Love Is Everything, Valentine’s Day 2026….I know I am a hopeless romantic and I love to set a candlelight table for me and my Captain. I am fortunate the Captain is very romantic also. He is always up for my impromptu picnics or late night walks along the beach or riding camels up Mt. Sinai…
Dear ones, can you believe we have come to the end of 2025? Actually, this is probably the most relaxing week of the year… the week between Christmas and New Years Day. Gone is the flurry of Thanksgiving preparation thrusting us quickly into Christmas with all the decorating, shopping, wrapping and of course food prep…
The clock is ticking down and we will soon be at the beginning of a New Year…and I have a confession to make, This is my favorite tablescape of all the table settings I have put together over the last 15 years or so. Plus, I have some delicious simple recipe suggestions for your New…
Every year, the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas get fewer and fewer! The calendar remains the same so I am not quite sure how that happens. But on this day…Christmas Eve…I know you are all busy with last minute things to do. Me too! In fact I need to be making deviled eggs and a…
Friends…my daughter sent me 3 large beautiful Poinsettia Plants that I want to share with you. They are in birch baskets with beautiful red plaid tartan bows! Imagine my surprise when the florist’s delivery man stood at my door holding one large plant and surrounded by 2 other large plants. I was speechless to say…
Biscochito Cookie Recipe Straight From New Mexico! It is hard to believe but Christmas is just 2 weeks away! Yikes! It seems like we just sat down to the Thanksgiving meal and now it is time for Christmas. Have you been doing a lot of Holiday baking? I have been making cookies and candy…
I have a confession…I like to paint. If it comes to me in blue…I am going to paint it pink! I spray paint to get the color I like as I did with the black candle stands you see below. So come on over. The teapot and coffee pot are on…Do you hear the tea…
The Winter Holiday is one of the most important times of the year. Christmas 2025 The Reason For The Season! Doesn’t it bring to mind all the wonderful sights and sounds of Christmas? I have often thought about how Christmas was celebrated in Colonial times and of course we have a lot of history to…
This is Hello Autumn Dining At Villa de la Luna! Hello Autumn! Friends this was a Thanksgiving tablescape from 2017 and I would like to share it again. And yes, I still have all the table elements these 8 years later. I just can’t part with anything. I am so glad you are here…and…
Happy Thanksgiving To All…. My friends, I am sharing a tablescape from 2016…That year I set up two tables because we served two dinners on different days. My family came down separately from up north….and the result was double the dinners and double the turkey. Surprisingly we did not tire of turkey. And since the…
Gathering Together Celebrating Thanksgiving 2025. Friends don’t you love to hear the crunch of fallen leaves as you walk, deliberately shuffling your feet, just so you can hear that wonderful sound and watch the leaves flutter around you? It brings to mind plaid blankets, flickering candles and dancing campfires as God has provided this special…
My dear readers, I am sure you have heard the term….Elevating the Everyday. OK…I am not going to get all philosophical here… or maudlin… or try to tell you how to live your life. Hey, why not grab a cup of whatever and let’s talk a bit… just you and me… ….and no one else. …