A mid-century Christmas tablecloth from California Handprints and Fiesta dinnerware make a nice holiday setting. And the food wasn't bad either: scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, biscuits, homemade apple butter and fresh brewed coffee.
Oh Becky I just caught up with the medical news. I feel awful that I was so engrossed with my own issues that I stopped visiting my blog friends. I must say that your stamina and outlook is admirable despite your condition. I wish the great gift of well being for Christmas for you. Please take care. The housekeeper seemed to be not bad with the dishes :)
Don't feel bad, Ces. Sometimes I get so caught up with what's going on that I don't visit my blog friends as much as I'd like. Thank you so much. I really am hoping to be better for Christmas. And I was happy with the housekeeper! She didn't get to come on Friday after all, so I'm hoping she will be here bright and early tomorrow.
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there. -- Pearl Bailey Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table. -- Charles Pierre Monselet, French author (1825-1888).
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. --Sir Thomas More You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it. --Edith Head A dinner chosen according to one's needs, tastes, and moods, well prepared and well served, is a joy to all senses and an impelling incentive to sound sleep, good health, and long life. Therefore, at least once a day, preferably in the quiet cool of the evening, one should throw all care to the winds, relax completely, and dine leisurely and well. --Count Arnaud Cazenave
Welcome to my blog. I love to cook. I love to garden. I collect art deco. And my camera is like Karl Malden's American Express card. I don't leave home without it. Most of my photographs are of food, dishes, our farm & our travels.
In June of 2005 I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease where the DNA of the bone marrow gets messed up & stops producing blood cells. 18 July 2009 I had a bone marrow transplant. Currently I am still under treatment. I have had some dysplasia show up again in one of my cell lines and have begun a new round of chemotherapy. Mainly I try to focus on the positive.
Blogging lets me keep my family up to date & lets me share recipes, photographs & my love of cooking and dishes. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy posting.
6 comments:
Oh wow Becky! You inspire me to clean and get the house ready for Christmas. You always have beatiful place settings.
Ces, thanks so much. Mike & I were on our own for the repast. We haven't done much decorating, but the holiday dishes do make it festive.
Oh Becky I just caught up with the medical news. I feel awful that I was so engrossed with my own issues that I stopped visiting my blog friends. I must say that your stamina and outlook is admirable despite your condition. I wish the great gift of well being for Christmas for you. Please take care. The housekeeper seemed to be not bad with the dishes :)
Don't feel bad, Ces. Sometimes I get so caught up with what's going on that I don't visit my blog friends as much as I'd like. Thank you so much. I really am hoping to be better for Christmas. And I was happy with the housekeeper! She didn't get to come on Friday after all, so I'm hoping she will be here bright and early tomorrow.
You set a beautiful table, Becky, but your spirit is what we really admire.
Mary, thank you so much for your words of encouragement. They mean the world to me.
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