Today, I am joining twenty other bloggers for a Spring/Easter Tablescape Blog Hop sponsored by Rita@Panoply. Our weather has been beautiful, so I set the table in my garden for the blog hop. Join me as we celebrate spring and Easter. Thank you, Rita, for all you do organizing the tablescape hops! You do a fabulous job.    White hydrangeas accented with pink carnations were arranged in a vintage basket borrowed from a dear friend and placed on a pastel stripe napkin for the centerpiece. Spring has arrived in south Alabama. The azaleas, dogwoods, spirea, flowering trees, and&nb ..read more

Valentine's Day is fast approaching. In thinking about Valentine's Day, I remembered a song my parents were fond of named,  Let Me Call You Sweetheart. The song was written in 1910 and Bing Crosby made the song very popular in 1945, the year my parents married.  Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Let me hear you whisper That you love me too Keep the love light glowing  In your eyes so blue Let me call you Sweetheart I'm in love with you Beth Slater Whitson- Lyrics Leo Freedman- Music Welcome to a Valentine Tablescape blog hop sponsored by Rita @Pa ..read more

Blessings to everyone today! Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. Today, I am joining Rita @Panoply and a sweet and talented group of bloggers for a Thanksgiving Tablescape Blog Hop. Thank you Rita, for organizing this tablescape hop. I appreciate all your hard work. At the end of this post, there will be links to bloggers participating in this Thanksgiving  Tablescape Blog Hop. Give them some love and leave them a comment.  I named my blog post, Thankful and Blessed because I am very thankful and feel blessed to be a part of this group of table stylists as well ..read more

Today, I  am joining my friends Pam at Everyday Living and Mary at Home is Where the Boat is, as a guest blogger, for Tea on Tuesdays. They share this fun virtual treat on the third Tuesday of each month. At the end of this post, there will be links to view their beautiful and creative posts for Tea on Tuesdays. I'm setting up an Autumn tea time in my garden. The weather is glorious. I chose a brass container for flowers and found golden mums, persimmon Shasta daises, ruby-tinged peach roses, chartreuse button mums, and limelights cut from my garden that have turned from whi ..read more

I'm glad you joined me today for the Welcome Fall Tablescape Blog hop.  This blog hop is sponsored by Rita @Panoply We appreciate all of Rita's work and organization in keeping this group together. It is hard to believe that fall is on the way soon. It is slower to feel like fall in the deep south because it is still very warm here.  This vintage Provencal tablecloth was bought in Provence, in 1997, by my mother-in-law. I deliberately chose to keep the table simple without chargers or placemats to be able to view the design of the  tablecloth.  T ..read more

Monday Morning Blooms I am honored to be invited to be a 'guest bloomer' for Monday Morning Blooms today. Mary, Pam, and Lidy are very talented floral designers that showcase their talent on the first Monday of every month.  Click on the links below to view their beautiful posts.  I am so happy to join them today! The theme today is sunflowers.  Join me for a touch of Provence.  I'm using a sunflower tablecloth that was bought in1997, in Avignon, by my mother-in-law. The yellow plates were my grandmother's. I remember fondly using those at her farm ..read more

Our Colorado grandchildren flew by themselves to Alabama for a visit recently. Usually, we have a tea party, and after church the last Sunday they were here, we did just that.  They are big enough now to help and give input.  The kids were here six days before their parents joined us. Their mother, Sarah, is in this picture all tan from a getaway in the Dominican Republic.  Lemon bars, cheese straws, pound cake squares, strawberries, macaroons, cheesecake, and raspberries were a welcome treat, along with cups of tea. Due to the early afternoon heat, we served our plate ..read more

The Fourth of July is Monday, July 4th.  Independence Day commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.  Celebrations include fireworks, family reunions, concerts, barbeques, picnics, parades, and baseball games.  Do you have a specific tradition in your family to celebrate the Fourth of July??? I've set a  Patriotic table outside today.  Join me for a yummy fruit dessert. The blueberries and strawberries were so sweet and any fruit is good with whipped cream.  Gardenias were blooming in my garden ..read more

Welcome to my garden and a tablescape set just for you. Summer has not officially arrived on the calendar yet but our weather in south Alabama says summer has arrived. My garden is shady so I invite you to have a seat and let's visit.  I am participating in a Summer Tablescape Blog Hop sponsored by Rita @ Panoply. There are 23 table stylists participating in this blog hop. You can find the links to their tablescapes at the bottom of this post.  Please leave them a comment so they will know you enjoyed their post. My hydrangeas are blooming and I had a delightful time cutting b ..read more

The weather has been beautiful in April. My foxgloves are blooming and I was inspired to set a table outside. I choose an oblong shallow chinoiserie dish as my centerpiece container. Yellow and red tulips from the grocery store complimented the Thibaut fabric that has so many wonderful designs and beautiful colors.  Since the tablecloth has birds, I immediately thought of my Cloisonne bird that had just the right colors. You can see some of the beautiful designs in the fabric in this picture. The foxgloves in my garden are not all open yet as you can see. They are all the ..read more