Hello Dear Heart!  Well, what a whirlwind week it has been for Rose! I am in northern Illinois for the autumn and will return to Palm Beach in time for The Season, but the weather here is simply delicious. The fall farmer’s markets…

Hello Dear Heart! How have you been?? Very well, I hope. It is High Season here in the Palm Beaches and there is so much to do. The gardens are prolific this season as the weather has been quite warm for this…

Hi Hon… I hope you have been well! I have finally returned to Palm Beach after the most delightful autumn in the upper Midwest. I didn’t rush back, Dear Heart, because the weather was wonderful and a little bit of winter is quite agreeable…

Hello Dear Heart, how have you been? As you know, I have been away traveling this past month and have had awonderful time. It is so very important, Hon, to make the effort to find the simple and happy things around you every day. This…

It has been a long time, Dear Heart and I am thrilled to have moved up to a world wide audience! This is my little blog and question and answer corner of the internet, and here we can chat about home keeping, proper entertaining, cooking and well, life. I adore gardens, Hon, but I…

Hello Dear Heart! How is your summer coming along? For me, it has been the essence of wonder. I am in the Upper Midwest for the summer and have been spending quality time along the lake shore. It is simply wondrous how, on the hottest…

Hi Honies! Hello Dear Heart! I do hope you are well and happy. I’m so glad to have the opportunity for us to chat and to continue our discussion about the building blocks of a successful food dish. The past few months have been…

Hi Dearests! Soon autumn will be upon us and none too soon for dear Rose. Here, in the Upper Midwest, it was a beastly hot summer and so terribly dry that I was fully expecting my grape vines on the garden fence to completely…

Hi Dear Hearts! How wonderful it is to chat with you again! June was the most interesting month of the year so far. Here, in the Upper Midwest, there are so many festivals and events each weekend that I can barely think…

Hi Honies! I have returned to my dear Midwest home this month and the weather is simple luscious, if not entirely temperamental! One day it is warm enough to roast vegetables on the grill without a fire and the next it is one of those…