The first touches of India have begun appearing in the farmhouse, it began the day Maria returned. The farmhouse’s character and color will be changing once again and for awhile. Our farmhouse is a living gallery of art and light and color, thanks to the artist who curates it. This morning an umbrella from Udaipur, India went up in the window, it is going to be hung from the living room ceiling.

There was never any question of using it – we don’t use umbrellas in the country – only of where it might go. Today it will find a permanent spot.

I love the idea of our farmhouse as a living work of art, it is different every time I look at it. More to come, I will try to capture the new evolution.