I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Friday, November 26, 2010

Sunset: November

A foggy and gloomy Thanksgiving has finally given way to a rosy sunset on Black Friday...and I managed a crisp, brisk walk before the very early darkness closes in.


I didn't even think about hitting the mall! (Did you?)

Spent most of the day putting away the party dishes...


I know the "in thing" this year was for natural browns and blues for Thanksgiving. Laura at my fav blog 52 Flea does it so well!

...but I was sort of already committed to traditional colors with a touch of glitter and gold.


I think it looks pretty....and festive.


My Staffordshire in the autumn colors is my inspiration....





Then I added gold-leafed and glittered pumpkins


...and a wonderfully faded mercury glass beaded table thing---placemat?--- from Target,


with mercury glass votives....


My wedding china is maybe out of style, who knew? But I think it looks so pretty, with my greatgrandmother's trousseau linen tablecloth, family treasure wine glasses, and silverware...plus the flea market linen napkins and a little chocolate turkey for everyone...


The turkey was pretty good...the Martha Stewart chocolate pumpkin cheesecake was excellent. The wines were great....except the dessert wine, an ice wine that tasted like Robitussin! eeeeew.


But for some reason all that turkey and fixin's makes me long for a pot of spaghetti Bolognese! Yes! Red meat sauce, made with sausage and mushrooms and the leftover wine. Lots of fragrant parmesan! Yum, right?

a pretty dolly to greet my friends
My mother always said the day after Thanksgiving she longed for a Big Mac! (And we'd get takeout at Wendy's, have a Thanksgiving aftermath picnic at Fort Hill overlooking Nauset Beach and the lighthouse, on the Cape.)


I know just how she felt!

homemade cinnamon potpourri to make my entry hall fragrant
How was your holiday? Hope it was joyous....

love
          lizzy 

gone to the beach....

3 comments:

  1. Oh my what a beautiful table setting you had! I just love it all..Amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing your home with me!!

    Blessings...
    xoxo Gert

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  2. I think your china is beautiful and your table looked beautiful as well. I think food is always good on Thanksgiving. The recipes have been made so many times they are almost foolproof but it's the company that matters and makes us happy. Very nice Lizzy.

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  3. I love that you mix the new with the 'used' and loved. What a gorgeous table setting! In my wildest dreams, I couldn't pull off anything so beautiful or so festive!

    (We used paper plates this year, but the turkey was moist.)

    Thanks for sharing!

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