It was a big deal

We got our tomato plants in the ground late this year. So while the blossoms have been plentiful, the weather got too hot for them to fruit out, for the most part. Our cream sausage tomato plant has produced one (1) tomato…



…with blossom end rot. (sigh)

I salvaged most of the good stuff. With a circumference no bigger than a quarter and length not beyond my stubby index finger, that tomato yielded tiny slices. But they were a big deal. And sooo good.

When I have too much table cloth

and not enough table…


(one end of table)


(the other end)

I get tied in knots.





Not bad for the $3 wad of linen jacquard my friend threw in when I bought so many hankies off her. I snapped it up without scrutiny. I'm so trusting.

Notice I didn't do a whole lot of tablescaping. (Yeah. None.) Around here, the beauty of this table is its barrenness. It is clean. No clutter. I even swept under the table.

So, anyway, I tied the excess fabric of one end around itself, then did the same on the other end. I tugged and fussed with each knot to make it into a round knob. Now the table top is a blank canvas. If it wasn't in the same house as our pair of curious and meddlesome cats, I could tuck flowers in the knots and go crazy with the china and glassware.

As it is, this simple white plane is as extravagant as a golf course in Tokyo.  We could actually eat at the table now, if we wanted to.

The lacework's detail:



Linked to:

• Debbiedoo's B & A Party
• Make it Yours at My Backyard Eden
• Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest