Today a cool crisp breeze fills the air & the house with the smell of sweet Clematis!
The rain has renewed our landscape & the arbor – she’s being a bit of a show-off!
This year Miss Clematis put her best dress on. The roses are envious & climbing higher than usual!
Peeking over the fence and feeling grateful for the new stone path & Bluegrass that my son helped lay.
Miss Clematis is lazy & full & with arms opened wide she welcomes guests at the back gate.
This old bronze bell has been at the entrance to all of our patios, courtyards, porches since I was a child. My mother sent it with us when we moved to Kentucky. Thanks, Mom.
Today I’m preparing lunch alfresco for friends.
Life seems so much easier & relaxed when we eat outside.
Meanwhile, my helper is still guarding last Sunday’s paper!
On the menu, Warm Beet Salad with Wilted Greens from a favorite cookbook, Fresh & Fast by Marie Simmons.
Baskets are handy for bringing everything outdoors.
I’m using some beautiful china that I recently purchased from Decoratifs’. If you’ve been here from the start, you might recall that the Lexington landmark was the subject of my very first post!
I was able to grab the last 6 dinner plates in three different patterns, from their “pink house!”
Time to pull things together and enjoy a lazy afternoon.
Help arrived just in time for a long walk!
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend too!
It saddens me to no end to tell you that after 27 years John & Wes decided to close Decoratifs’.
They are already missed!
Photos| Lisa Porter
