Lavender Blue always makes me think of the song with the same title….Lavender Blue. The song was made popular in the early 60’s by Sammy Turner and then it was in the 2015 Cinderella sound track! I loved watching Cinderella float about the ball room with her Prince Charming in that gorgeous blue ball gown….
My friends….the leaves are starting to fall in my Florida yard! True! Pinky Swear! No, not the palm fronds, but the leaves of my Shady Lady Olive tree. Actually, it is almost a continual process all year long, I am always using the grass blower to rid my foyer of those little leaves. When I…
I know every one wants their garden to be beautiful at all times, but just as in life…that can’t always be. I know every one wants their garden to be beautiful at all times, but just as in life…that can’t always be. Blooms fade, annuals die out and in their place a new flourish of…
A Give Thanks Vignette! Even though Thanksgiving is still a couple months away, Fall and Autumn remind me of the pilgrims and our founding Fathers. As the new season begins, I think of the hardships that they all endured for months before the actual Thanksgiving. And yet they did Give Thanks, which was the…
Today’s Woodland tablescape is celebrating the Crispness of Autumn as the Simmering Summer Slithers away. Here in Florida, we notice our streets of traffic begin to get a little busier, and we know that our nice long leisurely lunches at waterside cafe’s will soon be replaced with long lines of Sno-birds swarming like flies over…
Dear Apple Pie, I have not forgotten you even though it has been a long time since I have picked fresh apples from orchard trees. Sigh! I liked riding back to the apple farm stand with apples of every variety in my tote bags and drinking apple cider, with the Captain while munching on…
Coastal Florida Seafood Boil And Tablescape! Whoopee!!! I have always loved Spring and living in SW Florida our coastal climate for me is like a delicious frosting on a perfectly made cake. When I think of Spring, and the cooler days turn into warmer days…I think of a year full of rebirth and new…
Did someone say Roasted Turkey And Stuffing? AND Virginia Ham? Candied Sweet Potatoes, creamy mashed potatoes and gravy without lumps? Pineapple Pistachio Salad and cranberry sauce with oranges? green bean casserole, pumpkin pie and moist apple walnut cake? The Thanksgiving day parade and all things to be thankful for? Yep! I thought that is…
Nope! NOT gonna do it! Sorry, NOT even close! Tempt all they want….all those retailers, bloggers and early bird Christmas decorators, but I will not be suckered in. I told you, my dear sweet friends and readers that I am enjoying Thanksgiving this year and that means November is for Thanksgiving. That means NO Christmas!…
The other evening, I opened my pantry drawers looking for a snack! Perhaps it was because I had just mixed up a batch of pumpkin bread and the yummy smell was driving me crazy! Or perhaps it was just I was craving something. Come on, friends…. ….I know you do that too …only perhaps you…