FIRST TABLESETTING FOR 2025

 What a job that was putting all those

Christmas treasures away.  I so

understand why - are you ready for

this - "old people" just get out a tiny

tree or nothing at all. 

 Right before Christmas my

husband went to the market to grab

a few things and a man pulled out and totaled our car.  He said the driver was

 an old guy so I asked "how old was he?"

Oh....about our age was the answer!

Haha!  Thankfully, my husband 

wasn't injured.

I did my first table setting for the New

Year today and am sharing a tablecloth

I made with some purple toile fabric.

Many upholstery type fabrics are wider

and can make great tablecloths.

This is a bigger vintage toile pattern

sometimes called "House Party"

or "Litchfield House Party".

Laura Ashley marketed it too.

My transferware is Clarice Cliff

Rural Scenes.

I found this machine sewn vintage

quilt on Ebay which had perfect

colors for our "snug" area in our

home.  It is on the pony rail by

the stairs going down.

I hope you are keeping warm

and staying safe!

MY 2024 YEAR PHOTO REVIEW

 This year was a slow down in

blogging for me but I will continue

to blog but also share some video

reels here that I use on Instagram.

Here is my review

of photos:

We enjoyed our hearth dining

room this year.  It is a small area

adjacent to the kitchen.

February:

March:

The giant pussy willow

in our front yard blooms

every March.

April:

Pansies are pure joy.

May:

I am amazed how quickly the

garden burst alive in Missouri.

June:

July:

August:

Zinnias are very happy in our

hot Missouri summertime.

September:

October:

When things cooled down in late

summer, the hydrangeas looked

promising.  I watered them faithfully

all summer or they would not have

made it.

November:

December:

And with this photo I note that the

tree will be all gone tomorrow and

all the decorations put away for

another year!

Hope your's is a Happy

New Year!

 

ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW YEAR?

Here is a little template above

that you can copy and use for

a New Year's menu for Afternoon

Tea.

Our year has come to a close and

we are ready for a new one.  I

realize blogging isn't the thing it

used to be but for now I will continue.

I am enjoying Instagram even more

than Facebook.  

I am sharing a little garden video I did

for my new Instagram page.

It is a review of  my 2024 garden.

Click to start and click on the full 

screen box in the right corner to enlarge.

 

HAPPY 249TH JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY

 

CHRISTMASTIME #2

 

I am sharing a little more of our

Christmas decorations:

I apologize for showing the same

items that I have had "forever"

and have shared for years.