I’m dining with the butterflies~ enjoying this book~ with its beautiful illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), German-born naturalist and artist. At a time when few women were educated or literate, and rarely travelled, Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneer, and made history with her studies of insects in Surinam. Trained as a copperplate engraver and…
Tag: Tabletop Tuesday
Flowers for Easter
My Bridal Wreath Spirea has been blooming with abandon despite a couple of years of drought & sheer neglect~ and was the inspiration for an Easter Basket. Its fountainlike growth, with arching branches that curve to the ground seem to beg to be woven along a basket handle~ So I set an Easter table for two,…
Gardening Rules
I’m Yearning for Spring & reading about Gardening. . . Well~ more accurately, dreaming through pictures. . . Introducing a little Garden Style to the Porch. . . Quenching my Thirst for Flowers. . . Making plans. . . Keeping the rules in mind for optimum planting results~ Waiting for the frost dangers to pass. . . . . . anxiously…
Let Love Bloom
Love is Blooming at my table in honor of Valentine’s Day ~ Roses are blooming on my china, napkins, and in my soup tureen I filled courtesy of Trader Joe’s. I’m the happy recipient of my Great Aunt’s china, marked Avenir China, Limoges France. Since at one point in the 1920’s as many as 48 companies were producing wares marked…