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. …
I know you remember the Chex Mixes…There are so many variations out there dating way back into the 70’s and beyond that. You have made them or at least eaten them at one tine or another in your life time. Well, I am going to show you another version if you haven’t already tried this…
I love a full moon and especially a Harvest Moon, but the prediction is a Gibbous moon on October 31st… and in case you are not familiar with the term it is: Gibbous: refers to the shape of the moon when it is more than half illuminated but not yet fully illuminated. the phase of the…
Friends…..I love blue, hence the title Color Me Blue. I love the blue of my favorite sports teams. The Royal Blue of the Kansas City Royals (baseball) and the Bright Blue of the Kansas Jayhawks. (college football) I love the blue of Blue Skies and my Blue Heaven. I love Blue Velvet, Blueberry Hill and…
I love easy to make treats…. You know the kind that you just assemble. They call out to me, you know. I hear them say…use me to make a broom stick..or you can eat the candy as you go. Not that I would ever do anything like that.🥰 I have been scouting recipes for “quick”…
Welcome to Celebrating the 4th of July with a red, white and blue table setting. I love Patriotic Holidays and celebrating Memorial Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day are such a joy for me. When I was a child…our family celebrated each of these holidays with a large family potluck,…
Can you believe how fast this year is passing? Yikes! Where has this year run off to? It seems we were celebrating New Years just a few weeks ago. Oh,….. I guess we were. 🙂 I have been seeing so much green around town these days, the Sno-Birds are really getting into it. Green T-shirts,…
Cupid’s Arrow 2025! First, I don’t know how 2025 arrived so quickly and second we are so close to Valentine’s Day! So let’s talk Cupid and Cupid’s arrow of Love and all that goes with it. The table is set with a pretty tablecloth featuring lots of hearts and roses…after all, it is Valentines Day…
This is our Christmas and New Years Message, plus a few musings for 2024…And the last post of this year! I noticed that this year, we did not receive as many Christmas Greeting cards as we normally do. I don’t know if that is because of higher postal rates and higher prices for greeting cards…