Goodbye April....Hello May, Already!

Goodbye April....Hello May, Already! Seriously, this Saturday is May! Did you all see that coming?! Did it sneak up on you Or is that just me? Welcome, friends. I hope you are all safe and well. Thank you so much for joining and sharing with me each week. Baking and creating away, here, too! Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers. I am now fully Vaccinated! Pheww! Wonderful weekend wishes to each and every one of you! Here are your features from last week's party!

Claire Justine's Strawberry Prosecco Jam

Thursday's Favorite Things Spring Edition

Good morning, sweet friends! I hope you all are having a wonderful week. I know some of you are still living with rain and cool temps, can I just say I'm jealous.  I guess you always want what you don't have. 80's here several days in the past week and I'm not ready! Although, I must admit I do love the roses in bloom and seeing the dormant garden come to life once again. 

This time of year is always a mixed blessing for me, being a fall/winter enthusiast.  You all are surely sharing the beauty of the Season and I'm grateful for you.  Happy TFT party time! Time for a new week and new inspirations. First, here are a few of your beautiful shares from last week's party.  

Gingham and Buffalo Check Home Decor from Calypso in the Country feels so inviting! 

Thursday's Favorite Things

Hello friends. Good morning and Welcome to this week's Thursday's Favorite Things party! I'm so glad you are here, sharing all your recipes and creations with me and our group of fabulous Bloggers. I hope are all having a wonderful and safe week.  Here are some highlights of your beautiful posts from last week's party!

Penny from Penny's Vintage Home created this  DIY Snowball & Lemon Spring Wreath This is absolutely beautiful. I love the additions she made, especially the use of Lemons! Hmmm. I have a Lemon Tree...

Spring Inspiration All Around!

Hello and welcome dear friends. Signs of Spring are absolutely everywhere. Chilly, but the colors are all around, thanks to so warmer afternoons everything is in bloom here. I'm still hunkered down awaiting my second vaccine around the end of the month and will be so grateful to have that behind me. I hope you all are safe and well and also anticipating a safer ending to the virus. You have all shared so much beauty I am constantly amazed and inspired by you! Thanks for being here and joining us at the Thursday Favorite Things party! If you missed last week's features please check HERE

Julie from My Wee Abode shows us how to beautifully Add a Fresh Vignette with a Spring Bird Cage Pinterest Challenge

Hello April & Happy Easter!

Good morning friends, Happy April first and Happy Easter! I can't believe it's already here this year! It seems I'm not even quite use to it being 2021 yet and BAMM! there it is! I hope you are all safe and well and are planning some way of enjoying the Easter weekend with the ones you love in some way. Christ Is Risen, Indeed! Always the Greatest reason to be Grateful! So grateful to shift my eyes to Him and remember that He's got this!   Happy Thursday Favorite Things. Thank you for joining us this week! Here are your Features!

Master"pieces" of My Life shared her sweet Easter Kitchen Tablescape

Spring Has Definitely Sprung!

Good morning, friends. Happy Spring 2021! This is definitely a different one, but there is absolutely no reason we can't make it as special as we want to. I love all the ways you all have been adding Spring to your homes. I'm constantly inspired by you, thank you so much for that. Busy day, so I'm going to get right onto the party and your features. Keep us in your prayers this week, please... My Mum gets her vaccine today and I get mine tomorrow. I am so excited to have this behind us, and still so grateful that we are able to get them. Crossing my fingers that we both tolerate them well. Stay safe friends and be well. Here we go!

Mantel and Table's 3 Ways To Use Beautiful Flowers

Happy Spring, Teddy and The TFT~

Good morning beautiful people! Welcome to this week's Thursday Favorite Things Party! We are so grateful for you and are so pleased that you are here sharing with us. Happy Daylight Savings Time! Are you all enjoying your extra hour of light? I'm, surprisingly, very happy about it, as it allows me extra time to take our littlest (my Mum's) and the newest member of our family, Teddy, to the park, even later! If you don't follow me on Instagram yet you probably haven't met Teddy yet, please let me share him with you!

