by Helen Kain | Sep 22, 2023 | Fall Tablescapes, Grey and Pewter, Recent, Terracotta, Thanksgiving
What a gorgeous September we are having. Mellow sunny days followed by crisply cool nights—perfect for sleeping with open windows. And perfect for whetting the appetite! It seems that our long-time favourite apple orchard, Myers, did not survive Covid, much to my...
by Helen Kain | Sep 16, 2023 | Fall Tablescapes, Green, Pink and Red, Recent
Thank goodness for Limelight Hydrangeas, whose chameleon-like nature provides bounty and beauty throughout the summer and into the autumn. In their early-season incarnation, their delicate lime-green cones add tonal contrast to the creamy white of their sister...
by Helen Kain | Sep 3, 2023 | Brown, Pink and Red, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, Test
Hydrangeas had a rough go of it this year on Cape Cod—a severe late spring frost killed off the buds, leaving us largely bloomless. I was filled with joy when a few meagre stems made it through, and I was eager to make the most of them. Enter the bud vase. I trimmed...
by Helen Kain | Jul 29, 2023 | Blue, Brown, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
It’s high summer on the Cape with sweltering days and warm nights—prime time for enjoying the beach. We have a ten to fourteen-foot tide, and I dearly love to take a walk at low tide on the hard, packed sand, with my feet immersed in the swirling waves as they...
by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 2023 | Black, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White
It’s the height of summer, so today, I thought we might go to the seaside and explore what we might have seen in the late 19th century. Victorian bathing beauties! They are leaving their beach huts and venturing into the sea. Oops! She might have ventured a bit...
by Helen Kain | Jul 15, 2023 | Fall Tablescapes, Marigold & Spencer, Orange, Recent, Summer Tablescapes
I’m catching up on my inventory of tablesetting photos and cooking done during the lockdown. Though many made their way into Entertablement—The Four Seasons and Entertablement—Much Depends on Dinner, as well as the four quarterlies, it seems I have a startling...