IN A FRENCH GARDEN....NOUS SOMMES TOUS COMME LES FLEURS.

Oh, Joy!!! It is spring! I , like many people, am thinking about my summer garden.  I went out this morning to my flea markets and favorite spots to look for the things I like to collect; one of these being french antique and vintage silver plate urns, creamers and sugarers, small trophies and the like. I fill them with fresh flowers during the winter for my mantle or tables throughout my french home. I came across this beautiful vintage mermaid stand for my garden today, and the wheels started turning in my little french head!  So I decided to do a french theme in my spring garden, by bringing the indoors out! Brilliant!!!! So i filled up the silver bowls and urns and creamers with french blue pansies and placed them out in my garden, bringing items from indoor to outdoors!! My favorite room in my house is my three season room, this looks out to my garden. I can enjoy coffee or wine in this room in the summer while peering out at this magnificent french garden that is just starting to blossom. The idea of bringing out beautiful, precious items and placing them into my garden is a new design trend that patty P is starting...Please feel free to e-mail me or ask me for some of my ideas....you are welcome to copy my ideas...that is what patty p is here for!!

Terre, nourris-moi
Patty P xo

I'M TURNING JAPANESE, I THINK I'M TURNING JAPANESE, I REALLY THINK SO!

 SHOWN HERE WITH SOME SHELLS AND THINGS FROM THE SEA! HOW PRETTY IS THAT FOR A CANDY JAR!

 HERE IS A CLOSE UP OF THE WONDERFUL TRADEMARK...IT'S THE REAL DEAL!

 NEXT TO MY PRIZED SILVER URNS...

 UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL SHOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL DETAIL.

Spring time brings patty P out to all the flea markets around New England, where she finds some of her great treasures she collects for her French Home, here on the North Shore of Boston. I found a beautiful little Kompeitos candy jar made and signed by the company Vantine's. Vantine's was a company that was started in San Francisco in 1840 and moved to New York in 1869. The company closed in 1951. They manufactured wares in japan for export in the west. Their trademark shown in the picture here, is a crossed imperial Chinese and Japanese flag with a Turkish crescent moon + star in the center. Kompeitos are small Japanese sugar candies....these jars were probably filled with candies in the 19th centuries. I love collecting pottery, esp from Marblehead and of course, FRANCE, but now i have turned some of my attention to Japan!
I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so!
Patty P

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARBLEHEAD, MY HOME TOWN.

REDD'S POND WITH STRIPES AND NO BOATS!

A VERY OLD AND SPOOKY GRAVE AT OLD BURIAL HILL.

MARBLE HEADERS DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST...DEFENDING OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND LIBERTIES.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH?

ONE OF MY ANCESTORS GRAVESTONE.

SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL IN IT'S OLD WAY.....

A GLORIOUS PLACE TO HAVE LUNCH FOR FREE.

WAITING FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS.

Spent the day being a tourist in my home town, a town I lived in since birth. A town I can trace my roots back almost 200 years. I found the grave of an old relative buried up on Old Burial Hill, who I am related to through my great, great uncle William Farrell. The family name is Ashton....Sarah died at age 6. I also found a street named after my great grandfather's family, it's called Farrell Ct.  I love my hometown, and this will not be the last you will see on Patty P Here!
Beautiful day for a day dream down memory lane...
God Bless America and Marblehead Forever, we sang this song as kids.
Patty P

SOMEONE'S IN THE KITCHEN WITH DINAH, SOMEONE'S IN THE KITCHEN I KNOW. IT'S PATTY P WHO IS IN THE KITCHEN!!

Hello to my followers and friends of Patty P Here!! As most of you know, i am a master chef along with my other talents for fashion and other interests! Today, i am going to let go of one of my favorite own recipes of Patty P to my followers. I am in Florida with my family this week, so on my last day, i offered to cook my latest creation for the ones i love......
Here is the recipe for the delicious meal shown here in my pictures....
1 lb of whole wheat spaghetti,
2 bunches of fresh broccoli rabe chopped without stems
1 can of white cannellini beans
4 cloves of fresh chopped garlic chopped
6 heads of fresh sun dried tomatoes chopped
1 cup of chicken broth
1/2 cup of pasta water
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 stick of butter
kosher salt
red hot pepper flakes

Chop the broccoli rabe into bite sized pieces, chop the garlic heads into minced pieces.....open a can and drain a can of the cannellini beans, chop the sun dried tomatoes into small pieces.  put a full cup of extra virgin olive oil into a large skillet pan and heat to medium, add the garlic, broccoli rabe and sun dried tomatoes, and canellini  beans and saute to a medium softness with some crispness.
in the mean time, bring a full quart of water to a boil with a tlb of kosher salt in the water, add the whole wheat pasta to cook for 10 minutes,
when the pasta is almost finished, add about 1 cup of the pasta water to the broccoli rabe mixture, add the butter and the chicken broth and the 1/2 cup of cream, bring to a simmer, add the drained pasta and toss immediately, add some  fresh romano cheese on top and serve immediately!!
Enjoy the latest Patty P here's gourmet delight!!
My own creation!
Your little french chef...Patty P

COMING UP CLOSE-EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE WELCOME HOME, OH, BY THE WAY......

I wanted to say-but anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew.....
One of my favorite songs ever! brings me back to the year 1980-81. Just a bitter/sweet memory....
Happy Valentines day my friends..new and old.
PATTY P

PATTY P IS OUT THERE SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT BUST.....NO, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A PREFECT C CUP TO BE THE ONE!

BUST-GANYMEDE-LOUVE-PARIS

CYRENE-MUSEUM -BUST

MARBLE BUST-MARTHA ENDICOTT PEABODY 1844  MARBLE-HIRAM POWERS-ROME

FEMALE FIGURE HEAD WHITE PINE, PAINT 1805 ATTRIBUTED TO SIMON SKILLIN

SEA CAPTAIN  BUST...PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM

BEETHOVEN-ITALY

GERMAN AUTHOR GOETHE 19TH CENTURT

CLIGNAN COURT-RUSTINGBUSTS SARAHS

BUST I LOVED FROM JODI MARTIN'S STORE ANTIQUES MARBLEHEAD MA

APHRODITE...COURTESY OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, SALEM , MA

APOLLO....PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM....PORCELAIN...1805...ENGLAND OR FRANCE

BEAUTIFUL STATUE...SALEM HISTORIC DISTRICT HOME

BUST FROM A GARDEN IN MARBLEHEAD....MY HOME TOWN...ALSO MY FAVORITE BUST!!

I love antiques and old paintings and furniture. i was born and raised in marblehead ma, I can trace my ancestors in Marblehead back to 1850. I love things that are old and i had a true learning and appreciation  of old things from my up bringing in marblehead, a true historic town. It wasn't until I traveled to europe in the late 80's did i realize that we live in an old, old, world, with lots of beautiful things from the past. Followers of PATTY P HERE know i have a passion for American Portraiture from the 18th and 19th century. I am always on the lookout for beautiful old things from the past.... Posted here is my new mission, to find a perfect bust for both my home, and my garden.  As you can see....I have looked at the best, but, i have also found that beauty is also found in ones own backyard........ The last picture says it all......
The perfect bust, in someone's own backyard in my home town....
PATTY P loves her hometown.
PATTY P

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN! FUN VALENTINE GLASS JEWELRY...JUST FOR FUN!

Just received a little gift from one of PATTY P HERE followers! beautiful, fun , glass, rings! Oh, i opened the package today to find these little gems for valentines....... to wear just for fun...right?
Will you be mine?
PATTY P