More Incredible Spring DIY's and Inspirations

Good morning sweet friends.  What a wonderful day we had here yesterday! Rain, hail, thunder,  oh my! I loved every single minute of it!  I just love the sound of the rain falling, especially when I'm warm inside and baking.  We had just enough days of sun for me to go out and harvest some of my lemons and my neighbor's oranges.  Perfect zest for my scones.  Oh so yummy.  The days are getting longer and this weekend an hour longer still. Don't forget to turn your clocks forward! Let's celebrate what you all were sharing last week.  Here are your features.  

Carol from Blue Sky at Home's Easy Faux Flower Spring Arrangements

Happy March!

Happy Thursday and the first week of March! I am so excited that you dropped by. As much as I am a Fall/Winter person, I am truly enjoying all the Spring inspiration you all are sharing. And, even though, I, too, am experiencing COVID fatigue, the rain in our future seems promising and exciting!   I hope you enjoy all of the inspiration you find at the party. We have the best bloggers and they are all so creative. Hope you like the features!

Leave it to Barbara from Mantel and Table to show us  How to Have An Elegant and Socially Distant Dinner. How absolutely gorgeous and welcoming!

Goodbye February...I Will Miss You (This Week's TFT Party!)

Hello and welcome! Happy Thursday! Well, my friends, February is just about over. (insert sad face here). For those of you that had to deal with the cold weather, heavy snow, and blizzards, I am terribly sorry and certain you’re happy to see it go. However, for those of us in Northern California, we could use more rain, still, so I’m not quite ready for spring to get here just yet. That being said, I have to admit I'm loving the early blooms and blossoms I see dotting my little town, here and there. Thank you for sharing so much beauty and creativity, every single week. Here are just a few of the highlights from last week's party...

I Love Pam from Everyday Living's Winter Flower Therapy I am a firm believer in flower therapy and practice this same philosophy in my home.

Mid February and We are Still Loving Here!

 Good morning, and Happy Thursday! I'm so glad you are here.  I pray you are all safe and warm and not in one of the blizzard areas that have lost power! I can't imagine! Please stay safe and healthy and, God willing, warm. I hope you enjoy all of the inspiration you find at the party. We have the best bloggers and they are all so creative. I truly hope you like the features!

From Chas' Crazy Creations, look at this beautiful Thrift Store Heart Table Makeover. Click on over and see the wonderful redo!

Last minute Valentine's Ideas For You! (TFT Party!)

Good morning friends and Happy Thursday!  Welcome to this week's Thursday

 Favorite Things party.  Valentine's day is just three days away! You all were 

full of ideas and inspiration. Thank you for that. 

You make this party such a wonderful place to be.

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a wonderful Valentine's day

with your special ones. Enough from me, 

let's look at what you shared last week! 

Debra from Common Ground shared her sweet Farmhouse Table Valentine Tableau. Love the cute moss covered heart.

February~Tickled Pink!

 Good Morning and Happy February! February 1st was also my 3rd Anniversary co-hosting Katherine's wonderful, Thursday Favorite Things, and I am so grateful!   Well, friends just like that, we are into a brand new month with incredible possibilities! And, Praise the Lord, we have been getting rain, finally!  You all have been bringing your best and beautiful creations to inspire us all! Thank you for continuing to do that!

Look at this sweet  DIY Valentine’s Wreath with Hand-Painted Sign from Kippi at Home. That sure would be welcoming to a friend or family member or just make you smile.

Inspiring Women!

Good morning, friends, and happy last week of January. Can you believe that? One month has already gone by of the new year. We are having a wonderful rainstorm here in Northern California! And I do mean wonderful! No doubt you’ve heard of the fires we’ve had the last several years, and this is a very welcome sight for most Californians, myself included. I am a true lover of fall and winter, with all their cool days, changing leaves, and the beautiful sound of rain and thunder. So it’s especially exciting for me. 

I am always so impressed and inspired by all the beautiful work you guys bring every week to this party. You make me feel lazy! LOL, I am still baking, cooking, and decorating, however, I haven’t been able to find the time to do the pictures necessary to write a post. I will get something up here soon. I promise.

 Meanwhile, let’s look at all the wonderful inspiration you brought to the party last week!

