It's my fav too, Leslie.

@@ParisienneFarmgirl This makes me miss all my old China and stemware.😩 Sadly, all the Old China and crystal stemware are loaded with Lead. Its has been a long hard journey trying to detox lead out of my body. It's so pretty and nostalgic to look at but no one should ever eat or drink off of them. 💛

I agree!! Thanksgiving should not be a speed bump on the way to Giftmas! Take time to be grateful and give thanks...and have pie 😄

@@kimeeegngarden4887 definitely pie 🧡🥧🤎

Mine too 🧡

I would love to know who penned the words of this lovely verse, as it is unfamiliar to me, and I do love poetry! It reminds me that there are still gentle souls on the planet! This so perfectly describes this lovely woman and this video!

@@pamelaprivette5361 Hello Pamela, I penned the words. I have been writing poetry for many years and love to share and inspire beauty. Thank you. 😊

@@lisamccraw3763 Over the years I have jotted down anything and everything I have ever come across that I wanted to remember, until I found that I had snipets of paper ALL OVER THE PLACE! So one day I decided to write them all down in a notebook---and eliminate the snipets spilling out from everywhere! I have now added into my notebook your inspiring words of beauty! Thank You for your gift! Keep writing and making the world a more beautiful place! Do make sure you copyright your material so no one can steal it from you---it happened to me by American Greetings, and it was heartbreaking. Years later I was finally able to hire an attorney to obtain the legal copyright! My best to you!

​@@pamelaprivette5361 My mother did the same, jotting down her own random thoughts and bits of verbal beauty and wisdom that she chanced upon in her reading. This inspiration she gleaned from others gave her spirit wings, although her own life was fettered by her circumstances. Once long ago I came upon a poem that seemed to describe my mother so well. I cut the poem out and intended to keep it always because I treasured my mother so dearly and all the beauty and meaning she had brought into the lives of her children in spite of her struggles. In the poem the writer chronicled what she was feeling as she sorted through her mother’s things after her passing, trying to decide what to keep and what to give away. But everywhere she looked, tucked in a drawer here or a book there were all these bits of paper that contained treasures of thought and poetry that meant so much to her mother that she was bound to capture them on whatever paper was near to hand. The household objects of her mother were rather easy to deal with so she kept a few meaningful things for herself and made decisions of what to share with her siblings and friends of her mother. But as she had gone through the house, she had also gathered up all the fragments of paper and put them in a wicker basket. Finally, her dilemma became what to do with all these treasures of thought that had meant so much to her mom, and not only to her, but these little scraps scattered about had been so present in the family’s daily life that they had seemed to paper their life with meaning. The kids were very aware that these were treasures to their mom, and they were reluctant to let them go, but now with her gone, how to hold on to them and should they even try? That poem could have been written about my own experience with my mom and her paper treasures. Somehow in the course of time and moves, I lost the poem, and I have tried to find it ever since, but Google has failed me. I only remember the last two lines which aptly describe the poet’s predicament and my own as my mother recently passed away, and I found myself going through the things and thoughts that meant so much to her. The poem ends: “What shall we do with the scraps of paper that were her life, the little kites that will not fly again in any wind.” I hope someday I can come upon that poem again!

Merci Sally.

Oh, I'm glad. 💋Get well, and have a lovely weekend.

Thank you so much.

Looking forward to this year’s table!

I use Epidemic Sound for my music, but I apologize, it's been a couple years since I made these videos and I don't recall who's music I used, but they have SUCH a vast, beautiful selection it would be worth checking out simply for your own enjoyment.

Merci pour la reponse si vite.

They are similar to a deer mount… what one does with a hunting trophy, but I got mine at a thrift shop unknowingly. I love them.

@@ParisienneFarmgirl Well, I'm going to remember that. My hubby hunts turkey sometimes, and now I'm going ask for the tail to be done like that!

YES!!!!n so pretty I wish I could find the sheet music. I’d love to play it.

@roseshearthandhome on IG. A personal close friend, mother of eight … hers are the BEST I’ve ever used.

@@ParisienneFarmgirl thank you!

I put platters of food on my kitchen counter or island - that way people don’t have to reach over each other at the table to serve themselves.

As is this comment😉

Yes, the fork and the napkin go on the left, the knife on the right🫢

There is no wrong way to set a table, friends don’t judge where the fork is placed; it’s like correcting someone’s spelling - you miss the point if you’re only looking for errors 🌺 Angela has incredible style and creativity.