Wandering through my photos, I found one sent to me by a friend, and it was of my very own al fresco dinner table. I found some other lovely place settings in my olio, and I set to pondering the beauty of a well-presented table.
As much as I enjoy a gorgeous spread, I do not often provide one. It’s a necessity of sorts to set the table, and really, who appreciates the water goblets and salad forks? I think my spouse is grateful that I unload the dishwasher and we have clean plates. However, I have decided that different areas for dining can be a new kind of tableau.
We have taken to calling the corner on the new deck, “Paris,” because I have a little cafe-ish table for two set there. The “Lemonade Stand” is the front porch, due to the myriad lemons adorning it. The dining room is still the plain old dining room, so it will have to up its game at the next event. Perhaps “The Dish Room,” from the movie “American President?” We do have a lot of dishes in there.
A new adventure awaits in renaming the dining venues within my own abode. Next I’ll work on embellishing them.
