It’s no secret that I love Trader Joe’s and perusing their wine section. For the Oenophile, wine lover or aficionado, you can find a garden stake for your wine bottle, here. Perfect for a creating an outdoor torch from a keepsake bottle, or repurposing/recycling by adding a wick and citronella oil to keep the mosquitoes at bay! Glass bottle…
Sunflowers & Busy Bees
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!
Looking for Flower Fairies
I have been reacquainted with the Flower Fairies, prompting me to take a page out of Cicely Mary Barker’s book Fairyopolis, and look for Flower Fairies. My hopes are to photograph one~ “The first rule is that it must be a very hot day. . .” {check!} Equipment needed to find a fairy: ~Binoculars ~Butterfly…
Quick & Easy Apple Dumplings
I stumbled on these 5-Star Rated Quick & Easy Apple Dumplings at Romancing the Home and I’m so glad I did! Susan’s blog {and store} is a feast for the eyes and taste buds~ You can see her post for Country Apple Dumplings, here. I decided to pull out my skillets for Skillet Apple Dumplings~ I was keeping an…
Catch & Release
I’m Tackling a little Tabletop Fishing on the Dock for Kathleen’s Let Dish~ Summer Fun Table Challenge. I toted my supplies~ sunscreen, a book, glass, and fishing map in a vintage minnow bucket~ all essential to enjoy a little outdoor scenery which is the lure of fishing for me. Fishing net and rod at the ready~…
Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch~ Giveaway!
Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch~ You know that I love you~ I can’t help myself~ I love you and nobody else. . . It’s no secret that I love Trader Joe’s! I’m sharing some Trader Joe’s love and giving away a $25 Gift Card to one Winner to Sail the Culinary Seas! A few things from my…
Filigree and Gray Shells
It’s August and it’s Hot! I realize that’s redundant :) To survive the heat, I’m thinking cool thoughts at a table with white dishes, shades of weathered gray, and accents of soft purple that seemed fitting for the temperature. . . Along with a few shells dotting the shoreline of the plates and table~ Conch…
The Fairy Realm and A Winner!
“Flowers are our miraculous tools from the heavens, entities of light and magic the we can feel and touch in this dimension. Flowers channel the essence of the fairy realm into our world, offering themselves as the ultimate design in creation, grace, and fancy.” ~Paulette Cole, from the foreward in Flowers for the Home…
Tomato, Tomahto
Our tomatoes runneth over this time of year~ However you say it or slice it, nothing says summer like a garden fresh tomato! In addition to the requisite BLT, we enjoy tomatoes served in a simple & light summer salad~ Heirloom Tomato Carpaccio Salad~ Heirloom tomatoes~ sliced extremely thin~ with onion, capers, shaved parmesan, basil, olive…
Setting Sail
We’re setting sail on the pontoon :) after boating over to watch a few regattas on the lake recently~ admiring the boats & colored sails dance across the water! Since I’m no sailor, I picked up a few nautical pillows from HomeGoods to help me with my sailing terminology~ Enamel Boat Appetizer Dishes from Pottery Barn…