Lilies of summer!
Wow, a bit of a bliss here at Hilltop! Started many moons ago with bucketfuls of nature’s free wild lilies and added a few of pedigree along with way. The multiplication is stunning!
What a Symphony of Colors and Joy!
Plein air paint out in the gardens at Hilltop Haven
This garden was popping yesterday! One for the memory books!
An absolutely delightful group of plein air artists! Just had to share!
Rain, then sun!
Road this Rainy – Sunny Day like my old school bike! First checking out the cherished “Saint Theresa Grape Vines”, planted 3 years ago! First Sightings of GRAPES! Had so much fun taking the old bike and delivering an order to my local neighborhood! (That was old school fun!) With grapes on the mind, headed over to Firelands Winery (big doings on the board there)and picked up a few cases of perfect summer Wines! Gewurztraminer 2019, American Rose 2020…and in a nod to the Saint Theresa Grapes a perfect Firelands Pinot Noir 2016! Can’t wait to create perfect Summer Dishes to compliment the wine, or is it the other way around! Charlotte NC…Ohio Wines will Travel!
Mondays!
Monday Funday…well at least the wrapping up the day was at Lake Front Park. Little Town America you are sweet, and so is my little gang!
Beautiful warm market mornings…
Early morning wanderings, this lil piggy’s going to market, one of the grands giving me a hand (Owen’s handprint 2020), my flower boxes getting ready to leap – and color chart reminder for gardens! Sunny day shades for everyone…next hitting the Sandusky Market – fabulous! Croissants, Manuella’s Cookies, Hydroponic Lettuces (gorgeous)…do we eat or use for decor? Okay both! Then an unexpected visitor rode the copper pot in from outside – yes, I did jump…just like the frog! Early afternoon and oh those June Days! Hope you’re enjoying yours!!! (Merle Allshouse, here’s is to you, who always said “start it like you want to finish it)
And the same Elephant Ear Bulb, just peeking out, here is a year ago…..early September! Isn’t it cool! These are all over the grounds!
Setting the Easter Table
Enjoy this gallery of my elegant upcoming Easter table setting. Pewter Easter bunnies encased in a glass egg (our small gifts) accompany some fabulous floral arrangements on the tables. Placeholders created from favorite silks, glass and pewter chargers from Mexico, a miniature zebra rug to grace the table center, glasses that were gifts from friends and my sweet Belle (Memere) to all go along the egg-shaped Cognac server!
The Easter menu will be coming soon…
Lunar Celebrations…
Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Celestial Moon…give me an excuse to create a Dinner Menu! Muddled Blueberry Martini kissed with Orange started it off…broken Chocolate Globes with Mousse and Creme lit with gold, a sweet ending! I’ll publish this luscious menu and all the recipes this week…for any moon you want to celebrate! Stage set!
get recipes:
What’s old can be new again!
Walking the pups and had a lucky glimpse of a chaise about to be “rehomed”…Yes, I did make the call “what are you doing with that chaise, and sweet neighbor…”It’s Yours”. I had so much fun using fabric I love, and old fur Coat (that’s the buttons!) and a beat up throw made new again. What’s old IS NEW AGAIN, but it takes a village. Thanks for the greatest team, that always answers, “Yay, we can do that”! Newest hot spot for reading that book….that I’m gonna get to one of these days!! Cheers!
Signature KB Candles…Just in Time for the Holidays!
Kitchen’s Bounty Couture Candles…it’s always been about the scent!
So in any kitchen, be it a show stopper, be it a warm work space, be it a cozy nook, if it isn’t smelling delicious, then it doesn’t have soul! So just as I seek and work to perfect Spices, Recipes and Menus with complex and delicious flavors, well the same thing applies for the candles that scent our studio and homes! A candle making artist, Devin, came into my life and shared some of her most delicious creations with me! At first, I was just so grateful to own these wonderful candles she had created, but then, like a good coffee, my thoughts percolated on “what if the scents and flavor profiles that drive my dishes, were contained in a candle?”. The result of these meanderings with said candle maker, is a little bit of “Culinary Aroma Therapy”. It just shouts love! Love the scents, Love the candle names (for my dear loves), Love the packaging (in our original spice jars) and Love that we, at the Kitchens Bounty, get to offer these to you! So happy and proud to share these treasures with you!
I honestly wonder, is there any better gift to bring to your next engagement, party or under the tree? Bring the Candles for their beauty, but when that glass lid is lifted and the scent wafts out, well that’s when the magic begins! ENJOY!
Ava’s Pummull Spice Soufflé Candle
