A couple of weeks ago I received this newsletter telling me about changes ... Is this company a household name in your family ... like it is in mine? Carbona has been around "forever" ... well, since 1885 ... but I only discovered them about a dozen years ago. I certainly wasn't around when this ad debuted! (The "cannot explode" was the selling point. Before Carbona, every other form of dry cleaning solution had been highly flammable ... and the horror stories were many.) This is the product that first got my attention... Carbona Stain Devils I heard about it on the radio. Apparently, ALL stains fall into one of nine categories ...so Carbona offers ... Keep Reading...
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket
It's not green and yellow, as the popular 19th century nursery rhyme says, but it IS a basket. What's inside it is green and yellow -- and pink ... finally! I told you HERE that our flowers were just about to burst forth -- and I could hardly wait to share them with you! Well, today we start ... and if the garden grows as it has in years past, I'll be sharing them with you for many months to come! The basket ... it's nothing particularly special. I remember in the early '80s I filled it with a dried flower arrangement -- the kind I wouldn't dream of having in my house any more. Eventually it sat in the attic with other rarely-used baskets, almost getting donated several times ... but somehow always making the ... Keep Reading...
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Shamrocks for One
What do you do when all of the balls you've been juggling start falling to the ground ... all at the same time ... and the beautiful St. Patrick's Day tablescape you'd envisioned doing for Tablescape Thursday just can't happen? That's what my week has been like. LUCKY for me no one was coming for dinner! I'm still going to show you something really pretty, but I'm keeping it simple. Does it get any more simple than a single place setting on a vintage tray ... photographed in the only GREEN room in my house? This beautiful fine bone china was handmade in Galway -- yes, Galway IRELAND --by Royal Tara. The pattern name is Trellis Shamrock. I found four 6-piece place settings at auction a few months ago. They came with the ... Keep Reading...
