeJ-Ycp3BxqH8XK2Za1neCCs1TFgt-1WuWO1xooqQ-OSgJAexqeYwvMyvI7o9UL4SQwIEKwYYNXSxdetildHgq0EhqQk1XtsDeU2nCURecM-y239TzQVkRmMh4Ym052YKKkfm35gA/s1600/MrxSf_FIigIl.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Playing cards by Hermes. A luxury deck that will seriously elevate game night."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo source: Hermes via Lonny.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/The+Lonny+Registry+2013/articles/0XN3ykBKuHZ/Playing+Cards+by+Herm+s" target="_blank">The Lonny Registry 2013</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a>.</span></div>

Inspired by Alice in Wonderland

This post was inspired by  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll  - whom I have quoted below . . . So  she was considering ...

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Election Day: Donkeys and Elephants

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is Election Day. I won't say who gets my vote; this is a bipartisan post. However, in the spirit of the day, I share photos of donkeys (Democrats) and elephants (Republicans). Celebrate your right to vote by taking a trip to the polls today!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDRDADDs7dMRm-Upcgua9FnY7ahGcs0Sevr787Aou0ET71hRZUyRp_OTgI6QV7bTeiLu7DYrEOoYdjTFHY4-JdEJIEd-9QscG97uBl3JK6DkihaC2z4IviQgHWiQIXKmSD7NJslKtbpbT/s1600/04_ED0109_TUTTLE9_067A-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDRDADDs7dMRm-Upcgua9FnY7ahGcs0Sevr787Aou0ET71hRZUyRp_OTgI6QV7bTeiLu7DYrEOoYdjTFHY4-JdEJIEd-9QscG97uBl3JK6DkihaC2z4IviQgHWiQIXKmSD7NJslKtbpbT/s640/04_ED0109_TUTTLE9_067A-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The library features a 19th-century mahogany secretary from Niall Smith Antiques and a painting by Javanese artist Karyanto."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mila and Tom Tuttle's 1836 Greek Revival townhouse in Manhattan.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorating by <a href="http://milesredd.com/">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/amazing-grace#slide-4">Amazing Grace</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbFDIq9MjDt2ROMl_SsfRKLF1xO2ZRh2u0V5Adiv3xS1w3a6tzmtWy1c1PsHItV1MKTMS6RLt5s-jeai5HEAItkjanwFV-xdtdo5ytEODx2LoIfGhxMdWipqbGGVAlP545-zvyY-Oekyo/s1600/511Q2WPJR0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbFDIq9MjDt2ROMl_SsfRKLF1xO2ZRh2u0V5Adiv3xS1w3a6tzmtWy1c1PsHItV1MKTMS6RLt5s-jeai5HEAItkjanwFV-xdtdo5ytEODx2LoIfGhxMdWipqbGGVAlP545-zvyY-Oekyo/s640/511Q2WPJR0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596430109/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1F05S4EDARX9SAQ6CA41&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846">Amazon</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1OZCScwwgHnaKCDByKNL57AGjvq8DJ530CKSaVICPgGRwRG5-ZTZsKgPQQNGt35fusJDuGXjdjLGcyDaHNec0-eetrGT1cQdp82w6TXdHUwUxR8AOD4VNKwetsoJp9cCcYL1ppRzZ4j_/s1600/10_ED0109_TUTTLE9_073-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1OZCScwwgHnaKCDByKNL57AGjvq8DJ530CKSaVICPgGRwRG5-ZTZsKgPQQNGt35fusJDuGXjdjLGcyDaHNec0-eetrGT1cQdp82w6TXdHUwUxR8AOD4VNKwetsoJp9cCcYL1ppRzZ4j_/s640/10_ED0109_TUTTLE9_073-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath, wallpaper by <a href="http://www.degournay.com/">de Gournay</a> and <a href="http://www.us.kohler.com/us/">Kohler</a> sinks </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with <a href="http://www.barwil.co.uk/">Barber Wilsons and Co.</a> fittings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mila and Tom Tuttle's 1836 Greek Revival townhouse in Manhattan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorating by <a href="http://milesredd.com/">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/amazing-grace#slide-10">Amazing Grace</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January 2009). