HARVEST TIME The harvest table is warm and rich, in the colors of the autumn fields and leaves … … bountiful with the vegetables so carefully tended to through the spring and summer. All through the crispy spring and hot summer the Scarecrow stands in the fields, keeping watch day and night over the crops. The…
In my foyer is a chest with two drawers full of beautiful cards and writing papers. ***** Even though I am always happy to open my email and find notes and pictures from my friends and my blogging buddies, I am thrilled when I open the mailbox at the end of the driveway and find…
Gus would like to greet all you beautiful witches– please leave your broom at the door come in, take off your cape and hat … join Lily, Elena, Marigold Nerida, Titania, Orlagh and Blossom … and choose your seat. Do you prefer … owl … bat … pumpkin … or spider? … Your napkin will be cared for…
Today, Thursday October 21, is my birthday, and you are cordially invited to dine with me … … in my family room, at a little table for two. We’ll use my Wedgwood Nantucket Basket dishes, and Gorham Old French sterling … … and dainty vintage pink glasses. ~~~~ I’ll pick some of my hydrangea, and some of my…
October 16, 1991 This time it’s a boy! A blue bundle of fun and joy! He shares his name with my dad. WILLIAM. He has a grandmother who thinks he is a prince and a big sister who thinks (still) that we brought him home for her entertainment! And even though he is growing into a handsome, intelligent, talented, kind ……
September 16, 1988! It’s a GIRL!!!!! A little squirming pink package of joy, sent to us from the angels! Before she even left the delivery room she had wrapped her teeny tiny fingers around her daddy’s finger, and twenty two years later can still get him to do whatever she wants with the slightest tug! 🙂 My…
Floating on my back on gentle waves, staring at blue skies with white puffy clouds, watching the gulls overhead . . . that’s not what I’ve been doing. I’ve been fighting the Rebellion of the Appliances! Yes, they heard I had a new resolution to ignore the chores and have more fun, and they banded together to make…
Welcome to our home! I will be your guide while we observe a few of the many barnyard fowl living here. We have roosters of all types: very LARGE, teeny tiny, and roosters from strange…
How many fishy beachy dishes does one girl need? Well, now, Mr. Fun, that depends on the dish! Some are just too hard to resist! And then there are those which magically swim home behind you and leap out of your vacation luggage and onto the deck table! At least, that is my (fish) tale and I’m sticking to it!…
MAINE !!! Rocky coastlines, mountains, lakes, Appalachian Trail, outstanding college(s)🙂, and WILD BLUEBERRIES! Maine has it all! Wild blueberries, you ask? This state berry is so important to Maine that it has its own blog, its own Maine Blueberry Queen, and its own State Wild Blueberry Commission! Just one taste of this delicacy and you will understand. Sweet or tangy?…