This is the beautiful house of our neighbours where we had a meal out last night.
Anne is a very busy lady, working on the farm with her husband feeding calves & generally helping to run a beef & arable farm. She also does flowers for weddings & funerals etc in her spare time but her big passion is her house.
Regularly visiting the auction house at Kirkby Lonsdale she picks up beautiful old furniture & table ware including silver & beautiful crystal.
This is her new garden room & it looked stunning last night.
All these decorations were coming down today, there was another tree in the dining room too. We were wined & dined beautifully... a hard act to follow!
Three good things:
1. I am enjoying the last Maeve Binchy book A Week in Winter...a fast moving book with a great deal of warmth. A pleasant change from my last read the rather dark Goldfinch.
2. A wonderful evening with much laughter & good food.
3. I took the boots back!!
What a wonderful tree and such a big space to show it off. They sound like great friends. Thanks for the book recommendation. I like Maeve Binchy too but felt that some of her recent books had a got a bit twee.
@busylady Yes I got to feeling that too Judith & I do like something to get my teeth in but over Christmas I have just felt like something unthreatening & gentle specially after that block buster Gold finch which was quite a challenging read!
That is so beautiful! And to have 2 trees in the house........wow!
The busiest people who make time for friends and food are real gems!!
And you definitely come into that category too!
Thank you all so much for the comments & Gerry for the fave....I have been slacking tonight & watching a good romance on the TV...second part tomorrow night. i do appreciate all you input so much.
What a lovely way to finish off the holiday season, having dinner at a friends home. This has such a warm and inviting atmosphere, it calls out to good friends, good times and wonderful memories to be made.
The lighting is difficult but you have got great clarity here in this room! What a beautiful room and how nice that you can enjoy it and the table settings which some people go to great lengths to get. I like Maeve Binchy too!
How absolutely charming...this room looks so inviting and comfortable! It sounds as though you spent a delightful Twelfth Night being wined and dined in luxury!
Everything in this picture is so warm and inviting. Love the soft lighting and beautiful tree.
Rather sad to know that Christmas is over for another year! (But happy to know that spring is on the way!)
Wonderfully captured Pat. Love the warm tones. Christmas has come to an end here too. Trees taken down last night. The rest of the decorations later this week.
This is a gorgeous and inviting room! Her life sounds so fascinating and wonderful to me. If I had an other life... that is maybe what I would have wanted to do. The lights are lovely! The angle is cool..like we are peeking in an a cozy couple conversing. Fav
Thanks for the tip re the book too
The busiest people who make time for friends and food are real gems!!
And you definitely come into that category too!
Thank you all so much for the comments & Gerry for the fave....I have been slacking tonight & watching a good romance on the TV...second part tomorrow night. i do appreciate all you input so much.
Rather sad to know that Christmas is over for another year! (But happy to know that spring is on the way!)