Feeling Festive Yet :-)

Another fun cover from out Mt Hood shoot! 

It's Christmas Time!!!

Check out the Pottery Barn Teen work I did :-) This was our Amazing shoot in Mt Hood last May

Cover with Krysten Ritter

Check out the December 2011 Natural Health Cover...What a Beautiful Shoot and she was a Fabulous!

Calm and Clear, the Moon and Venus

Happy ThanksGiving! Carb-fest:-)

Thank you

We made macaroni and cheese,leek and truffle mushroom stuffing,smashed garlic potatoes and in honor of our Butternut Squash from the summer garden we made a butternut squash soup!
We are very blessed and thankful for all we get to do and enjoy.
 Thank you especially to all my followers, I really appreciate all your support 
Thank you and Blessing to you all
Reed &Patrice

Marie Turnor

Check out Marie Turnor's new site !!! I was so happy to shoot some images for my friend Marie:-)

Click here to view her new site!

A Beautiful Story: Congratulations Julien !!!

Last Summer, while shooting an editorial at our friend Emmanuelle and Julien's apartment in Paris.  I discovered some of Julien's drawing. I just loved them and they really showed his humour, talent and character as an amazing artist and graphic designer, So I photographed them for our story (Hoping that would be alright with him).
 When they returned from vacation in the south of France, I confessed to what I had done. He laughed and  explained that it was a project he was working on for fun but had not gotten together yet. He was happy that I liked them and was kind enough to offer some to me :-)
Well I will let him finish the story in his email he wrote:-)

"Hi guys!

Here is a beautiful story :
You remember my drawings this summer?
I was glad you liked it so I ve decided to send it to you.
When I brought it back to my agency to send it, my friend Xavier saw it and liked it.
So he decided to show it to Alex the owner of 0fr bookstore and Alex liked it!
So my drawings are there from today at 0fr, and I will show it at the Bon Marché next month!
Thanks to you!
See you soon!

Here are the photos the installation, I have called the serie "El Fumador""

It is the same OFR I visited and photographed for the blog :-) I Love it!!!! 

I am so happy for Julien and For my friends at OfR

Here is OFR blog about images

Winter Garden

Look how its going , despite a broken watering timer, cabbage caterpillars and potential squirrel invasion, which I feel might turn into Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner a scenario...with me running to Acme every 5 min and getting the anvil dropped on my head:-)
Seed are coming up and Look at the pea's and Fava's I am so excited!!! Fingers crossed and lets see how it goes :-)

In Hot Water

:-)

Clear Amend Plant

Well Thank goodness Conor could come by and help us get the winter garden in! We began by harvesting the last of the summer plants in the long box and clearing it. I felt so sad to pull the plants out , they still looked so hopeful but it was clear that we had planted these too late and there was not enough Sun and warmth to keep them going. We were not going to have the winter crop suffer the same consequences . 

After clearing everything we amended the boxes with compost and fresh soil ( those summer plants took a lot out of the soil and we needed to get some nutrients back in) We made sure to mix it well and break up any clumps. Then with a beautiful map and plants from Nysha, at  Ardenwood Edibles, we planned out where to plant and went to work

We have Brussel sprouts, cauliflower,mustard greens, shard,artichoke,spigarilla,leeks,beets,carrots and lots of other greens. I am so excited to see how we do

Make sure you check out

minifarmBox 

and

ardenwood edibles

Again thank you  

Happy Halloween

Yanked into Fall!!!

Well I can't deny that Fall is here! One look at the garden an its painfully obvious! Its so sad but I am grateful in the fact that it gave us so much in health, happiness and awareness.So as the seasons change so does the garden.......... time to get in a Southern California winter garden in....

Thank goodness Mom and Dad are visiting !!!!!!

Farm House Inn, Better Homes & Gardens Oct 2011

Amazing Place !!!! Great getaway

Check out  Farm House Inn

thank you Better Homes and Gardens

Tomatoes and Watermelon

Patrice and I ate this first at The Bazaar @ the SLS in Beverly Hills from a Favorite Chef that I photographed a while back, José Andrés. It may look or sound a bit odd but it is really such an elegant and refreshing bite.

Simply cut up an ice cold watermelon into cubes and add the hearts of the tomatoes (or seed part), this works great if you are making sauce because they always ask you to de-seed the tomato, then add a baby Basil leaf to the top....... The color is so beautiful and on a warm afternoon, I can't think of anything better :-) 

More fun stuff made from the tomatoes and basil in the garden ...my watermelon was taken over by squash :-)

Fresh Pizza

Focaccia and Pizza in Italy was amazing! I am still craving so I made this at home with my excess of tomatoes! I love keeping the tomatoes and Basil fresh :-)

Patrice's Gazpacho

with a house full of tomatoes and a pile of European magazines....I can't think of a better way to get though the  jet lag :-)

August Harvest

I am amazed by this garden! minifarmBox and Ardenwood edibles has really done us proud! I really feel blessed to have so much growing in my backyard.....truly is overwhelming...just Take a look at what we picked.... and there is tons more!!!!!!! 

Its like a seed pack:-)

Everywhere you look you see the beautiful jewels of tomatoes and eggplant and zucchini

On the bottom left you can see how the tomatoes grew over the wall

In case you forgot how far we have come since July 1st.... 2 months AMAZING!!!!!!!

Again I really encourage everyone to figure out planting for your area and start ... Its amazing all the good it brings to you mind, body and our planet!

Thank you and please check out 

minifarmBox 

and

 Ardenwood edibles

They are great companies and people who care about what they do and really want to help people as well as our planet!

I am anxious to see what we plant for Fall :-)...Do I have A.D.D or what ;-P

Back in Paris

So Beautiful to be back in Paris. Patrice reserved us the most amazing room at the Renaissance L'Arc de Triomphe 
Thank you to everyone there for an amazing stay

How about a Helicopter to St Tropez:-)

Ok I am OFFICIALLY IN LOVE with the South of France

Hello Nicki Beach

Freaking Out with the light and colors

OMG I am so loving the light and the colors of the South

Pizzeria La Lanterna

Wonderful Lunch  at Pizzeria La Lanterna with Annette and crew Honestly the best thing about Italian food is how fresh and natural it is !
I love it