Nothing makes me jollier than Jolly Old St. Nicholas and a little sunshine in December! Well maybe a little shopping at HomeGoods :) While we typically use our porch nine months out of the year, it’s been unseasonably warm and perfect for porch dining this December! Only pine cone and boughs-of-holly napkins, along with plaid…
I took advantage of warm temperatures to set a table for two~ with a little color inspiration from a pair plates I found at HomeGoods. Blue married with shades of rust and brown seemed like an unlikely Thanksgiving color combination but Mother Nature, seemed to give her stamp of approval with the water reflecting the blue sky, along with…
Pumpkin, maple syrup and applesauce bind the oats together in this oil-free granola recipe. Easy to customize to your taste, with your nuts and fruit of choice. Pumpkin Granola sounded like it would be the perfect answer for Thanksgiving weekend with family in town! You can make this now and store it in an airtight…
A reprise of our {Less} Labor Day Picnic~ I hope you enjoy a second helping! We’re enjoying a lakeside picnic over the holiday weekend~ I’m testing the theory that everything tastes better out of a jar~ it certainly is convenient & more fun :-) A layered salad made in advance~ a minimum of 8 hours…
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…
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…
What’s a girl to do when she needs a Flower Fix, with temps in the triple digits and there is nothing to be had at the garden center until fall? When it’s much too hot to garden~ and pots of annuals, watered twice a day, are struggling in the heat? I turned to Mr.…
What started as a table for two, in my head~ “Seashells by the Lakeshore”~ for Kathleen’s Let’s Dish~ At the Beach Table Challenge, morphed the moment the fragrance of the gardenias drifted my way. . . To me a table or picnic isn’t complete without flowers! I had already “planted” an orchid in shells in…
I’m enjoying a little Garden Style, dining at a table for two~ Garden Style tabletop inspiration blossomed from a pair of salad plates, picked fresh from the aisles of HomeGoods recently~ And Annabelle Hydrangea blossomed from my Mother-in-Law’s garden~ along with Lacecap Hydrangea, past its peak, and a little shabby~ providing a pop of…
Sending you Flowers for Mother’s Day . . . In the form of my husband’s grandmother’s china and Oakleaf Hydrangeas from my Mother-in-Law’s garden. A field of quilted flowers, alongside blooming napkins, blossoming flatware & napkin rings. A mosaic urn, with a little floral relief and shards of flowering china, purchased many years ago, is…