Eventide in the Garden

Late July is usually pretty miserable in the South but we have a reprieve this week.

 Darn near perfect weather for an evening stroll through some of the most amazing acreage in Atlanta, replete with living sculptures of real and mythical creatures.

My Mantel and Hearth 15 Different Ways

I did several mantel groupings in preparation for Haven 2014,

that I left in my phone until today.

My bad.

This is my mantel normally, since discarding a gallery wall and needing a place for my large brass rubbing.
A mirror here won't work because there's already a mirror wall in the dining area and a floor to ceiling mirror behind the sofa.

I know it's a dark room but a girl can only have so many mirrors before neighbors start to talk.