Everyday Living

August Days

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Summer, Tablescape Tuesday

“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:24‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends. I certainly hope your week is off to a good start. I haven’t shared a tablescape at the picnic table in several weeks. It is a shaded area which is most pleasant during these hot August days!

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”
-Camille Pissarro

The “artist garden” tablecloth by April Cornell was my inspiration for the tablesetting!

In case you haven’t noticed, I have a weakness for floral tablecloths!READ MORE

6 Garden Tablescapes

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Tablescape Tuesday

“Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭143:8‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends. I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. Ours was mostly quiet. Butch and I had lunch with my Daddy on Sunday, and we grilled burgers yesterday for our son, daughter-in-love, and the Princesses. With Memorial Day being the unofficial start to summer, what better time to take a look back at some of my favorite garden tablescapes. Please join me in the garden and I will provide a tall glass of sweet tea with lemon and mint!

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Sweet peaches and summer flowers are a lovely combination…and there is the sweet tea as promised, with a slice of peach!

All the flowers were cut from the garden!READ MORE

Wildflowers & Botanic Garden

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Tablescape Tuesday

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.””
‭‭John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends. I hope your Mother’s Day was as wonderful as possible with our current situation. My sweet hubby grilled hamburgers (a personal favorite) and we took lunch to my Daddy’s to enjoy with him. The weather has been absolutely amazing. As I keep saying, this is the prettiest spring in my recent memory. It was unseasonably cool last week with a couple of mornings of light frost. The days have been most pleasant, in the mid 60’s to low 70’s.

Not only has the spring been glorious, but so have the wildflowers. I set a very simple tablescape next to our wooded picnic area with a vase of wildflowers as the centerpiece. I saved you a virtual seat for a symphony of birdsong and the sweet fragrance of honeysuckle and privet!

 

“Botanic Garden” dinner plates by Portmeirion were chosen to complement the wildflowers. Portmeirion artist Susan Williams-Ellis came up with the idea for Botanic Garden in 1972 when she was looking through rare books and discovered a 19th century volume of beautiful, meticulously drawn floral illustrations…Hydrangea Macrophylla (Hydrangea)…

…Lathyrus Odoratus (Sweet Pea). With its delightful mix of floral motifs and signature leaf border, Botanic Garden is a true British classic. Each plate bears the common and scientific name.READ MORE