In French or English, Fleur du Soleil or Sunflower says “summer” like no other flower! Grown for beauty as well as harvested for seed, sunflowers symbolize the sun, conveying warmth, happiness, adoration and longevity. These cheery flowers never fail to make me smile with their sunny faces. You may have noticed I have lots of watering…
Are you ready for fall and pumpkins? We still have plenty of summer-like temperatures and warm weather ahead of us here in the South, but I began the count down to fall a month ago! Pumpkins are just starting to arrive at the garden centers and nurseries and I’m ready for a Happy Harvest and all things pumpkin! One of my…
I’m transitioning from summer to fall, at the table with Pfaltzgraff Rooster Meadow Dinnerware. Sunflowers, poppies and black-eyed Susans, along with a strutting rooster and chick, border the plates in a cheery pattern and vivid palette of russet, gold, and greens! While a vibrant foundation of blooming flowers and leaves in bright fall colors, trail along the tablecloth. Goldenrod…
I’m sending you flowers for Mother’s Day! Click on the links to pick a bouquet or have a bite :) Flowers for Mother’s Day, Oakleaf Hydrangeas and a Strawberry Bellini~ My Grandmother’s Flower Garden Lilacs and Open Face Cucumber Sandwiches Frosted Brownie Bites with Violas~ Coming Up Roses Dear French Hydrangea~ Lilacs & Daylight, Lilacs & Viburnum~ Strawberry Fields Salad with…
After a long rainy weekend, I’m at the table enjoying some welcome sunshine, flowers and dining al fresco with the vibrant collection of Villa della Luna dinnerware! Villa della Luna by Pfaltzgraff was created as a magical collection of dinnerware and accessories based on the art of Jana Kolpen and Mary Tiegreen in ‘Dancing with the Moon, a Story…
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!
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.…
I’m easing into Autumn with a sunflower celebration this week~ inspired by an April Cornell tablecloth with its sun-faded palette and sunflowers from the Farmers Market. What I really want to do is fling myself head first into fall. . . . . .enjoying football weather under layers of blankets, hoodies, and a glorious canopy of changing leaves! I’m imagining the idyllic…
I’m joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you, Susan, for hosting such a fun event & providing dishaholics everywhere with a weekly fix. He heralds the dawn of a new day~ this farmyard ambassador of morning. . . He says “Cock-a-doodle-do” in English. . . “Kikeriki” in German. . . “Kuklooku” in Urdu.…