Fresh-from-the-Farmers’ Market Pasta Salad is the answer to ‘what’s-for-dinner?’ with summer’s bounty from local farm stands or your own garden. Fresh, light, and on our summer rotation of easy meals for the summer! You can adjust your ingredients for what’s in season or what you like. My June issue of Southern Living Magazine yielded a bumper crop…
I’m lakeside enjoying a little seaside dining with Pfaltzgraff Seaside Dinnerware! Pfaltzgraff’s Seaside brings the color palette of the sun, sand, and sea to the table. Shells, starfish, and a rope detail, dot the coastal borders of the plates in shades of blue and green with a touch of sunny yellow. I combed the aisles…
My Mother-in-Law directed me to this Sunflower Field that she spied on her route. Full of Busy Bees~ If you don’t have a sunflower field nearby, you can always find some at Trader Joe’s :) Thank you for your visit!
While the calendar says September, we’re still having summer weather, fortunately with some lower humidity. A teaser of fall-like temperatures are on the horizon for the weekend. I set a transitional table reflecting the summer weather we’re still in the midst of and to enjoy the last of the summer annuals. Petunias~ still blooming after a long, hot summer and some fruits…
We celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary August 18th~ No grand celebration or jetting away to an exotic locale or favorite destination for the last week of summer~ just enjoying a quiet weekend after a few busy weeks. Although I did find myself fantasizing about a tropical island getaway. . . Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, St. Maarten. . .…
My lovefest with Loggerhead Sea Turtles continues this week at the table. . . Our family vacation to Harbor Island was most memorable due to all the turtle activity this year. . . By the end of our week’s stay, the 3 mile-stretch-of-beach, had a recorded number of 64 turtle nests~ closing in on the record of…
You Say Tomato, I Say Fresh. . . You Say Tomato, I Say Summer. . . You Say Tomato, I Say Italy. . . You Say Tomato, I Say Salsa. . . You Say Tomato, I Say Pass the Bacon, Lettuce & Duke’s Mayonnaise ;) However you slice it, nothing says “summer” like a fresh-from-the-garden tomato. . .…