Michael Lee West has cooked more delicious fun and trouble for Teeny Templeton, in her second installment and follow-up to Gone With a Handsomer Man! You can revisit The Spencer-Jackson house, stroll down Rainbow Row, and see Teeny’s bulldog, Sir, here. I was anxiously awaiting A Teeny Bit of Trouble, ready for a few laughs and more Do-Not-Try-This-At-Home…
Daylight, Birds, and Bees
I’m dining outdoors and enjoying the company of Birds and Bees~ Since I’m enjoying longer days with the arrival of Daylight Savings time, it seemed only appropriate that I set the table with Mikasa Daylight~ Energized by the vibrant green leaves and the first tender growth of spring! Entertaining the company of Azalea~ Sweet William and his…
Field of Dreams
There is a field next to our house at the lake~ I dream that it will always stay a field. . . Used for growing & harvesting hay~ it’s also growing Daisies. . . Flowering weeds. . . Cornflower or Bachelor’s Buttons. . . An occasional ladybug. . . Across the field there’s a barn,…
Lunching with Bunnies
We’re Lunching with Bunnies~ not quite ready to see them hop away so quickly after Easter. Generously on loan and chosen 61 years ago, my Mother-in-Law’s Syracuse Portland dishes are at the table, offering up their floral bouquets in greeting of the arrival of Spring, and just in time for the azaleas to bloom!…
Happy Easter!
Whether you are Picnicking with Bunnies. . . Hunting Easter Eggs. . . Or simply spending time with your Peeps :) . . . However you are Greeting Easter. . . Wishing you a Joyous Celebration! Happy Easter! Thank you for your visit, I’m joining: Seasonal Sundays~ Mosaic Monday~
Easter Greetings
I’m Greeting Easter with a Flower-filled Basket, Bunny Egg-shaped Plates & Eggs with Easter Messages~ Dogwood blooms were added to the basket for their symbolism & significance of this holiday~ My basket is filled with a potted Azalea that can be planted in the garden, along with stems of hydrangea from the grocery store…
A Bunny Picnic
We’re picnicking with Bunnies and Everybunny is Welcome! Easter Baskets are picnic ready~ Bunny-Shaped Egg Salad & Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, Carrot Cake Cookies, and Annie’s Bunny Snack Mix~ Polka dotted and plaid pails from Target make Easter Egg hunting a colorful affair~ Two woven baskets are filled with a variety of tender lettuces, cabbage, brussels…
Mad for Plaid
Chloe & Gracie are Mad for Plaid and joining the Tartan Parade to celebrate National Tartan Day April 6th! They love a good cookie parade and were begging to join in the fun :) Sporting plaid knit sweaters much too warm for the weather~ they agreed to a little bribery modeling . . . There are plenty of…
The Violets of March
The Violets of March **** by Sarah Jio I’m joining Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. “In a mystical place where violets bloom out of season and the air is salt drenched, a heartbroken woman stumbles upon a diary and steps into the life of its…
Easter Egg Hunt
My Mother-in-Law’s Bird Girl made famous in Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil standing among the Lenton Roses~ Happy Hunting! Thank you for your visit, I’m joining: Seasonal Sundays~ Mosaic Monday~ Outdoor Wednesday~ Rose Vignettes for Fresh-Cut Fridays~