by Helen Kain | Jan 3, 2023 | Blue, Orange, Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
It’s back to the workaday world for me this morning; some floral cheer is in order. Thank heaven for tulips. Inexpensive, long-lasting and readily available, they’re the perfect cure for the January blues. And speaking of inexpensive, I bought Pioneer...
by Helen Kain | Oct 26, 2022 | Blue, Green, Recent, Tea, Terracotta, White, Yellow
The warm fall days of sitting on the porch are coming to a close for this season. But if we look sharpish, we can pour ourselves a cup of tea… …and cut a slice of Pumpkin Roll to go with it. Would you fellows like to join us? You’ve done a wonderful...
by Helen Kain | Aug 21, 2022 | Blue, Green, Purple, Recent, Summer Tablescapes
It’s always a happy day when I discover a previously unknown china pattern. When it involves a modern (and therefore, attainable) replica of a much-loved antique design, it’s even better. Such was the case last autumn when Glenn, Lauren, and I visited...
by Helen Kain | Jul 31, 2022 | Blue, Green, Recent, Summer Tablescapes
My love for turquoise can be traced to a solitary inch-long stub of crayon in the four-quart basket of broken crayon pieces that constituted our kindergarten art supply. Chance favoured me that day when the crayon I had thought was dark green turned out to be the...
by Helen Kain | Jul 24, 2022 | Blue, Brown, Pink and Red, Recent, Summer Tablescapes
It’s high summer, and we’ve had day after day of blue skies and scorching sun, bringing to mind the expression “make hay while the sun shines”. Produce abounds at the farmer’s markets, prompting me to reach for the appropriately named...
by Helen Kain | Jul 17, 2022 | Blue, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, Yellow
Good morning! The table is all set for breakfast. Coffee? Juice? We’re having Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins. Would you like scrambled eggs with those? It’s such a lovely day; we are all set up outside. Sit wherever you like. Which is your favourite...