WARNING ALL , SUMMER 2016
You’ve been advised.
THE SPARHAWK GARDEN HAS NOW BEEN VIOLENTLY DESTROYED AND PLOWED UNDER AND THIS IS ALL YOU WILL SEE: there is NOTHING LEFT LIVING
is a charming small magical island with more wide-open space around us than people ~~ between the ocean. It’s half way, only miles inland, sun-filled and delightful. There’s a huge, welcoming meadow 
for walking next to the Carmel River (path next to the bridge) where Steelhead run, ducks bob. Condor, Hawks, Heron, Seagulls, Wrens, Blue Jays, Crows fill sky and tree….the ancient live oak, the Redwood, Aspen, Willow trees. Every side road is decked with reeds, flowering trees, Magnolias, Cherry, Pear, Apple, Plum. Deer roam in day and mountain lions stalk nights along the river banks. Before heading further out to the Village for vineyards and wine tasting, before the cattle of Cachagua and just past the shopping center, is THE FARM CENTER and GRANGE.
THE FARM CENTER 
just before th
is the oldest building in Carmel Valley (And Jack London Slept There) It’s closed right now, used to be occupied by a wonderful sculptor named Paul, some of his sculptings and his gardens remain on view. THE FARM CENTER is a small group of fabulous little SHOPS just a few feet off Carmel Valley Road beyond the Safeway Shopping Center. 
In it you will find Char ETIENNE ANTIQUES FOR HOME AND GARDEN(she also designs landscaping) with exquisite things and has a spectacular back garden to wander through.
Then 
THE HAWKS PERCH GALLERY, the only art gallery in mid-Valley and the best on the Central Coast! And I also carry Ron Wohlauer Photographs. Run by the EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER ~~me~~ BARBARA SPARHAWK. I accept portrait commissions of people and animals, SIGNS of any kind made to order. I sell my own beautiful oil paintings of 
FLORALS and LANDSCAPES and PORTRAITS, WATERCOLORS, PEN & INKS, and imaginings at unimaginably low prices! I want everyone in the world to own a Sparhawk Original. 
Next to THE HAWKS PERCH gallery is the most extraordinary. In their huge backyard gardens and fountains, a walk through will lea
Hthe meadow is 
BOB MATTSON’S SADDLERY. Bob has been here over 25 years. He’s a master craftsman with leather. He’ll not only repair your saddle, or sell you a spectacular one for a great price, he’ll make you a belt or knife-sheath, soften up old reins, sell you a saddle blanket. His shop is an incredible delight to all the senses, a step back in time, a feel of the world of horses before cars. SEE WHAT YOU’VE BEEG!
THE F used to be all grain and feed and the best place to get your Levi’s. We still get visitors looking for jeans and hay. It’s gone through a lot of transforming over the years, and it’s better all the time. Stop in for a visit! Worth the trip and the sun is always shining.
THE FARM CENTER SHOPS, MID-VALLEY
JUCARMEL VALLEY BINSANYON ROAD
Original Oil Paintings by SPARHAWK
Original Oil Paintings by SPARHAWKEXPRESSIONIST ARTIST BARBARA SPARHAWK is famous for being the only female scaffold hauling BILLBOARD PAINTER in the world in the ’70’s (mostly over Times Square) and painting the ROLLING STONE’S WORLD TOUR BILLBOARD ALBUM COVER ‘MADE IN THE SHADE’. She was commissioned to paint a portrait of WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR from sittings; her work has been exhibited at QUANTICO ACADEMY. She is the author and illustrator of a book of short stories (THE GANDY DANCER) and a children’s book (COCO NO!) with more to come! In a NY career of journalism and politics, SPARHAWK wrote evening news for CBS, ABC, FOX TV, produced ROCKANDROLLA and TALK RADIO shows for WABC and WOR; and was PRESS SECRETARY TO US CONGRESSWOMAN GERALDINE FERRARO, and family CHEF to the Beach Boys Jardine Family. That’s the short version.
SPARHAWK ORIGINALS STILL AVAILABLE: EMAIL thehawksperch@outlook.com
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