Roses on the Bureau

 

I love roses. I can’t grow them in Florida and I don’t have the garden space in Maine. I buy them and I photograph them and just look at them. Fresh Market has delightful varieties and they last at least a week. The Gone with the Wind lamp belonged to my grandmother and I loved the lamp from the time I was a child. I am so happy to have it now. It casts a lovely glow in the room. The photograph is my parents’ wedding picture. The bisque figurine belonged to my grandmother as well.

 

I am joining Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday. Be sure to stop by and see Beverly and the other pinks. I am also linking to Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday. This will be the first time I have participated in this event. Thanks for stopping by.

Souvenir from a nice weekend…

We visited friends in Naples this past weekend and had a lovely time. We shopped and talked and laughed and shared some good food. We drove to Goodland and had lunch at The Little Bar. We have been there many times in the past and it was nice to take a little trip down memory lane.

Jack had conch chowder served with a generous splash of sherry. We all had fried oysters but I was talking so much I didn’t take pictures!

My friend made Baba Ghanoush.  It was wonderful. Jack and I made it yesterday. Yum.

Today’s lunch below.

I made a plate with spring greens, heirloom tomatoes, leftover asparagus and Baba Ghanoush with torn pita bread. I found the recipe for this wonderful eggplant creation in a Williams-Sonoma cookbook called Small Plates by Joanne Weir published in 1998.

Baba Ghanoush

• 1 large eggplant
• 1/4 cup tahini, plus a little more if needed
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/4 fresh lemon juice, more if needed
• 1 pinch ground cumin
• salt, to taste
• 1 Tablespoon good olive oil
• 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 cup kalamata olives
• Pita bread

Prepare a medium hot fire on grill. Preheat oven to 375°. Prick the eggplant in several places with a fork and grill. Turn frequently until the skin blackens and blisters and the flesh starts to feel soft. This takes about 15 minutes. Transfer the eggplant to a baking sheet and bake until very soft (about 20 minutes). Remove from the oven and let cool. Cut in half and scoop out the innards discarding the skin. Place in bowl of food processor and blend to a paste. The directions in the recipe call for mashing it with a fork. The processor was more efficient. Add the tahini, garlic, lemon juice and cumin. Mix well. Season with salt and taste. Add more tahini and/or lemon juice if needed. When ready to serve, transfer the mixture to a serving dish and with the back of a spoon, make an indentation and drizzle with olive oil. Serve with torn pita bread and the olives. Garnish with parsley.
The recipe suggests serving at room temperature. We ate it right out of the refrigerator. We also made the day before so that the flavors really had a chance to blend. Should serve 6 as an appetizer.

Who are you? Really, who are you?

I recently helped my sister clean out our parents home. After they died she and her husband purchased the condo and recently decided to sell it as they were not using it. So down they came from Atlanta and down we went from Sarasota. The closet in the hall had been my mother’s china closet and there were treasures upon treasures within.

I admire Bill of Affordable Accoutrements because he knows so much about the beautiful items he creates his tablescapes with and shares this information with those of us who follow him.

Amazon supplied some books, ebay was consulted, pressed glass was googled and pages upon pages were studied. I found most of the silverplate. My eyes were blurry….I am still researching. I am marking everything I find. I love the research but there is a lot of glassware out there.

I cannot see to find out the name of the pattern or the company that made the dishes and the tray on the right. I have found pieces of this pattern but they are always listed as unknown pattern and manufacturer.

Some more unknowns below….

What I have found!

The above pattern is Caribbean by Duncan Miller Glass.

The little oval dish above is Galloway by US Glass c. 1901, pattern 15086.

The glass above is another US Glass pattern called Pineapple and Fan and is EAPG (Early American Pressed Glass) c.1891. The pattern is also known as Holbrook, Shepherd’s Plaid and Cube with Fan.

There is lots of information out there but it is all over the place! So I did some research about what to have for dinner with my favorite cook. A girl can only look at glass for just so long….

I am joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday. Be sure to stop in see the other pretty tabletops.

Calendar Mosaics

Last week at Little Red House, Mary shared with us her calendar made with templates from Shutter Sisters. I was hooked. The templates are for a 5 x 5 calendar which could be put in a cd case but I printed them on 5 x 7 photo paper and put a month in an acrylic frame.

So much for what I had hoped to accomplish that day much less that week!

I started planning next year’s Christmas presents. I will make calendars from photos that I have taken at my friends’ houses. Yup, I dropped everything. I was forced to deal with Photoshop….. and I played.

Stop by and see the other mosaics from this wonderful and fun event.

on the coffee table

 

I am joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday. These roses inspired the vignette. Be sure to visit Marty and see what others have topped their tables with today.

The watch was my grandfather’s and has been reunited with its cloche-like home.