Happy Saturday friends! We’re sharing more Holiday and Christmas inspiration today, so I hope you enjoy as you get ready for your own decorating and celebrating. It’s always nice to see what others are doing in their homes!
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Happy Friday friends! The season is not complete without a tour of the Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Home for the Holidays Designer showhouse. I always love getting to tour the house before it opens when designers and other worker bees are still scurrying around to get it all finished. It also gets me in the mood to decorate my own house.
This year’s house was just beautiful and a delightful remodel that fits into the surrounding area so well. You’ll get a peek at our Fall leaves which are just peaking this month in the backdrops of the house.
The Home for the Holidays showhouse is open to the public until December 8th, so hurry and get your tickets if you plan to attend. I think it’s worth it for so many beautiful ideas you’ll see here on my blog, but seeing it in person is even better. Architectural designer Frank Heery of Harrison Designs reimagined this older home into a 5,500 s.f. give bedroom home with new additions, each built with limestone foundations and clad with handsome wood lap siding. A new office tower on one end of the house is balanced by a master bedroom wing on the other side and the master bath is cantilevered over the grounds, which you’ll see in the photos. You’ll be amazed by that master bathroom!
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US equestrian coach George H Morris’ appeal against a lifetime ban from equestrian sport has been unsuccessful.
The ban was handed down by US Center for SafeSport on 5 August following the investigation of claims of sexual misconduct involving a minor. At the time Mr Morris issued a statement stating he contested the findings “wholeheartedly” and was in the “process of disputing” them.
An independent arbitration took place on 7 and 8 November in New York, and Mr Morris’ status on the SafeSport’s website has since been amended from “pending appeal” to “permanently ineligible”.
The US Center for SafeSport told H&H while it would not be commenting on the matter itself, chief executive officer Ju’Riese Colón, made the following statement:
“No matter how big a figure is in their sport, or how old the allegations, nobody is above accountability. Athletes and other sport participants must be empowered to stand up for what’s right and speak out against what they know to be wrong.
“The center’s fair process is a critical part of making that a reality because it gives participants confidence they will be heard, which is essential to making wellbeing the centerpiece of sport culture.
Mr Colón said the center conducts “thorough“ investigations before rendering a sanction such as a lifetime suspension.
“The victims in these matters not only suffered the abuse they first report, they often bravely survive countless attacks, even in their sport, for having the courage to speak up,” he said. “Such a response is wrong on many levels, including the fact that it re-victimises those who already suffered more than anyone should. We cannot allow this behaviour to continue as it undermines all that’s great about sport participation.
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“While the center does not comment on specific matters, it wants all survivors, including those who came forward in this instance, to know that the SafeSport code is in place to prevent abuse, provide a voice for those who need one, and hold abusers accountable. The decision to restrict an individual’s ability to participate in sport is not taken lightly, which is why the process is exhaustive and includes many provisions to ensure fairness so both claimants and responding parties are given amble opportunity to speak for themselves, provide evidence, seek counsel and be heard in front of another independent body.”
During his competitive career Mr Morris won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. He became the US Olympic showjumping chef d’equipe in 2005 and led the team to triumph in the 2005 Samsung Super League series. The team also won silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and team gold, individual gold and silver medals at the 2011 Pan Am Games. He moved from the US team after the London 2012 Games to lead Brazil’s efforts for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Mr Morris did not respond to H&H’s request for comment.
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Top showing producer Rory Gilsenan has been given a special award in recognition of his top performances at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) and Royal International Horse Show (RIHS).
Rory was named 2019 winner of the Roger Stack Award at Hickstead’s showtime ball on Saturday (16 November). The award is presented in honour of former Hickstead showing director Roger Stack, who died in 2016, in recognition of the “standout showing performance of the season”.
A spokesman for Hickstead said Rory was an “extremely worthy” winner, having completed the HOYS and RIHS double by winning the supreme working hunter title in July, while undergoing treatment for an aggressive brain tumour.
