New & Notable Mentions 6.10.23
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This week in New & Notable Mentions 6.10.23…
Green With Envy! The Colour Of The Season
Summer Mantel:
Le Cultivateur has such a pretty 4th of July inspired mantel. I love the addition of the white flowers. They soften the rest of the elements there.
Sana Javeri Kadri’s Oakland Home Bursts With Colorful Mumbai Pride
Stars & Stripes Forever Patriotic Tablescape:
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Coastal Sponge Ware Mason Jar Centerpiece:
Collect Plants, Not Stuff – Goodbye Materialism, Hello Nature
Voodoo Stain and Stencil Bench Makeover:
How Deep To Plant Tomatoes For Thriving Plants
Asian Glazed Salmon & Veggies:
Best Baked Apples:
Easy Sonic Slushies:
3 Rules That Help Me Keep Our Kitchen Organized Day After Day
The Girls In The Stilt House:
Ada promised herself she would never return to the Trace, her hard life on the swamp, and her harsh father.
But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father.
Matilda, a sharecropper’s daughter, is from the other side of the Trace. She struggles to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals.
She forms a plan to go north, pack up the secrets she’s holding about her life in the South, and hang them on the line for all to see in Ohio.
As the two girls are drawn deeper into a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must face the complexities of their tenuous bond and a hidden past that links them in ways that could cost them their lives.
The Arrangement:
Nat, a young art student in New York City, is struggling to pay her bills when her friend suggests that she date a wealthy, older man.
He’ll pay her rent and give her a monthly allowance – and all that’s required is being his arm candy when he’s in town. Sexual favors are optional. Though more than thirty years her senior, Grant, a corporate finance attorney, seems like the perfect candidate, and within a month, they are madly in love. At least, Nat is . . .
Grant already has a family, whom he has no intention of leaving. When he ends everything, Nat begins to stalk him at work, tracking his phone, spying on his wife, and even befriending his daughter, who’s not much younger than she is.
But when Grant is found dead in his posh Upper East Side apartment, and the police find the murder weapon in Nat’s apartment, she is sure she must have killed her lover; she just can’t remember anything that happened that night.
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Thanks for the links. I liked the post about green coming back as a trend – not that I follow trends – but I’ve always liked green. I’ve seen photos of people painting their lower kitchen cabinets a dark green and then the tops ones white. Looks really pretty.
Another great variety this week! The tablescapes are beautiful but I find them somewhat overwhelming. My tablescape only gets “fancy” during Christmas season and it’s nothing compared to what I’ve seen online. At present my small round dining table hosts an oversized somewhat rusted iron armillary sphere that speaks to me. I enjoy seeing how others decorate their mantels, I’ve used some of the ideas that I’ve seen others do online. The baked apple (that photo looked good enough to eat) – be still my heart, oh boy!
Collect 🪴plants, not stuff!❤️ That’s my motto!
Ironically, a neighbor just finished The Girls in the Stilt House and said that it was great read.
Lots of other great information, Brenda.
I hope you’re having a terrific Saturday!
Good book selections. I will be looking for them. Mantels are more than I usually put on mine. I like mine simple with a few seasonal items.
I love the coastal sponge ware mason jar centerpieces.The salmon recipes sound delicious and also the baked apple recipes. Good tips for keeping the kitchen organized.
The Girls in the Stilt House sounds good – I love books that often center around place as much as plot. My books to be read list is growing! The other book sounds good too.
Love the mantel decoration. I tend to keep my fairly the same with some family photos but do switch around small items.
Thanks for the nice ideas and your finding them for us. Hugs!
The reads sound really good. Have a good weekend.