Everything was in place for a pretty meal — the kind where you have your best friends over for a few laughs, chit chat, and a low calorie salad followed by chocolate dessert. My table was set with new plates, my best silver, and red glasses for sparkling water or a little bubbly. My ruby red antique bowls were ready…
Last night brought just enough snow and ice for the steep area of our backyard to become a perfect sledding hill. (just practicing with the new lens Santa left for me and I had to show off this shot 🙂 …) Without all the trees that were lost to the recent hurricanes and blizzards the sledding is easier–no steering…
My Christmas wish for a WHITE CHRISTMAS was granted this year, just a little snow — not enough to delay flights or block the roads or strand Santa! The snow began immediately following the early evening service on Christmas Eve, and fell gently through the night, until the morning light revealed this wonderland. Presents were found under the tree,…
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. The snow casts a quiet and pure spell, just what we need now. Snowflakes are scattered all around inside my house. I would like to see the woods and trees outside my windows also gently blanketed and the bushes tinged with a little frosty glow. But not for a few more days! Charlotte…
The brilliant blue sky and cool nights of autumn have arrived here in southern New England. It’s time for animals to grow winter coats ~~ ~~ and time for me to cut and dry my remaining hydrangea blooms. It’s also time to bring in my plants to be repotted for their wintertime rest. The spider babies need to be snipped…
3000 B.C. ~~ long before we were using the glorious SUNFLOWER to adorn our dishes and tabletops ~~ ~~ and long before van Gogh and O’Keeffe were inspired by its beauty ~~ van Gogh O’Keeffe ~~ Native Americans in the southwest had domesticated it and were pounding and squeezing its seeds into flour and oil, and using various parts of the plant for…
You all know by now that I love the beach ~~ gentle waves, soft breezes, birds, crabs, shells ~~ and especially the way the warm sand feels on bare feet. Keeping the sand out of our clothes, bags, books and even food was once a battle for me. But I have learned to make peace with those tiny grains…
Can you describe your “style” in one word? Long ago and far away, when I was just out of college and we were heading to law school, I used a few of my precious extra pennies to purchase the first issue of Country Living on the newsstand, and spent many months studying every photo and article. Of course, at that…
Even though the temps are very low and the wind is blowing, I can’t stay inside when my pretty pink tree is blooming. It is packed with blossoms now. Mr. Fun has been working round the clock and needs a place to unwind, and I know just the spot. Here he can pay some attention to his lovely wife 🙂…
I can become a little obsessed with choosing the right dishes, linens and glassware for my table, but I am more interested in the quality of the food that goes onto those dishes. And although I am not a “chef” mom by nature, when the kids are home I am even more conscious of our food choices. We have tried…