THANKSGIVING DINNER TABLE

For those who live south of the border you may not have known that Canadian Thanksgiving was last weekend. I love cooking for these dinners. Everything is very traditional.

 

This year we were down to one table instead of the usual two we need. That is okay once in a while but I prefer a  house full. 

My friend brought me a lovely bouquet of flowers that took center stage on the table until dinner when we needed to make room for the food. Then I put them on the coffee table. 

 Oops my clock face is tilting. I painted that piece and then put a crackle finish on to it which turned milky white and ruined the piece. I have to sand it down and start fresh one day.

Tablescape Thursday over at Between Naps on the Porch is one of the most popular memes out there. I love joining in when I can. You will be inspired by the beautiful tablescapes out there. 

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch hosts us for these Tablescape Thursday delights. Stop in and let her know you have been by.


For this Tablescape Thursday I am posting something rather different. It does include a tablescape but not one that I did. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by. Make sure you check out the other gorgeous tables out there. They do inspire one to set a better table.

NOW DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME AND THAT MEANS YOU BILL!!!

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY - SPRING IS COMING

 

I am joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. I rarely join in but this week I happened to have set the table in a spring motif. I usually have artichokes in this centerpiece but the store didn't have any nice ones. 

Make sure you say hi in a comment before you rush off to see all the other beautiful tablescapes at Susan's. 

 

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TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American blog friends. And thanks to Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for hosting us again.

Today I went to a Christmas store with my coffee buddy Frank. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take photos in the store. So sad because it is amazing. 

From there we stopped at a Bombay Co. where they were very happy to let me take some photos. I must say everyone in the store was so friendly. So of course I took pictures of their tables and now will post them here to share with you. Gets me off the hook doesn't it.  

Okay I have tried 6 times to get this picture to stay rotated. I give up.

There is my tablescape cheat. Have a great holiday. 

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY: OH HOW I STRUGGLE

Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch is hosting our theme today. Join in. Everyone welcome. Make sure to visit the others too.

Oh how I try to tablescape with the best of you without spending an arm and a leg, and in some cases a first born child. (can we negotiate?)

This is a variation on my Thanksgiving table though it is only half the size as we use two tables.

 This is the condensed version of the centerpiece.

 

Oh yes, nice and blurry.

A little better.

Have you noticed anything yet?

Apparently you need utensils to eat dinner. 

 So let me tell you what I did. I took a set of photos. Most were okay. Then I realized I forgot the flatware. Of course I had already blown out all the candles. Put out the flatware, relight the candles. Snap, snap, snap. Blow out the candles again. 

Then I took a look at the second set of photos on the computer and they were all so blurry. I was not going to light them all again. So here is the one photo above with flatware and candles. Just pretend you already drank the wine and it is you that is blurry and not my photos. Oy.

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday is the highlight of the week for many bloggers and you can see why. Amazing tables everywhere and I bet with fall upon us now you will see many great fall decorations on those tables. 

 I am using a tablescape from somebody else. Mrs. Gail Borden of Chicago has set a lovely table. Or at least one of her servants did.
 It seems that Mrs. Borden is a chic round-the-world traveler and a much sought after member of Chicago's North Shore set. She says she enjoys entertaining at home. 
"I love having friends in for dinner." And since her friends include artists, musicians, and literary figures, her dinners are always great fun. One of her thoughtful table touches is the serving of Camel cigarettes...
"My guests prefer Camels." she points out..........etc.

You can see her maid has the camera ready for taking a pic of the table for our meme. (I don't think it is a camera). I see lovely silver candle sticks. She probably paid full price at a chic store. No Ebay for this world traveler. Do you recognize the china pattern? Looks like it will be a three course meal. I wonder what they are having?

If you enlarge the picture by clicking on it you will see a list of names of other importantly chic women who also smoke Camels. 

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY- COFFEE GROUP BARBECUE

Visiting with Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday is always the highlight of the week.

This past weekend we had the coffee group and their spouses over for our yearly barbecue. Oh I love my coffee group. They are so much fun. They are rude and crude and we make each other funnier by our rebuttals and quips.
As I always say it the funny isn't done until someone has liquids coming out of their noses. I don't care if it is coffee or wine or water.

We started off with 3 tables. Expecting 15 for dinner. Now I am no superstar in the Tablescape realm so don't expect them all to match perfectly but they did turn out pretty good and our guests always feel so relaxed at our house. The plywood top on the left side table was cut out by my BB to replace the glass center that blew out 2 years ago in a storm. I love the newly stained deck but oh do the pine needles ever show up on it. I am sweeping all the time. Grrr.
Here the plywood is covered with a vinyl tablecloth to keep it dry until Saturday.

Now I moved the vinyl cloth to the bar table and covered the plywood with a white sheet to hide the wood.

A red and white tablecloth over the white sheet.

Some white plates with red napkins. The wine glasses are turned upside down to keep the pine needles out of them. What a pain.

The second table is set the same way but with a tan table cloth.

The final 3 seats were set at the tall bar table.

Here is the view from our upper deck off the dining room. Apparently one table managed to clear the dishes better than the other table. Shame on you guys. Look at the mess you left for my BB to clean up. Lol.

Actually we were pretty well behaved this night. Really we were.
Oh yes, this is how much prime rib we cook for this bash. This is rubbed with a mixture of crushed garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper, salt and olive oil.