Hi DD,
what a pretty table. I 'love' purple, and I like how it looks with the green placemats and leaves. Your grape theme and centerpiece are very pretty.

That turned out really nice DD, so glad you are able to enjoy being outside now. That's a neat shaped candle too. Everything looks really pretty. Luvs

The table looks wonderful . Love your outdoor room too . Kareen

Love the table setting DD...Nice glasses and dishes. They sure have come a long way with melamine and acrylic.. The purple and green are a really pretty combo. Your yard looks beautiful as well!

Pretty!! I love the grape theme!

PURPLE.....

You knew I'd LOVE it.
hugs, Karen

Thanks ladies for your compliments. I am glad you liked the purple and green combo. My purple tablecloth didn't last very long though. DH and I ate out there again tonight and when we went in to get a cup of tea and our dessert, we came back out to find ashes all over and a hole in the tablecloth. I guess DH left a piece of paper he was looking at too close to the little turtle candle I had going. He should be used to candles going though as I am a "candle-aholic"! We are so lucky it wasn't worse!

DD

Ruh-roh!!! Bet he feels bad after you set such a pretty table!
Many years ago my folks both smoked, and since they spent summers with us, most of my table cloths had a hole here or there. I have since done away with all but one...I keep it because it makes all of us laugh when we see it. Mom AND Dad quit smoking at the SAME time....yikes, I'm glad they lived 1000 miles away! By the time summer rolled around, they were both in pretty good spirits.

DD, that is just lovely! I love the grape, and lavender...so sorry about your tablecloth!!
I like your chandy too...I haven't tried mine out yet..do you have your electrified? Mine was one ds was throwing out that I rescued!

What a lovely table setting! I love it! I'm inspired now, lol.

Jaybird, yes DH is searching every store we go in to find a new purple tablecloth! And my grandma had the same "pattern" as your parents in many of her tablecloths as she and my grandpa both smoked and burned holes in them!

Kathleen, the chandy I have is for votives only. I could have an electric one out there though as DH has a power cord running along our clothesline to the cabana so that we can have little white lights on at night. The improvements you made to the chandy you rescued looked great - would love to see a pic of it hanging in your gazebo.

Thanks Prosperity!

DD

DD, the tablesetting is lovely,purple is a fav of mine too. I wish I had one of those "cabanas", but for some reason the wind goes thru my backyard like a hurricane, so it would blow down pretty quickly. Your yard looks so nice too, I am definately an outside person, so I would enjoy your yard alot. Do you get alot of animal visitors from the forest area?

Thanks Judith. We really are enjoying our cabana but do have to ensure the curtains we have on one side (secured to bottom) are open when not we aren't around as if a wind storm comes up, it kind of acts as a sail but fortunately, the whole thing is secured to the wood platform.

From the pics I took, it looks like we have a lot of "forest" behind our house but in reality, it is just a wooded trail. I have always been dreading the day when those lots sell and we have a house built right behind us. However, we DO get quite a bit of wildlife coming through our yard including deer which eat gardens and flowers (!!) and last year, a mother bear with her cub walked right past our cabana...luckily, I had just gone in the house for something!

DD