Charmed by Autumn There is a distinct crispness to the air today - we are in a fluctuating pattern where it feels like autumn on day and summer the next. There's talk that we may have an early light frost this October - I need to prepare. I can understand why on days like today, poets may wax poetical about the cool breeze, … [Read more...]
A Return to Loveliness
September 25, 2012 By 25 Comments
The Romance of RedI visited my dear friend Maria at her store Rooms U Love. She had just changed over to her fall displays - I had my eye on this tureen that she filled with lovely red flowers - I am always drawn to red it seems - it is such a romantic color.As I strolled through I saw a few Johnson Brother's red dishes - two Devonsire plates … [Read more...]
A Return to Loveliness
September 17, 2012 By 27 Comments
Autumn musings " And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death … [Read more...]
Lazy Susan
August 15, 2012 By 13 Comments
Useful, Decorative - Remade I've had two Lazy Susans stored high on a shelf in our laundry room and thought it time to bring them down, to decorate them and to give them a place of importance and service once more. The origin of the "Lazy Susan" and the origin of its name appears to be a mystery. Evidence shows … [Read more...]
A Pink and Blue Tablescape
June 17, 2012 By 26 Comments
EXPERIMENT is my theory correct - could red be a neutral background?I had shared with you before my layered tablescapes. I had foundtwo bedskirts that I layered over the slipcover tablecloth I made creatinga soft layering of ruffles and lace. I then carried the theme throughwith layered china and such.On this tablescape I added an additional … [Read more...]
Blossom inspired Tablescape
June 10, 2012 By 29 Comments
Faded BeautyThe sweet pink hydrangeas are already turning color – I am enchanted by the beautiful soft green they are becoming. Nothing stays the same….When young, things are new, fresh and very much alive.Toward, the end there can be an exquisite, singular beauty.Time does not stand still – so I determine to cherish each moment.Like these … [Read more...]
Layered
June 5, 2012 By 25 Comments
TablescapeIt all began with what I thought was a daybed duvet that I found at Goodwill. When looking at the linens, I try to focus on a couple of things. White – lace – flowered.I spotted what was labeled a daybed duvet with pillow shams.When I got home, I discovered the ‘duvet’ was actually two bed skirts – one full size and the other … [Read more...]
I Remember Mama
May 8, 2012 By 29 Comments
A wish for one more visit…Eleven years ago, my husband came to me early Mother’s Day morning and told me he was taking us to see my mother. Immediately I began to weap tears of joy. My mother had been ill with cancer for months and was bed ridden. She was being cared for at my sister’s at house. I had been living far away and was unable to … [Read more...]
Lunch for One
April 10, 2012 By 17 Comments
The Bliss of SolitudeFor oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.William Wordsworth – ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’I find myself on my own more often than not.This is the perfect time to reflect … [Read more...]
I am living my dream. Blessed with a wonderful husband I call Dearest and three amazing children, plus an awesome son-in-law, I find joy in creating a Delightsome life for us all. Now an 'Empty Nester', I find my passions in decorating, gardening, crafting, cooking and woven throughout the fabric of my life is my faith in God and my LORD Jesus Christ. 