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpiGPwxcBVcLleTO8eP7p3MnWSJQeWvhwn9hbx9pzcjsp5PJiS9wso7qeOVk1KWRRlWR-6OvJaxZZt_m5Lt4pA582JcxCsHi4sz8nILAMLkvC7wd_NkwW_yJ5xcKjJ4rrv2C0Ka7TjK7H/s1600/800px-'Taming_the_Donkey',_painting_by_Eduardo_Zamacois_y_Zabala,_1868,_private_collection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpiGPwxcBVcLleTO8eP7p3MnWSJQeWvhwn9hbx9pzcjsp5PJiS9wso7qeOVk1KWRRlWR-6OvJaxZZt_m5Lt4pA582JcxCsHi4sz8nILAMLkvC7wd_NkwW_yJ5xcKjJ4rrv2C0Ka7TjK7H/s640/800px-'Taming_the_Donkey',_painting_by_Eduardo_Zamacois_y_Zabala,_1868,_private_collection.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Taming the Donkey" (1868).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painting by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (private collection).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Permission: PD-Art.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:'Taming_the_Donkey',_painting_by_Eduardo_Zamacois_y_Zabala,_1868,_private_collection.jpg">Photo obtained via Wikipedia</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9wLbv6thz0giytZE5unD4Ah8MdP39sRSnbSOMG077nMzWgM-ZokjWRetrjuCTcb4o43ppN1kM3IM_05jvNTGgk2pYR6LHzS1OwbcSAaT6H5jfNlCC3d7rTSasZuTWCoovOhcDIaLgFMw/s1600/3235_photo_1_190201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9wLbv6thz0giytZE5unD4Ah8MdP39sRSnbSOMG077nMzWgM-ZokjWRetrjuCTcb4o43ppN1kM3IM_05jvNTGgk2pYR6LHzS1OwbcSAaT6H5jfNlCC3d7rTSasZuTWCoovOhcDIaLgFMw/s640/3235_photo_1_190201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hivemodern.com/product3235/vitra-eames-elephant">Eames Elephant</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, 1945.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Available via <a href="http://www.hivemodern.com/">Hive Modern</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4S3-t3fXlpd1SNkEhbtRocQAY8eEH4LYMyDgjTGru8GPiWr68e5JwDSoPl-4rA8NKyvY08rjIQ-p0YVcZEFpJvE56PqxTPovucylooKgFLXAo2qPjVTSF40_RH2W8S-Jtpeecf_UAYhBm/s1600/1348155168-124ea.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4S3-t3fXlpd1SNkEhbtRocQAY8eEH4LYMyDgjTGru8GPiWr68e5JwDSoPl-4rA8NKyvY08rjIQ-p0YVcZEFpJvE56PqxTPovucylooKgFLXAo2qPjVTSF40_RH2W8S-Jtpeecf_UAYhBm/s640/1348155168-124ea.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Francoise-Xavier Lalanne's 1998 "Ane de Natalie," a donkey made of bronze, leather and wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: JGM Galerie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/fashion/13iht-rartbiennale13.html?pagewanted=all">Sumptuous Paris Fair Defies Bearish Times</a>" by Maia de la Baume.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorktimes.com/">New York Times</a> (September 12, 2012).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLTiBmdLTHIJV9mryeFc6Mbz-FieRVjXS0emDI3k3gU-Sh_xuoF9DMtPJxXMhvVYtFl1NVVTx20iUi_z5zuWmGvNsT79p5AvME76N-h-jO5g5b3r5tenboLDizQjbuQUxm6uP0akHlhfP/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.topiary-gardens-07-elephant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLTiBmdLTHIJV9mryeFc6Mbz-FieRVjXS0emDI3k3gU-Sh_xuoF9DMtPJxXMhvVYtFl1NVVTx20iUi_z5zuWmGvNsT79p5AvME76N-h-jO5g5b3r5tenboLDizQjbuQUxm6uP0akHlhfP/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.topiary-gardens-07-elephant.