A little food for thought as the holiday season approaches and many of us will be sitting down to elegant and extravagant meals.

HMBT!

I'd like to wish all my flickr friends and followers the very best for the New Year. Thank you for your support, encouragement and comments this year. Thank you also for all your wonderful photographs!

May your New Year's Eve be a festive one, whatever you choose to do. May 2020 be a happy and prosperous year for you all.

I love New Year, and a New Year with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. Therefore a four course New Year's Eve dinner had on the back terrace is a classic affair. Royal Albert "Val d'Or" tableware, crystal glasses, Sheffield cutlery, antique silverware, napkin rings and antique linen. However, it is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every New Year. This year my florist supplied me with white and yellow roses; two of my favourite colours. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

I love Christmas, and a Christmas with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. Therefore Christmas luncheon had on the back terrace is a classic affair. Antique Edwardian salon chairs, Royal Albert "Val d'Or" tableware, crystal glasses, Sheffield cutlery, antique silverware and my grandmother's napkin rings, antique linen, embroidered napery, and festive Christmas crackers. However, it is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every Christmas. This year my florist supplied me with cream, magenta and pale pink roses. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and are enjoying the time between here and New Year's Eve.

Robert, Columbus Circle, New York City

Chattanooga Choo Choo..

I'm finally accepting the fact that Summer really is over, and am enjoying the warm tones of Autumn.

The setting sun casts a warm light through my home around 6:30 p.m. these days. I like how it makes everything glow.

Second version of 'Layer upon layer, geology reflected by Su_G' in a tablewear mockup - in different colourways for the table runner and placemats - (c/o Roostery).

Still experimenting with the mix'n'match possibilities of these abstract designs - is it better to have the hotter or the cooler colourway down the middle of the table?

See all the colourways in the 'Geology Collection by Su_G' www.spoonflower.com/collections/268279 @ Spoonflower

[2nd vrsn_Layer upon layer, geology reflected by Su_G_tabelwear_mockup]

HBW :)

Taken at the Bangsar Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur in 2013, can you spot the people in this pic? This was one of my favourite Christmas decorations in a local mall.

A artsy look at the hen and chicks on the table. I likes the variety last year better but these will do.

I did a little table setting post over here

thanks for having me, sheri!

Troon

Dad

Memorial Day luncheon

Café de Flore, Paris

Les Deux Magots, Paris

Just caught the sun coming through the window,. The sun disappeared almost immediately after I took the picture.

this week's MM theme: folded

I took this at the end of December when we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of my brother in law & his wife.

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Museums of Old York York, Maine

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From the Museums of Old York handout at Instameet #oldyork

I love Christmas, and a Christmas with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. Therefore Christmas luncheon had in the dining room this year, owing to rainy weather conditions, is a classic affair. Antique Edwardian salon chairs, Royal Albert "Val d'Or" tableware, crystal glasses, Sheffield cutlery, antique silverware and my grandmother's napkin rings, antique linen, embroidered napery, and festive Christmas crackers.

However, it is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every Christmas. This year my florist supplied me with cream, magenta and pale pink roses. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

So why pink? Pink isn't exactly the first colour that springs to mind when you think of Christmas. A few weeks before Christmas 2022, a very dear Flickr friend of mine in America sent me a wonderful Christmas parcel full of lots of lovely presents, including a set of six Sheffield Steel knives from the early 1950s with porcelain handles painted in pink and hand decorated and gilded. She hoped that they might look good on my Christmas table, which they would have since the floral arrangement I made for my centrepiece last year also consisted of pink roses. What my friend did not count on was the backlog of Christmas parcels in the post. Sadly, they did not arrive until after New Year 2023. However they did make it to my Christmas table setting this year, and so I ordered pink and white roses again from my florist. The pink theme, carried on by bonbons featuring pink accents, looked wonderful and the knives were remarked upon favourably by all the diners at my table. This same friend sent me the cake slice to match this year, and it arrived before Christmas, so I was able to use it to slice and serve my Christmas plum pudding.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and are enjoying the time between here and New Year's Eve.

Like me. Yes I really am BORED despite the hecticness. Blah.

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thanksgiving 06

more stuff from my visit to The Whitney

Not even maple syrup on pancakes could be sweeter than having one's granddaughter cuddle up to begin the day at a beautiful B&B in New Hampshire!

But, truth be told, I don't care for maple syrup or pancakes,

so I was in HEAVEN!

Found on Explore. Thank You to All.

Looking down to the Hotel Colonial central courtyard restaurant.

A table setting with a beautiful live flower center piece ready for the guests to arrive.

D700 || 85mm f/1.4

The Cracker Barrel Experiment

Taken Christmas 2019 when all my family came over for both Christmas Ever as well as Christmas Day and the only time most of us were all together for 2 days at my home - BEFORE the PANDEMIC of COVID-19. We had also just moved from West Vancouver, BC to Montreal, QC. Still packed boxes are underneath the long table. We still have not unpacked much, as moving from this apartment to another, everything got packed again including the dishes which are still packed now. Moving like this is a BIG PAIN!

Design Challenge entry: 'Bronze seagrass on mid blue by Su_G' in a tablewear mockup with cocktail napkins (c/o Roostery)

My entry in Spoonflower's Small-Scale Summer Design Challenge.

Original: Chalk on paper, after ancient Minoan wall frescoes.

© Su Schaefer 2019

I considered doing plastic rubbish as it is the major thing flooding our beaches this summer, but couldn’t bring myself to it. Instead I went back to the past for inspiration, before plastic began. I can imagine this design looking fabulous on a swimsuit or summer tote (as per the design brief), which I found a useful criterion to assess my ideas (although I'm sure a more skillful designer could make even plastic rubbish look sexy).

See ‘Bronze seagrass on mid blue by Su_G’ as fabric @ Sponnflower

[Bronze seagrass on mid blue by Su_G_tablewear_mockup]

A quiet moment after lunch at the fish Taverna in Latchi Cyprus.

I love Christmas, and a Christmas with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. Therefore Christmas luncheon had on the back terrace is a classic affair. Royal Albert "Val d'Or" tableware, crystal glasses, Sheffield cutlery, antique silverware and napkin rings, antique linen and Tom Smith Christmas crackers. However, it is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every Christmas. This year my florist supplied me with cream, fiery orange and deep red roses. The photos don't do the red or the orange justice. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and are enjoying the time between here and New Year's Eve.

I love Christmas, and a Christmas with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. It is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every Christmas. This year my florist supplied me with cream, fiery orange and deep red roses. The photos don't do the red or the orange justice. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and are enjoying the time between here and New Year's Eve.

I love Christmas, and a Christmas with all the trimmings is just what I enjoy. Therefore Christmas luncheon had on the back terrace is a classic affair. Royal Albert "Val d'Or" tableware, crystal glasses, Sheffield cutlery, antique silverware and napkin rings, antique linen and Tom Smith Christmas crackers. However, it is my floral centrepiece that I enjoy most about my table setting every Christmas. This year my florist supplied me with white and brilliant red roses. The photos don't do the red justice. The asparagus fern comes from my garden, as I like to create my own centrepieces.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and are enjoying the time between here and New Year's Eve.

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Beautiful historic hotel in the heart of Cleveland.

My living room table set for company. The mums are the last hurrah from my garden. Sit down, relax!