God's reward for living ...

through the winters in Ohio!

Heavenly Lily of the Valley
Transplanted for me by my sisters from
our mothers garden at our childhood home.

Exquisite little bells that bloom for
a few short weeks in May.

This is the view out my sewing room window.


My sister also shared her

Rhododendron
from my parents old home.

I set up the sofa table for dessert again.
If you remember, I had lilacs here last week.
Those are now done for the year.

We had dinner guests join us on Tuesday night.
I've been entertaining a LOT lately!
I hate to put away all my dishes so once they're clean,
I just set the table all over again.
I added silver chargers this time to give the
china a different look.

I cut some of my iris for the centerpiece to start
the evening, then switched to some lily of the valley
in a silver cup for the sake of easy conversation.

See my candle with all the French words?
I benchmarked the idea from Debbie
at Confessions of a Plate Addict.
Thanks Deb...I've done several sets already!

The reason you don't see any candles in the candle holders is
because I put mine in the freezer a few hours before
company arrives. It keeps them from dripping
during the dinner party.
Old Heloise trick that works!

Speaking of dripping...
even though it was HOT this weekend
(unheard of in Ohio in May!)
I got all my pots planted along with
16 tomato, 2 eggplant & 2 pepper plants.


I. AM. DONE!

I made a new cover for my bench cushion out of
damask-looking Sunbrella® fabric.

It was pretty sad before hand.

The peonies have just started to open so be sure to stop
by later this week to see some Nifty Thrifty Treasures
filled with PINK & PURPLE!


Thank you, Mary, for hosting

Mosaic Monday.

Please join Mary & others camera nuts at the




Little Red House

I'll also be joining Our Dear Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday


and

Our Dear Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday





Thanks for visiting & have a wonderful start to your week.

fondly,