‘A Lovely day in the Garden’
Styled by The Paris House, photographed by my 16 year old son Sam ( visit his award winning photography HERE). All other images are by moi. All garden design by The Paris House.
Menu, Martha Stewart pasta dish, Martha Stewart’s espresso molten chocolate cakes, Bunny’s Shirley Temples, ( to make this an adult cocktail add our recipe for homemade spirited cherries ) Better Homes and Gardens fruit cabbage salad.
Dishes, Limoge, France, Liberty of London, glasses Cb2, Swizzle stick, The Snappy Turtle, platters from Harvest, and various pieces in our personal collection.
Tomatoes and Basil from Bunny’s Garden.
Sending you Lots of Peace, Love and Happiness until we meet again……
~I am linked over at the following this week. Please visit these amazing blogs for more gorgeous gardens, delectable recipes and cocktails, the most fabulous table settings around and all things Pink.~
Susan’s Tablescape Thursdays at Between naps on the porch, Gollum’s Foodie Friday, Beverly’s Pink Saturday and Sundays with The Tablescaper’s Sunday Summers
Hi Mommy
I love the garden picture’s By you
And all of the other ones By Sam
Your post is SO PRETTY!
I Love you
I Love your post
XoXo
Oliver
Hi my sweet little treat. I had soooooooo much fun doing that little candy tea party in the garden with you.
Love you
xoxo
Mommy
Keep up the good work, Sam! You have a great eye. Thank you both for the charming photos of the garden. Cherry Kay
Sam’s photos are spectacular! He could earn a great living doing this!
I just explored the Asian market in our neighborhood over the weekend and found adorable Japanese lanterns for my daughter’s tea party! I completely credit you for this as your blog has inspired me to go looking for treasures in unusual places! I adore your designs…I know I sound like a broken record, but your blog lifts my spirits every time I visit!
I heart you!!!
Try an adult Shirley Temple with cherry vodka (affectionately called a Dirty Shirley). One of our favorite grown up cocktails.
Ooooh, how amazing!
Please don’t forget to enter for gift certificate by Novica for $75.
Hey Denise, We love the adult version with our homemade Brandy and fresh cherries…so delish!!!
Hi Michele, what a beautiful inspirational post!!! Sam is indeed talented, my daughter Katie majored in photography at Parsons School of Design in the city, part of The New School. I love that little birdie centerpiece, you have fabulous design sense!! I’ve got to figure out how to get some fun fairy tale lighting out on my porch now!! Thanks for stopping by my tomato sandwich post – it’s the little things that make me happy!! I hope to post my Cape May visit sometime soon – hope you get a chance to stop by and visit! Little Oliver, can he get any cuter?? And a kindergartener in the fall?? Wow, you will most certainly miss that little charmer!! Ciao, bella!
Bonjour Bunny,
Well done Sam! You have quite a good photographer. Oliver, our favorite blogster does a great as model! Votre jardin est trés jolie! The Limoges teacup is so delicate, and of course the candy!
Hope you are doing well Bunny!
Mimi
That jar filled to the top with the sweet treats is lovely! xx
I 100% agree with your darling Oliver!
so preeeeety Bunny!! Love those lanterns & also the circle of birds~
xo*
Such pretty pictures!
Secret gardens, Italian candy, big lollipops, and peach trees, o my…looks like you have a lovely time
Well, I had to stop what I was doing and run over to Sam’s blog — he has a great eye! I loved the photo of the rainbow in front of the waterfall, it was spectacular, I would love to have witnessed that.
I’ve been away visiting on the other coast and had to drop in to say hello and see how things are looking around The Paris House. Beautiful, as always! Those lanterns are stunning, the prettiest I’ve ever seen.
Hope you’re all staying nice and cool during this HOT summer. I was glad to get home, it may be hot here, but the humidity on the other coast was unbearable.
btw, I love the “jewels” your hubby brought home.
Popping in to let you know I just threw your name in the big giveaway bowl. Fingers crossed for you! Have a JOY-filled Wednesday. xx
Thank you Saskia and a Joy filled week to you!!