“The popular Irishman had celebrated winning his first working hunter title at HOYS in October 2018, when his diagnosis came just a few weeks later. Following months of arduous chemotherapy treatment, Rory showed his tenacity by returning to the saddle in time to win the championship at Hickstead,” said the spokesman.
“Following a period of remission, unfortunately the tumour returned and Rory has recently undergone another operation.”
The spokesman added that “sadly” Rory was unable to attend the ball in person but his close friend Lee Middleton from Equine America accepted the award on Rory’s behalf.
Hickstead director Lizzie Bunn said the organisers could not think of a more deserving winner of the award.
“Rory’s performance this summer with Atlantic Slim was pure perfection, especially considering how he beat the odds just to compete at Hickstead, let alone pick up one of the most coveted championship titles of all,” she said.
Profits from the showtime ball are put towards improving the showing faciltiies at the venue, with a total of £9,150 raised during a fundraising auction.
This year, it was agreed that the £2,000 proceeds from a raffle would go towards the #RootingforRory fund, started to help Rory Gilsenan during his treatment.
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I was speaking to a total stranger about New Zealand recently. At a certain point in the conversation, he told me he’d never heard anybody say a bad word about the country. “Same for me,” I said. And it was true. Over the course of two separate New Zealand trips, and a total of 18 …
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Most of you were very enthusiastic about me sharing dressing room try-ons last week, so thank you for that. It will give me more opportunities to share real life fashion with things that are currently in the stores now, so I think it will be more fun to mix that in along the way. I’ll still be sharing whatever I’m wearing too, but my 3 to 5 year old pieces just aren’t as fun to share.
Today I’m sharing a couple of pieces from Chico’s. I’ve been fortunate to partner with them and get a few of their things in my closet and I do love these pieces.
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It was a testing weekend for Cheltenham and the loss of the Countryside Day was sad for them. It is hard to imagine that racing at Cheltenham in early November could possibly be waterlogged when, most years, we are praying for rain at this time of year.
The day is one of the Countryside Alliance’s biggest fundraising events, so to miss out on all the hard-earned money when the countryside and its pursuits are so much under threat was devastating. Thankfully, the racecourse was able to run on both the Saturday and Sunday.
Southern Oregon and Northern California is a sparsely populated part of the country with some of the best scenery and natural attractions in the United States. Those road tripping the area can visit seven sites operated by the National Park Service in the area, all easily visited on a single trip. Three of the seven …
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The winners have been crowned in the 2019 National Gingerbread House Competition at The Omni Grove Park Inn! And soon, you'll have the opportunity to see them on display!
The display is open from Nov. 20, 2019 through Jan. 4, 2019 (*select dates) at The Omni Grove Park Inn. View the entries Sunday afternoons after 3 p.m., and Monday through Thursdays. You do not need to be a guest at the resort during these times to view the entries, however, a parking fee does apply.
Yes, I made it out of surgery! Hubby is taking great care of me… I cannot sit at my desk, so posting blogs has been difficult (and I’m pretty druggy) so Hubby brought in my laptop and …
HERE WE GO!
I love this shot. The horns, the eyes, the bird…
Big, healthy, wild baby!
Gorgeous
I don’t know what this is (pic, painting…) but I love everything about it.
Well, that’s one way…
Sweet!
yup
Wow!
Probably photoshopped – but I like it.
Probably photoshopped, too, but I love it
Not something you see everyday…
Gorgeous, candid shot
Wow. Is this real?
From Black Jaguar, White Tiger Foundation. Gorgeous.
Amazing shot from my hometown.
I wanted to remind you all of the November Bucket Fund horse, Rooster, and his amazing, ground breaking new protocol for wounds that won’t heal!
You can read his story here – (and the new protocol)
Please donate, if you can, your Starbucks money to help purchase all the bandages, wraps, vet visits, Xrays and other necessities one needs to keep a very wounded horse – I know from wrapping Mama Tess twice a day every day for 3 years, how very expensive it can become...
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