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L’Eau Hill Archive
Monday, July 28, 2025

I had the house to myself that afternoon.
The sun was warm, the water still. I grabbed a float, slipped into the pool, and let myself drift.

For hours, I floated. Eyes tracing the lines of the balcony above, the curve of the railing, the way the light caught the hanging plants. I noticed the little things: a door handle that needed tightening, a chair that could use new cushions, a surface that deserved a fresh coat of paint. I also noticed the things that still make me fall in love with this place: the way the curtain panels move with the breeze, the deep shade cast by the trees, the way the sky mirrors itself in the water.

This is my place to daydream.

Sometimes that means a vision board spread out beside me on the pool deck. Sometimes it’s me, eyes closed, mind wide open, drifting for hours. Other times it’s voice notes on the balcony, speaking ideas into the air with the sound of the water below.

One of the reasons I decided to open L’Eau Hill for overnight stays was to let others have that same kind of reset. Their own version of a daydream. Maybe it’s a quiet weekend alone. Maybe it’s just you and one other person, like the couple who came this summer for his birthday and left with what I imagine was some of the best rest they’ve had in years. Maybe it’s a small group of friends, each finding their own corner of the house to think, to stretch out, to read, to just be.

It’s probably the thing most people don’t think about when they picture this place. The solo practice of coming into a space and having it all to yourself, not for the party, not for the event, but for the quiet.

The vineyard offers its own kind of pause. L’Eau Hill does too. And every now and then, the best thing you can do here is nothing at all.