Find summer table and centerpiece inspiration with themes and ideas ranging from nautical, seaside, tropical, or fresh-from-the-garden, for your outdoor entertaining and dining. Happy Wednesday! I think that alfresco or outdoor dining is at its best when combined with a fun summer theme or activity! With a little imagination, you can be transported to a…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We took advantage of a break in the heat to enjoy some morning boating on Wednesday. . . It was 65 degrees and sunny, with blue skies and blue water views! Lola likes to keep lookout and enjoy the sights. . . Including this beautiful home…
Instead of Christmas in July, I’m having some rib-tickling Halloween in July fun with the skeleton crew! Long time readers know I love Halloween but if Halloween isn’t your cup of tea, I apologize in advance. <|;>) Rod and Rowena are the skeleton crew at Hawthorne Gardens. They came out of the closet early this year to…
I’m weighing anchor for a little nautical fun on the pontoon and joining 22 table stylists for a summer tablescape blog hop! You’ll find summer table inspiration at the bottom of this post. Boating season is underway, the pontoon is decked out from stem to stern, with anchors, ship’s wheels, red, white and blue, and…
Find summer table and centerpiece inspiration with themes and ideas ranging from nautical, seaside, tropical, or fresh-from-the-garden, for your outdoor entertaining and dining. Happy June! I find that alfresco or outdoor dining is at its best when combined with a fun summer theme or activity. With a little imagination, you can be transported to a…
While Memorial Day is the unofficial kick off to summer, it’s a day set aside to honor those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, defending our freedom and democracy. “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’ve had a couple of weeks of warm weather for October, about 10 – 15 degrees above normal but fall-like temperatures arrive on Sunday. Sweater weather and crisp fall mornings next week. . .yippee! There’s not much fall color here yet with our warm…
Happy Weekend! Can you believe tomorrow is August 1st? The heat and humidity have collided and moved into the sweltering range this week in North Carolina. . .it definitely feels like August and Dog Days of Summer! The Dog Days are considered the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Historically the…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’ve enjoyed some beautiful sunrises and sunsets with the cooler and drier fall air. Fall mornings typically bring steam fog with the cool air moving over the warmer water temperatures. . . Adding a mysterious quality. We’ve been on a warming trend this past…
Happy Weekend! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. . . We’ve had a couple of weeks of beautiful fall weather with daytime temps in the 70s and mornings in the 50s and dipping down to the 40s. I love seeing the steam fog rise from the lake in the mornings when the…