You have a wonderful garden Bunny and those lanterns are so sweet..I love them
Wonderful!!!!! Everything is beautiful! Hugs, Fatima-Scrapart
darling table, i love your dishes, where can i find them!
Soooo lovely my sweet friend…I am in love with all this JOY. You make everything so wonderful..I love your magical world…really I do. I want to just dive into that candy jar!!!
Hugs for another amazing day. xoxoxo
Your gardenis so enchanting! Oh how I would love to attend one of your garden parties!…Christine
Just blown away by these photographs and your blog. So glad I found you..:)
Charming photos of wonderful places. I love your dinnerware and that gold flatware.
Bunny, Your garden is fabulous! This looks like a great day. Love the mosaics too. Tell Sam he did well!
Beth
I love your enchanting garden meal! The pasta with basil and tomatoes are perfect for summer dining al fresco! And swizle sticks, I haven’t heard about a swizle stick in years!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Rachel
Truly wonderful photos – thanks for the links!
ButterYum
Such a cute tablescape. The centerpiece with the birdies is adorable. I really like the wavy edged plates.
All the Best,
Requi
HI BUNNY,
WOW!!!!! MAGNIFICENT!!!!! GREAT PHOTO’S, YOUR SON HAS A LOT OF TALENT, HOW PROUD YOU MUST BE. ALL YOUR POSTS ARE ALWAYS SO COLORFUL, AND GLOWING. YOU HAVE WONDERFUL IDEAS, AND YOUR GARDENS ARE LOVELY. YOUR PASTA DISH LOOKS YUMMY, I LOVE PASTA TOO. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND BUNNY, RIZZI
I like that cute little creature with the lollipop sitting in the garden
Hope you are having a beautiful weekend enjoying your garden.
*kisses* HH
Oliver is such a lucky little dude. What a fun afternoon!
Happy Pink Saturday Bunny Sweetie…
Oh how I love this post today. It is full of so many beautiful things. I would so love to spend
an afternoon in your gardens. How beautiful they are. Sam did such an awesome job of
capturing all the beauty. I am so impressed for a young man that has not even begun yet.
My gosh Sam you have such potential sweet friend.
I ofcourse love the photos of sweet Oliver. He is so photogenic and he appears to have grown
so much just since April. I am so excited for him that he is going to school. What fun he is going
to have. I can just see the treats that you will be hauling into school Bunny sweetie.
I see so many places amongst the gardens that we could sit and chat, share some tea, and alot
of laughter. Marydon and I would have such a wonderful time there, we so enjoyed you and Oliver
and your precious Moma when you all came to Maryland. It was so much fun. Just didn’t have enough
time together.
I will keep in touch. I so love you sweetie. You are the most precious jewel. Many hugs and much love
sweetie. Please hug Oliver for me. Tell Sam I love his photo of the butterfly in flight. Oh how I wish I had
a camera like he has. I could really take some photos. I have lots of hummingbirds, but no way to capture
them.
Have a beautiful day sweetie. I love you. Sending lots of hugs and much love, Sherry
Just stoppin by from PS to say hello. It’s my 1st time-love all the fun photos-especially the lanterns with the chandelier!
I tried leaving you a message the other day when I saw this post, but something must have happened to it. I wonder how many I leave and then don’t quite complete it.
What a lovely post and what great a great helper Sam is. How fun to see them get involved.
Have a great Sunday.
PS – I am following you back! I am so excited to see all your gorgeous, stylish posts in the future!
Oh my goodness. This is filled with so much magic! What a wonderful day. Just wonderful.
Thanks so much for being a part of “Summer Sundays”.
- The Tablescaper
Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!
“Knock my socks off with your BEAUTIFUL BLOG!!!”
Shannon
I’m your newest follower and am looking so forward to seeing more!!
Shannon
Happy Pink Saturday. I am so glad I stopped by. I wish I had known you were posting pink so I could include you on the list.
I just love coming here. You have everything lovely. I am in love with the ring of birds in the center of your table. Absolutely gorgeous! And, so is Oliver.