Month: August 2009

Here is a picture of the “thing.”: It is actually an antique music cabinet. I love this piece. It is one of my favorites in the house. At one point, I thought, “wouldn’t it be great to use this as a tv cabinet?” Well . . . that didn’t work. It is a beautiful piece,…

Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! Today, I am not going very far back for a favorite. This is my Thursday Tablescape from just this past week. I had to laugh when some of the comments were about…

Just thinking back on this past week. Been a really busy one, as usual. Mama was here until Tuesday morning. Remember the wonderful pie? On Friday, I was trying to decide how to fill the extra pie shell that mama made and left me. I ended up filling it with lemon meringue. Just like mama.…

If you have been following along, you know that mama left me one of her wonderful homemade pie crusts to fill. So, the next question is, what to fill it with? Do I make another lemon meringue pie like she did, or do I fill it with something else? Here are a couple of possibilities:…

My friend Ann Messick and I recently went to view this great home for sale that has a lovely pool. Of course, as always, I thought, “TABLESCAPE!” Ann is a realtor and she has listed this home. The dear owner was kind enough to let us come and have some fun at her pool. So,…

My friend Libby owns a resort on the White River called Copper John’s Resort.  The resort is about 20 minutes away from my house. Libby has a lot of great opportunities, being right on the river, to get some great outdoor shots. Here are some of Libby’s pics for today’s Outdoor Wednesday. Fishing on the…

While Mama was visiting, she blessed us by make a lemon meringue pie! YUM! It was so good. She even went one further by making an extra crust for me to fill later. She makes the best pie crust I’ve ever had. Here is how she makes her crust for a 9 inch pie: 2…

My mother has been visiting this past weekend. One of my mother’s china patterns is Blue Danube. She has replaced the teapot a couple of times because a piece broke off of the spout. We have often talked about turning the damaged teapot into a lamp. It is a beautiful lamp. Did you know you…

Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! By the way, while you are visiting Chari, be sure to check out her 1 year anniversary give-away! This post is from June 9th. It is a favorite because it shows how…

I’m always looking for things that I can have on hand to entertain when guests (expected and unexpected) drop by.

What a wonderful summer it has been. I’ve been enjoying harvesting things from my garden for some time now. Today, I want to celebrate Summer’s Bounty. I’ve set the table with Spode’s Reynolds pattern (one of my favorites): A lace tablecloth and some summer fresh flowers: Stemware with rims of gold: Cream colored candles in…

I am always in awe of the beautiful things in nature. Today, for Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer, I want to show you some pictures taken by Jim Gaston of Gaston’s White River Resort. Photography is one of his hobbies and he does a beautiful job at it. Enjoying Bull Shoals White River State…

I’ve been showing you pictures from my garden and of my basil. Today, I went and harvested basil and made a classic basil pesto. Classic Basil Pesto 2 cups (packed) basil leaves (cleaned and dried) 1/2 cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, finely grated 1/3 cup pine nuts (I lightly toast mine) 3 cloves garlic 1/2…

Sometimes, life just doesn’t go the way you want it to. It is so easy to be happy and optimistic when things are going well, but, when things get tough . . . well, that is another story. Those are the times you have to have strength! Sometimes, I have to remind myself where my…