Inspiration

The Public Relations Director of  Keystone College once said this about my daughter, Rachel's photography, "Rachel seems to believe that taking photographs is more than just a way to record history of people or events. Great photography can tell a meaningful story or make a seemingly routine experience of its own." 

Naturally, I was proud that was the way he viewed her photography, but not quite sure where her talent came from. Her father was a salesman and I am a teacher.  Both of us were successful in out professions but would not have considered ourselves creative.

From the time I was a little girl, I loved watching my mother set the table. I loved the dishes, the flowers and seeing what vase she would fill with the flowers. And when I became the caretaker of my own table, I found myself envisioning everything as a potential prop for centerpieces . I wanted the centerpiece  to make that routine experience  have a special meaning. Placing a child's first birthday picture,  a few school pictures, even a good report card, in the middle of a table on the child's tenth birthday can change that birthday dinner into a walk down memory lane. Those props are letting the child relive their story with the best yet to be. And just like Rachel's photographs, the "props" used serve as an opportunity for family and friends to share their stories of the birthday child. So it seems that I might have just discovered the visual DNA that Rachel and I share,

Our House For Dinner, is more than about cooking .It is about dining spaces that change ordinary things you own into extra ordinary experiences. 

Welcome to my Blog, stay awhile and find out why favorite thing about cooking is "setting the table."