Over the Baby Moon
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...
A Touch of Drama
Drama, drama, drama. Though not a fan of it in my personal life, I’m all for it where it comes to tableware. Henriette, by Anthropologie, made a brief appearance last year and has since retired to the wings. But what a performance! Vibrant orange, yellow, pink...
In an English Garden
Soft pastel shades and fresh flowers are an instant cure for the winter doldrums. English Garden by Certified International was new for 2020. The trellis pattern on the soft green, scallop-edged dinner plate was an instant hit with me. I can see styling it a dozen...
To Grandma’s Gingerbread House We Go
Nostalgic and colourful, these sturdy ironstone salad plates inspired a delightful few days of baking. I toyed with the idea of making a gingerbread house and even went so far as to bake a gingerbread bundt cake. Nice, but somehow lacked panache. The houses make you...
A Bit of a Wild Week – Happy Thanksgiving!
I can’t decide if the last week has been more Greek tragedy or French farce – Monty Python meets Italian Opera? You decide. We’ve had a sick cat, a flurry of cooking, a kitchen catastrophe and a lovely Thanksgiving/Birthday dinner with family. From the...Follow Us
