Family Supper Table

EDIT: I am linking this older post to Ann Thibeaults

Saturday Blog Showcase,

because I LOVED this soup!

(and I wanted to play, too)
I think the Blog Showcase is going
to be great fun & I hope to participate frequently.
My daughter, her husband and my 3 grandchildren
are coming to dinner on Friday night.

I wanted to make the kitchen table especially pretty
for them to celebrate autumn's arrival.
This tiled area of our kitchen, which the builder called the sunroom
has 2 full walls of windows plus the door out to the deck & gazebo.
Lots of light & a nice view, too.

I brought down my new rooster from his perch on the baker's rack.
Nestled him among some greenery, fresh flowers from the garden,
a pretty candle with leaves embedded in it and
a really unique squash as part of the centerpiece.

A view from little Caroline's eye level.

We're serving warm, mulled cider in the mugs with cinnamon sticks
so even the children get coffee cups this time.

They'll be thrilled to graduate
from the plastic cups with the lids & straws!


We are also having chicken, rice, veggies &
homemade, oven-roasted tomato soup
with toasted cheese sandwich croutons,
fresh basil & parmesan cheese.

The recipe came from Wives with Knives.
I've made it twice & it is DELICIOUS!
Thank you, Cathy.

I have TONS of tomatoes to use up, as you can see!

Here is a close-up of that pretty candle.
It has a glass insert that lets the light show through
the beautiful leaves & greenery inside the wax.

You can do something like this yourself after you have burned
your own candle down till there is enough room for a votive glass.

Just carefully pour off the melted wax & press your glass down into it while warm.
This way your candle will last forever! You just change the tea light inside the votive.

Neat looking squash, huh?

The shadows are getting longer & darkness falls earlier every evening.

I'm really looking forward to having my family join us around the table
and YOU, too!!
I'm glad I could share my preparations with you
& the rest of the participants of Tablescape Thursday at Susan's
beautiful blog, Between Naps on the Porch.
Be sure to check out her site to see what others have done this week.