Dapper Animals Beach
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...
Bains de Mer
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...
Dancing Hares by Starla Michelle Halfmann
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...
Pretty Pastels with William Morris and Peonies
The much-awaited peonies are blooming, and it’s time to celebrate. The soft pink shades go with almost anything; this year, I’ve settled on a sage green palette with peachy-coloured true Depression glass, produced from 1928 to 1940 and aptly named June...
Chelsea Porcelain with Lilacs
The lilacs are blooming, the sun is shining, and I’ve just finished tucking a couple of dozen dahlia tubers into the perennial garden. It’s time to get cleaned up and have a mug of tea. The table is already set with Chelsea Porcelain from the Royal...Follow Us
