A Handful of Cherries and a Quartet of Stems

Our friends Leigh and Darrell just got home from a 10-day cruise to Alaska. I've seen a few of their pics Leigh has emailed me.  You know what was the strangest part of that is? To see them dressed in parkas and ski pants to climb the glacier.  It's over 90 degrees here every single day and they were in parkas and ski pants last week.  You know what was stranger? To see how blue the glacier really was.  I know that sounds simple but seeing it in commercial pics isn't the same as seeing it in the real live vacation pics of friends who were just there last week.

To catch up and hear vacation stories, they'll be coming over for dinner Wednesday. To offset the glacial chill of the Alaska pics, I wanted a particularly summery feeling centerpiece for the table. Have not a clue yet what I'm cooking but the centerpiece is done... IF Gene and I can stay out of the cherries. They're so good this year, juicier and plumper. Mounds of fragrant cherries in the fruit bowl are the one sure sign of summer to me.

Even though it officially happened four days ago, Welcome Summer!

Although I've said this before, it still remains true: Janelle at Talk of Tomatoes and her Centerpiece of the Month event always reminds to put the pretty back into eating dinner. Sure, dinner is about the food but it always tastes better and feels more luxurious when you sit down at the table with china and napkins and centerpiece.  Nothing wrong with taking the extra time to add a little beauty to our everyday lives and I thank Janelle for helping me remember that.  Check with Janelle the first week of July to see the round-up of tablescape ideas. 

Comments

[sher]

That's so pretty. I forgot to do one, so I better get cracking if I want to make the deadline!

[k_d]

Yes! Aren't the cherries great this year? After that horrible spring frost we had in Mid-Missouri, it is so nice to see good fruit in the market. My poor peach tree just took it on the chin, and we have no tiny juicy peaches this summer!

[Glenna]

Sher--Glad I could remind you!~

KD--SO sorry about the peaches. That's very disappointing! But at least the cherries are good.

[janelle]

I love the idea of martini glasses with cherries; a new twist on life is a bowl of cherries?

Welcome summer!

[Glenna]

Thanks, Janelle!

[sandi @ the whistlestop cafe]

A great centerpiece! After you eat the cherries and shake up some cocktails...you can start thinking about next month =D

[Glenna]

Sandi--You've got my number!

[Joy T.]

Brilliant! I love it. It's always a pity to me more people don't use pretty napkins. Great centerpiece.

[Glenna]

Thanks, Joy. I love cloth napkins, too. I think I have something like 150 in 10 different colors...