A Late Fall Tea with Villa de Medicis
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...
Chelsea Porcelain Plums
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...
Turquoise Dragonflies Inspire
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...
Farmer’s Market
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...
Cock-a-Doodle Do!
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...Follow Us