A New Day & This Week's TFT Party

Well, it is definitely a new day, a new era, even possibly. Regardless of where you stand, one chapter has ended and a new one has just begun and suddenly numerous quotes are popping into my view and speaking to my heart. So, I am CHOOSING to embrace them. It is definitely a choice that one must decide to make. 

"KINDNESS IS RADICAL. Where there is kindness

there is goodness. It is brave and daring, fearless and courageous." On this day,  after inauguration day, I thought this would be a good reminder today. (The last line is from my sister.)

Finding Some Peace & Inspiration When It's Not Easy

 Good morning, friends. I would love to be all light and fuzzy this morning, but alas, I cannot. Our country is going through so much divisiveness and so many struggles, not just with COVID and the pandemic rules, but with friends and family members with lost jobs, economic struggles for those that, thankfully, prior to this, have not had to experience a grocery line or wait and pray that they can get a food box. Then, there's what's going on in Washington... And, even though, I will not and do not want anyone to get political, here, it is a sad week... month... for American democracy. My prayers go out to all those living in fear when they go to work. I'm praying for our leaders and those in power to make good choices for the greater good of all Americans, And, while, possibly, we might disagree on what that may be, I think we can all agree on peace and kindness. That being said and acknowledged at this specific time in history, I will get on with the party and thank you all for being here and we will put out our positivity, by enabling others to make their corners of the world a little more beautiful, a little more tasty, and possibly even a little more enriched.

So, if you are cold and down and maybe a little overwhelmed pop over to Comfort Spring Station and print out one of Carol's adorable Valentine Gnomes! Carol shared her post"Top Posts of 2020" but I, honestly, could not see past this sweetheart. 

A Little Potpourri for the New Year (TFT Party)

Welcome to the first real party of 2021! Good morning friends I hope this finds you well and full of more wonderful inspiration to share again this week. I have to say I already miss the Holidays. I think that's a thing, isn't it? The let down after all the wonderfulness(sp.) Either way, we carry on anyway, grateful that we can.  I'm so grateful for all of you, sharing here each week with such beauty and talent.  Thank you for continuing to join us.  Thank you too, Katherine, for bringing me on to co-hostess this beautiful celebration of gifted bloggers.  Have a wonderful week, everyone, and, I hope you enjoy these few features from last week's party as much as I did! 

Rachelle from My Hubbard Home shared her refreshing New-Year’s Day Brunch Tablescape. Isn't it beautiful?! Be sure to check out all her images this is truly just a small sampling!

Happy New Year from Me and the TFT!

 Happy New Year dear friends! I do pray you all enjoyed a beautiful, safe Christmas and were able to find Joy in the Reason for the Season.  I had a wonderful, albeit very quiet, Christmas and it was just what the doctor ordered for me. Baking is done. Gifts dropped off. Well wishes all around, and now to celebrate the coming of 2021!  Geez, I am old enough to tell you that this year still looks futuristic to me. Every.Single.Time.I.See.IT! 

 One of my favorite songs, way back when, if you can believe it, was "Tonight We're Gonna Party Like it's 1999!" As if we'd ever make it to 1999! LOL Ahh, the blissful ignorance of youth.

One Week 'Til Christmas Eve!...Are You Ready?!?

 Hello friends! Welcome.  I'm SO excited! Although, I don't want it to be over so soon, now! Such mixed emotions. Not only that....This is our last TFT party before Christmas!! Next Thursday IS CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

 

(from Andrea at Living On Cloud Nine's Festive Christmas Table)

The Christmas Countdown Is On!

 Two weeks until Christmas! Yes, already! I am excited, although admittedly I really LOVE all the time leading up I think just as much. I have been baking away and decorating both, here and at my Mum's house. Such a wonderful way to divert our attention! I always say this, but it's as true today as ever, It truly is The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! In case you missed it, I shared a super yummy recipe yesterday that I know you all will enjoy so be sure to check out my Almond Florentines...Laceys...Brussels Cookies (Whatever the Name...They Are Divine, and Easier Thank You'd Think) If you have not linked up your Everything Christmas or joined us at our Christmas Eats party, please take a minute and link up! 

Now, I am excited and honored to be joining Katherine and all the other wonderful co-hostesses in bringing you all this week's Thursday Favorite Things party (aka TFT)!