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...
by Helen Kain | May 22, 2022 | Marigold & Spencer, Pink and Red, Purple, Spring Tablescapes, White
Spring on the Cape is a long, drawn-out affair with lots of sea mist and chilly mornings. The daffodils last for weeks, and the fruit trees blossom slowly and luxuriantly, carpeting the streets with fallen petals. When the flowering cherry trees hit their peak,...
by Helen Kain | May 1, 2022 | Marigold & Spencer, Pets
Hi everybody, We’re here! It’s us! The parent humans call us Marigold and Spencer. We’re ten weeks old. Marigold is on the left. She’s a little bit lighter in colour and a touch smaller than me, Spencer. Mum says I’m more serious....
by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2022 | Clementine, Pets
This is a very tough blog to post, so I’ll cut right to the chase. This time last year, we learned that Clementine had idiopathic epilepsy. Unfortunately, despite everyone’s best efforts at managing the disease, the seizures became uncontrollable, and we...
by Helen Kain | Sep 13, 2020 | Clementine, Dundee, Organization, Pets, Storage
We are back in Canada, safe and sound. Three cats, three dogs and a carload of baking/cooking equipment accompanied us on our nine-hour journey. Much to our relief, Clementine seems to have outgrown her car-sickness. We used to begin the journey with her on my lap,...
by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2020 | Black, Dundee, Gardens and Flowers, Pink and Red
We’re in a feline frame of mind this week at Entertablement. Though we are still a couple of weeks away from the longest day of the year, the sun is bounding over the horizon at about 5 am these days, rousing fur people and humans. Up and at ’em,...