A sunny repeat from the archives,
I hope you don’t mind a second helping!
Summer is slipping away
and we’re on the cusp of Fall. . .
I’m ready to make the transition!
I had hopes for a picnic with the
sunflowers, but it was much too hot.
Instead I’m enjoying the hint of fall in the
air with a Sunflower Picnic on the Porch!
And enjoying Archer Farms
Sunflower Honey Loaf.
I cut some grasses to add to a vase
with sunflowers from Trader Joe’s,
a blending of fall and summer,
symbolic of September weather here.
The 1 gallon size jar was perfect for a layered salad of baby spinach, roasted chicken, sliced apples,
blue cheese crumbles, dried cranberries, and sunflower seeds.
I like keep small cans of pineapple juice on hand for tossing apples or pears in, to keep them from oxidizing, if I’m cutting slices in advance for a salad or serving with brie.
Sunflower bowls and napkins were ripe
for the picking at Pottery Barn last year.
Sunflower Picnic Details:
Sunflower Bowls & Napkins/Pottery Barn
Vase/Pottery Barn, several years ago
Woven Chargers/ Pier 1
Flatware/ World Market
Goblets/ Anthropologie
Salad Servers/ HomeGoods
Wishing you Picnic Weather as you
enjoy the transition of the seasons!
Thank you for your visit, I’m joining:
Metamorphosis Monday
I remember it!,,,:) I loved this one! The wine perfect…:) I need to pin some of these shots. Thanks!
Loved this one and I have been missing your porch!
I remember this, too, but loved seeing it again, Mary. Your attention to detail is pure perfection. xo
It’s beautiful Mary, thanks!
Beautiful sunflower theme !! Love it all.
Good morning! Love the sun flowers! Thanks for the tip of pineapple juice. I always use lemon juice and that can be tart! Have a good day
I do remember this post Mary, and it is one of my favorites {along with about every post you ever did!} but I love to revisit, I always see or learn something I missed before~such as the pineapple juice for the fruit. That is brilliant, keeping little cans on hand, for things like this! The sunflowers with the dry grasses are so perfect for this time of year, and the salad looks yummy anytime! Thanks for the revisit!
Jenna
I love every bit of this Mary! And that wine label! I am drawn to nifty wine labels…and wine of course.
I love seeing your porch again! You are a MASTER at stylizing, but then you should be:) Loved the 2nd look at this wonderful post! Have a beautiful day.
~Mary~
The picnic looks yummy, I will be stopping at Target to hopefully get a loaf of bread! And thanks for the tip with the pineapple juice I didn’t know that one!
Enjoy your day!
Paula
In.
This is my first visit here – you have a lovely blog!
Gorgeous… My favorite thus far…
Mary as always a beautiful table and love you featuring my Kansas State flower!! PS Must try that wine!
xoxo
Karena
2013 Artists Series
Sunflowers are such a happy flower! …crazy about those cute sunflower shaped bowls too!! Great pictures and setting!
Stunning, absolutely stunning and that salad looks so delish, too!
This makes me want to go on a picnic! Your sunflower vignette is spectacular… as is your attention to detail. PLEASE WRITE A BOOK!
Lovely…as always!
Mary, I just received my book “Gathering in the Garden”. I can’t wait to go through it.
Gorgeous golds Mary-love it:@)
Mary, Your photographs are always so perfect, but these are extra special. So crisp and sharp! Love the sunflower bowls. Dianne
A second helping can be just as good as the first. Beautiful images, I am ready for fall, just started decorating today. I’m running behind.
A fun place to have a picnic on the porch from a basket. Your rustic pottery vase is wonderful filled with sunflowers. I like the idea of the layered salad in the jar. Have a great week!
Pam
I loved this post – even pinned it last year!! Well worth a second look! I never tire of looking at your beautiful work. Exceptional photos!!
Well worth repeating! Lovely!
Gorgeous! I have sunflowers in a similar jug right now. That photo of your porch should be in a magazine — simply stunning!
Still lovin it!! Great to see your porch again, even if it is a repeat. :)
I love sunflowers and especially how you used them on your beautiful porch.
Such a pretty picnic…beautiful in its simplicity. Lovely!
Leave it to you to get it just right with sunflowers! I see that your potting shed has become a new favorite backdrop for your boundless creativity.
Beautiful vignette…we know summer is coming to an end when we see sunflowers along the roads here in Kansas!
Have a wonderful week, Mary…
OMG…..I love all those mustard yellows!
I want to visit your porch….nice.
Loving all of that gold! I could sure use a bite of that salad. Just lovely.
– The Tablescaper
Oldies are goodies! Had to smile…I ‘m using my “sunflower” bowls (“Wegman’s”) now, too. franki
Yummy and Beautiful!! What a delightful idea for a picnic on the porch!
Mary Alice
I remember this sunny repeat from the archives very well. I wanted to copy it! LOL I never mind a second helping!
Mary, I really enjoyed the “second helping” of you post, because I don’t remember the “first helping”. :) Thanks for showing it again. Love the sunflowers and I’m going to the store tomorrow to get the ingredients for the salad. Can you believe I’ve never made it?
One of my favorites – I love sunflowers!
Just right! I keep circling those jars too. This may be the push I needed. Love the setting so much. See my sunflower post here aboout China giant sunflower snacks. http://omega57.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/september-sunflowers/
Enjoy your Sunday!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! LOVE the layered salad, too — you put it together beautifully. And thanks for the pineapple juice tip– never thought of that.
Beautiful sunflowers — and everything arranged just right. thanks!
Cass
Such a cute sunflower display. Your salad looks yummy. Its so pretty in the glass jar.
Your porch is so very beautiful! Perfectly decorated for Fall! Your salad looks really yummy too!
I love how you displayed all of this with the sunflowers….You certainly have a great talent in all that you do, down to the last detail…Beautiful!
So pretty! Awesome styling – I think you could work for the PotterBarn catalog!
Absolutely gorgeous! I’m on my way over. :-)
Gorgeous sunflowers! Love this on your porch!
Sherry
There’s still time for a picnic, thank you for the lovely pictures and the suggestions.