Table for Two ;-)

Since we couldn't make it to Maine this weekend due to the amount of homework for a class I'm taking, I decided to make one of hubby's favorite meals - a boiled dinner! I had a corned beef in the freezer so it was easy. However I didn't have all the veggies as you can see in the the photo above. So hubby went to the market for me on a holiday - he's such a good guy! When he came home I surprised him with a beautiful table setting. I used his mom's wheat dishes, I just love them (I'm a self-professed dishaholic), and for some reason I enjoy using them in the Autumn! This was a special treat because I haven't used them for about three years!

Let's see what we have around the house to make a lovely

centerpiece for the kitchen table. The tray acted like a

mirror and the votive's reflected beautifully, it wasn't

planned - it was a "happy accident." Can you keep a secret?

I purchased all of these items at half-off at various stores

over the past several years - I love a nice bargain!

Here are my mother-in-law's dishes that she got in the

1960's. My husband just told me that they are supermarket

dishes! Every week she would add to her collection, I must

have a service for 10, with all the serving pieces! Love 'em!

Let's add some wine glasses, I love the mix

of the vintage with the new - don't you?

Honey, dinner's ready! Purple cabbage, Yukon gold potato,

turnip, sweet onion, carrot & corned beef - yum!

Let's not forget dessert, baked apple with walnuts, crasins

sugar and spices, topped of with a generous dollop of whipped

cream, followed by a cup of piping hot tea to complete the dinner!

Then it was back to the books!

Delicious Autumn, in Poetry . . .

I cannot endure to waste anything as

precious as autumn sunshine by

staying in the house. So I spend almost

all the daylight hours in the open air.

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.
I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.
~Robert Frost

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.

~William Cullen Bryant

All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,

Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.

~Robert Burns

Youth is like spring, an over praised season more

remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in

flowers we more than gain in fruits.

~Samuel Butler