Mother's Day Surprise

Motherhood: the gift that keeps on giving! 

Tea Time

Modern life should never go so far as to give up the classics.

Princess Banquet

You never know who you might be entertaining. . .

Friendship

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives." C.S. Lewis

Fairy Treats For A Cloudy Afternoon

The handbook for entertaining fairies: "The Girls' Book of Flower Fairies" by Frederick Warne, has the wonderful Nouveau style illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, which were copyrighted from 1923-1948. My mother shared these same beautiful fairy illustrations with me when I was a girl, and I've loved them ever since. I love sharing it with my granddaughters. Our fairies live among the teapots ;)

Flowers Say "I Love You"

I always wanted to be an interior designer. When I finally finished decorating my house, I started making up imaginary rooms. It's a lot cheaper than redoing my house. ;)

The rose topiary in the reflection is real; i.e., it's a photograph of a real silk flower topiary about 4' high~ one of four I made for my daughter's wedding. They used so many faux roses that I cleaned out every craft shop in the area! It was a "fairy tale wedding". Lucky for me, I still have the topiaries in my house.

Rainbows In My Coffee

Time for a coffee break. . .enjoy your day!

Still Life With Green Pitcher

Imagine looking through a window into this room, which exists only in this picture. The shadows are from a blooming dogwood tree, in a land of peace, love and joy.