EASTER AFTERGLOW AND SPRING BLOOMS

 

It has been a busy month here. With Easter coming early this year along with an early spring, our little garden was in need of attention! My tablescape for Easter was inspiration from our garden. As some of you know, daffodils are my favorites. Daffs have long bloomed out here but when I found these beauties at Trader Joe's I knew they would be the perfect blooms for a spring and Easter centerpiece.  

Petal Linen Placemats and napkins in Limoncello

from Arte Italica

Anthropologie Grace

Faye decorative dessert plates

I used a maidenhair fern in my center pot

As lovely as the weather has been with our early spring, it was suddenly hot! With temperatures in the eighties it was summer, or so I thought. Now we are back in the sixties, perfect weather for tending our garden.

Peggy Martin Climbing Rose

Our garden is beginning to fill in and grow and is such a joy to watch. With each passing summer we've been here our trees are taller, plants and flowers are spreading to cover the beds and our landscaping is finally complete.  

I hope you are enjoying a beautiful spring. Thanks so much for your visit.....

A VALENTINE'S SERIES, FEBRUARY AND WINTER

February and Winter

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow so that may be why here in the south we have been enjoying mild temperatures in the sixties and seventies. I love winter but I am looking froward to spring after all of this nice weather. We probably still have a lot more winter to come, just guess I am having spring fever a little early. I know so many of you are still in the throes of a Polar Vortex and haven't been flirting with spring. Here, we go from one extreme to the next. Only a few days ago we were under a winter weather warning, meaning buy your milk and bread and don't drive. Everyone cleaned out the supermarkets but thank goodness we didn't get the ice and snow just freezing temperatures.

We were however, already getting the jokes about our rush to prepare for the cold, ice and snow!

So, what to do inside to feel warm and cozy and still bring a little spring inside? I normally add furry throws and pillows on sofas and beds and for spring I love fresh flowers. This week I had fun with a few vignettes mixing a little spring and winter.










I love Trader Joe's for fresh flowers. I picked up these potted  Tete-a-Tete miniature daffodils and enjoyed them in a centerpiece for the breakfast table. After they started to dry out I snipped them to enjoy in a vase then I snipped the little heads for playing. My favorite flower!

My daffodils in the flower beds are in different stages of blooming. I think I'll have a big show this year.

The maidenhair fern that was used for a centerpiece for Christmas now adds a spring touch in the foyer

More fresh flowers for spring and for winter a fur throw and pillow in the living room

For the kitchen island another vase of fresh flowers along with sweet Valentine's 

Thanks Jenna and Ricki Jill for the sweet gifts

And while we are in the kitchen and I have spring fever I am planning our next cook out, blackened fish. Grilling is something we definitely do a lot of in spring

Still both seasons in the powder room, my favorite 

Parisian towels and a splash of color in the arrangement, stems from a sale at PB

                          
Romancing

the coffee table

With
Love
Poems

A sweet treat, a Cafe Latte to enjoy

while I curl up on the sofa in the family room. A Tartan throw to keep me cozy and a new book to get inspired with.

Thanks for your visit. I love for you to leave a comment, it's the only way I know you were here!

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