As we bid adieu to 2024, I’m carrying out a fond tradition…looking back via Instagram at some memorable moments of the past year. If you follow Private Newport on this social app you might see some favorites, many chosen from the images that make up my weekly posts. It is also exciting because we are heading into our second decade, a reality that seemed near impossible to me when I started with Instagram, and our website, in 2014. From Newport to Lake Como, from architecture to gardens, from seasonal events to our home, it is the images that keep our memories warm and always with us.
My heartfelt thanks go to you, my community of friends (many of you virtual), who have helped bring Private Newport to this point in its career. My goal is to meet as many of you as possible and extend my appreciation in person. Until then, warmest wishes for a glorious New Year…highlighted with a coterie of dear friends, supportive family, adventures galore…and the good health to enjoy each.
Here’s to 2025!
All wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing.
Stunning photos… magnificent properties. Looking forward to
2025.
Best regards,
Kim LaFontaine Ficaro
Magical memories, in every way ! Thanks
Just what I needed to start off my 2025 !!
Happy New Year, Bettie! Thank you for all the wonderful inspiration and beauty!
Thank you for sharing all the wonderous beauty you have photographed over the years, and was that Ms. Iris? I loved her! Happy New Year Bettie!
Wonderful photos, I thoroughly enjoyed looking at them. Thank you for sharing.
Best wishes for 2025.
Happy New Year, Bettie!
Beautiful pictures and places. Bettie, would it be too much trouble to identify each photo? So curious to know where these gardens and homes are located.
Many thanks.
Happy and healthy New Year. Such wonderful memories through pictures. I adore Lake Como and Villa D’ Este. Looking forward to what you’ll share in 2025. All the best to you.
“CHEERS TO THE YEARS!!” THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTY WE ARE ALLOWED. HERE’S TO 2025!! franki
Such wonderful memories inspire me to make more in 2025! All the best to you Bettie!❤️
I will study these photos time and time again. I love the content you bring. It inspires me to make clearer decisions. Happy 2025
Well, it was a wonderful year and all the pictures are beautiful. I must say I stopped and broke down in tears when I saw the picture of Iris on your Parterre Bench. I looked at her as a young man would look to his grandmother and just loved her. Some people you just want to live forever and she was that person. She is missed beyond words. Rest in peace.
You bring such JOY to our new year!
LOVELY LADY, NEW YEARS THOUGHT
OBVIOUSLY – YOU WERE … ‘TWICE BLESSED’!
THE FIRST, YOUR GIFTED ABILITY, TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN THIS WORLD.
THE SECOND, PERHAPS EVEN MORE WONDERFUL:
YOUR ABILITY AND DESIRE TO SHARE THAT GIFT.
FOR YOU AND YOURS, COUNTLESS THANKS!
FONDLY,
TOM
O what a treasury of memorable visits… You have blessed us, Bettie, with a year of living beautifully and
redeeming one’s giftedness….Thank you for the wonder of it all…. A rewarding 2025 ~
Wishing The Best of 2025!