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elephant topiary located in Green Animals, a garden in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Following the European Renaissance tradition of creating furry shapes in clipped trees and shrubs, Green Animals features a menagerie of adorable creatures. . . . [T]his topiary masterpiece features teddy bears, an elephant, an ostrich, a unicorn, and more than 75 additional forms of green fauna. The property was originally the summer home of Thomas Brayton, treasurer of the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company, and his family. It was the head gardener who began clipping and experimenting with topiary forms in the first decades of the 20th century."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nik Wheeler/Alamy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-10/public-topiary-gardens-guide-slideshow#slide=7">Garden Party</a>" text by Katherine Whiteside.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs85ogVKQ-CWNtzVFekZzHZPYGCVO25stamr5nxQLDZk8_sJWML_g2cAtuxi_1TY_9IJ4t6wCsdQS8_i-RcJKOgbzJmTB0ggWgdSzIxsySNTM7KcsIZIQQnJbNu9n8gaPfKA2Q9wyG_70U/s1600/Donkey_head_rhyton_Louvre_Cp3555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs85ogVKQ-CWNtzVFekZzHZPYGCVO25stamr5nxQLDZk8_sJWML_g2cAtuxi_1TY_9IJ4t6wCsdQS8_i-RcJKOgbzJmTB0ggWgdSzIxsySNTM7KcsIZIQQnJbNu9n8gaPfKA2Q9wyG_70U/s640/Donkey_head_rhyton_Louvre_Cp3555.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Rhyton in the shape of a donkey's head representing Dionysus and a maenad."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A rhtyon was a drinking vessel used in ancient times. It typically took the shape of an animal or an animal head.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa 400 and 430 B.C., Athens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Located in the Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Louvre. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006), holder of copyright.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donkey_head_rhyton_Louvre_Cp3555.jpg">Photo obtained via Wikipedia</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhiH2Tk58PJBAWUuQmO76eUCCZ2OPCLFW_10kA-BDl3mLDn0Q6WJjqBRGv18yccjKmaCiyJE7-Xea8irWGoJYu8LIfDSe5bDgpC7Y9fK8gpc3UGiqJaPZag-cB3CZWjLUWe_bnx8B3qUB/s1600/NMH58TQ_mx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhiH2Tk58PJBAWUuQmO76eUCCZ2OPCLFW_10kA-BDl3mLDn0Q6WJjqBRGv18yccjKmaCiyJE7-Xea8irWGoJYu8LIfDSe5bDgpC7Y9fK8gpc3UGiqJaPZag-cB3CZWjLUWe_bnx8B3qUB/s640/NMH58TQ_mx.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White Elephant Garden Seat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/White-Elephant-Garden-Seat-elephant/prod120410101___/?icid=&searchType=MAIN&rte=%252Fsearch.jsp%253FN%253D0%2526Ntt%253Delephant%2526_requestid%253D59660&eItemId=prod120410101&cmCat=search">Neiman Marcus</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$199.00</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxpjzKDyccBEeIImAxXMucDj5aihLa-QmxtErJnhUTquEleL9vfQOCxKaqMmpmfRpMhB9ETw2O3lrCAGlrAaiC4UJsG0JYtPcrVoDsRi_0wA64n42pwP1awxB7ml7uGezsIeQ2fQgzcZn/s1600/sp_all-ears-elephant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxpjzKDyccBEeIImAxXMucDj5aihLa-QmxtErJnhUTquEleL9vfQOCxKaqMmpmfRpMhB9ETw2O3lrCAGlrAaiC4UJsG0JYtPcrVoDsRi_0wA64n42pwP1awxB7ml7uGezsIeQ2fQgzcZn/s400/sp_all-ears-elephant.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vivaterra.com/all-ears-elephant.html">All Ears Elephant</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hand-sculpted from papier-mache in Haiti by displaced earthquake survivors"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.vivaterra.com/">Viva Terra</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$189.00 </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Election Day: Donkeys and Elephants

Today is Election Day. I won't say who gets my vote; this is a bipartisan post. However, in the spirit of the day, I share photos of don...

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