Travels In Italy
Have you noticed that sometimes the very first dinner in a place becomes a special memory? Our first dinner in Pompei at a Pizzeria near…
Tranquil Place Setting
Nature inspired place settings are finding their way to my table. As the garden fills out and greenery grows taller the expectation of multiple blooms…
Thrifted Finds in April
The challenge of thrifting includes weathering the “dry” spells. I feel like that is the case for the last several months but today’s adventure was…
Simple Thrifted Spring Tablescape
It’s so nice to begin using some Spring dishes on the table. Bringing out table coverings in soft Spring colors is another joy of the…
Three Vintage Treasures
I’ve done a lot of posts on thrifting and today I have the pleasure of joining two other “Ladies Who Thrift” for their monthly Blog…
Tea and the Garden
“If you are cold, tea will warm you;if you are too heated, it will cool you;If you are depressed, it will cheer you;If you are…
Spring Forward Tablescape
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” – Lewis Grizzard Spring has arrived and I am so grateful to see…
Cheerful Tablescape
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” — Leo Tolstoy It has been a long Winter and Spring is finally coming. It’s a time…
Spring Thrifted Table Setting
I’m sitting in the Morning Room enjoying a cappuccino while watching all the activity in the garden. Birds are perched on the feeders with more…
Almost Spring from the Thrift Store
I’m looking out the window into the garden and the phlox is blooming, chives are filling out in their clumps of bright green and my…