by Helen Kain | Feb 20, 2022 | Blue, Featured, Green, Grey and Pewter, Recent, Spring Tablescapes
Snow, snow, snow. Every time we get it cleared away, more arrives. The dogs love it; the grandchildren love it, Us oldies? Not so much. Longing for warm weather, when I could clip fresh herbs from the garden, I picked up some pots of herbs from the grocery store and...
by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2021 | Blue, Easter, Featured, Spring Tablescapes, White
Chirp, chirp! It’s time to start preparing our nests. Every spring, it’s the same. She starts nagging me to redecorate as soon as the weather warms up. What’s wrong with last year’s nest? It’s so … tatty … she...
by Helen Kain | Mar 7, 2021 | Featured, Green, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
They’re on their way! In the garden, daffodil leaves are sprouting, inching higher with each warm day. Beneath, the soil holds captured sunshine: Narcissus Poeticus (the poet’s daffodil) stately King Alfreds and diminutive Baby Moons, whose tiny bulbs...
by Helen Kain | Apr 23, 2020 | Brown, Featured, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes
This china pattern reminded me of a song my daughter Stephanie sang when she was just a little mite: “Spring, spring, spring is in the air I can feel it everywhere And the pussywillows bloom And the pussywillows bloom And the pussywillows bloom in spring.”...
by Helen Kain | Jun 6, 2019 | Accessories, Blue, Featured, Green, Spring Tablescapes, White
Delicate, demure and dainty – lilies of the valley are one of the most welcome signs of late spring. Growing close to the ground in woodland settings, they beckon quietly. Come closer… Ah, that wonderful fragrance. Surprisingly powerful, given the...
by Helen Kain | Apr 19, 2019 | Blue, Featured, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Ducks, geese, roosters, sheep, pigs and cows. And daffodils, lots and lots of daffodils. It’s spring on the farm! Brittany by Williams Sonoma renders beautiful depictions of our farmyard friends in classic blue & white. My duck-devoted granddaughter,...