by Helen Kain | Apr 2, 2024 | Books, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, Home, Spring Tablescapes
Considering the chill, blustery weather in which we started March, I wondered if the maxim “Comes in like a Lion, Goes out like a Lamb” quoted in Edith Holden’s Nature Notes and the Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady would hold. Sure enough, we were...
by Helen Kain | Mar 22, 2024 | Easter, Green, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Years ago, digging around for Easter inspiration, I came across a picture of an elegant rabbit and his wheelbarrow in a magazine—Victoria, I think—but frustratingly, the manufacturer was not attributed. I searched online using every description imaginable. Nada. I...
by Helen Kain | Mar 10, 2024 | Brown, Easter, Green, Orange, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White
Now, who is that peeking out from behind the carrots? Oh my! It’s a fluffle of bunnies who have come to enjoy a veritable feast of greenery and vegetables. Perhaps they wanted to visit with their Bunny Toile friends on plates by Jay Willfred. This charming...
by Helen Kain | Feb 25, 2024 | Easter, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes
Brunch is a wonderful meal—especially a getting-close-to-Easter brunch with chickens and rabbits from Pistoulet by Pfalzgraff. The pattern is based on the book “The Secrets of Pistoulet” by Jana Kolpen and evokes the colours of Southern France. The dinner...
by Helen Kain | Feb 4, 2024 | Grey and Pewter, Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes
As February gathers speed towards Valentine’s Day, rosy floral offerings snuggle up to Juliska’s Country Estate. A couple of weeks ago, we ventured into Toronto. Of course, I had to visit my favourite floral supplier, a grocer on Bayview Avenue with a vast...
by Helen Kain | Jan 7, 2024 | Blue, Green, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
It’s the day after Epiphany, and Christmas is officially over. The trees are down, ornaments packed away, and I’ve done the seasonal turnover in the kitchen cabinets. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to skip winter and move right into...