In my garden in the summer... 
Every Thursday I take the day to post about something I am thankful for. Today I am thankful that I live in North Carolina because spring here is so beautiful. Plants are popping up everywhere. Everything is so green and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world"!
Many of the streets are lined with cherry trees which are in full bloom. In another few days the dogwood will be out, then the azaleas.
On Tuesday night a small group from church meets at our house. There are 14 of us and we sit down and share a meal together. It's too crowded at our dining room table, so we usually put a leaf in our breakfast table that is in my studio and the rest of us sit there. That means that whatever things I have arranged on the tabletop get removed. After they leave we put the table back the way it was before. Today I decided it's time for some bunnies. The two large ones were a gift from my husband when I got my Master's degree.
I found this pair at a yard sale.
This little one with the holes in her back was also a yard sale find. I'm really not sure what the holes are for, but they're perfect for flowers.
So this is how our breakfast table in my studio looks this morning.
Hope your day turns out to be as beautiful as this tulip.
It's a dull day here and rain is forecast. I am off to Wing Haven to volunteer in the nursery and if the rain holds off I'll be digging in my garden for the rest of the day.
Finally spring is officially here. For those of you who are still experiencing signs of winter, have faith, spring is on it's way! 
I lived in Canada most of my life and now I live in North Carolina. I love to garden , so one of the things I love about living here is that the weather. Because of the milder weather the spring plants come up so much earlier than I am used to.
The following blogs will also be posting for Thankful Thursday. Take a minute to visit if you can. 
This morning I had fun just arranging some of my yellow things and taking pictures of them.
I tried a couple of different ideas.
Whenever I group yellow objects together it's like the sun is shining inside our house. Grouping objects that are similar in some way makes such a bigger impact than scattering them around the house. 
The box was loaded to the brim with goodies.
Everything was wrapped so beautifully, in pink of course! It looks so pretty that I'd like to just enjoy looking at it for awhile. Who am I kidding? I want to see what's inside.
Look at it all!
And this is what was inside. I am one lucky girl!
There was a sweet book in honor of the front porch party I had last summer.
A box of truffles and mix for a gourmet mocha drink. My hubby and I sampled the truffles..... yummy!
There was a bar of sweet smelling soap in a beautiful box.
A cute little notepad which will be perfect in my pink purse that I carry with me everywhere.
A beautiful green serving size bowl.
Red and white towels for my kitchen.
And a green platter.
I love all of it. It was like Christmas getting such a big package in the mail and filled with so many wonderful handpicked goodies. Thank you Beverly.
It's Blue Monday compliments of Smiling Sal. I love blue!
It's fun to make little arrangements on a theme. Here are hearts and checks.
Tea is always nicer in a china teacup.
I have lots of plates. This is a pile of them before I hung them on the wall. I like them arranged like this, but then if I left it this way I can't sit in my chaise lounge!
Happy Blue Monday. Make sure you visit Smiling Sal to see all the others who are "blue" today.
Here it is now.
I made these slipcovers for our wing chairs several years ago and they have been in our living room all that time with a ragged unfinished edge at the bottom. So I added this pleated skirt to finally finish them. (Karen K, if you read this, you'll be proud of me!) I also flipped the seat cushion over because there is a different pattern on it, just for variety. I love lots of different patterns mixed together. Do you?
What are you thankful for today?
So the rules were I am to show my favorite dishes, tell the dishes I'd love to own and show my favorite accessory.
This is my favorite set, Dainty Blue by Shelley. You've seen it before if you visit very often. It's a tea set. I used to have 8 cups and saucers but over the years they have broken and I still have 8 saucers, I only have 4 cups now. I just love to serve tea in it.
The dishes I'd love to own are red transferware.
This is the oldest set of dishes I have. My mom bought it at an antique store years ago . It's well over 100 years old, made by Royal Worcester. I don't know the pattern name.
Here is a close up.
I have lots of odd bits and pieces....
Lots of mismatched plates..
I like to display my dishes in this red hutch in the kitchen.
On the wall and shelves in the kitchen....
On lots of walls...the dining room....
I hide, I mean, store extra dishes in bedroom closets.
So as you can see I have quite a few dishes, but I don't think I'm a dishaholic. I mean really, I can walk in to any china department in a big department store and not buy a thing. I can pass by a display of dishes at a thrift shop and not buy anything. Well maybe if it was blue and white and very cheap I'd have to buy it. I mean it would be a crime to let someone else get the deal wouldn't it? And what's one more piece of china, now really! No I don't think I'm a dishaholic. I can control myself. So Linda I think I should return this award because I really don't qualify. Guess I'm just in denial!
