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…
The Building Blocks of Cooking Food: Part 5- Setting
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…
The Building Blocks of Cooking Food: Part 4- Food Aroma
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…
The Building Blocks of Cooking Food: Part 3- Food Taste
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…
The Building Blocks of Cooking Food: Part 2- Food Feel
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…
The Building Blocks of Cooking Food: Part 1-Food Vehicle!
Hi Dear Heart, is it almost May already?? I can hardly believe how fast this season has passed and soon it will be time to return to my summer home in the Midwest. I hope you are well, Hon. Dear Old Rose is doing…
Antique Clothing and its Care
Hello Dear Heart! I am still up in the Midwest enjoying the gorgeous autumn leaves and end-of-the season farmer’s markets, which is wonderful beyond words. We haven’t yet had frost and the gardens are still producing a surprisingarray of vegetables. And, Hon, the…
Rescue Your Furniture from that Holiday Distress!
Hi Honey! The whirlwind of holidays is marvelous, but draining. I’m at my winter home and having the time of my life! It is High Season here in Palm Beach and there are so many Charity Balls and Cotillions that I am…
Mirrors, Mirrors!
Hi Honey! Oh, my, it is spring all over! The flowers are blooming and ole’ Rose is feeling just a teeny-weeny bit of the seasonal fever. It’s just luscious, you know. My dear friend Claire (she is doing fine, thank…
The Prairie Garden
Welcome to my prairie! What is a prairie? There are several definitions, depending on where in the world you are. Most all have grasses and wildflowers, but some have shrubs or even short palms (palmettos) if you are in a…