Kathys Cottage

I just had to show everyone our Easter dessert, my sweethearts cheesecake of the moment...Chocolate Mocha. Yummm! It has a bottom layer of chocolate cheesecake, topped with a layer of mocha cheesecake, topped with ganache piped with whipped cream and ganache mixture. Oh. my. goodness. Fortunately it is gone because today I begin my "Oh my gosh, it's almost warm weather and all my winter fat is going to show!" diet. Yeah, kiss that Mocha Cheesecake goodbye. No more of that! (and please, ignore the grout, I have grout issues that must be dealt with!)
And this will be on my refrigerator to remind me.......So, here I am, it is a beautiful (cold) sunny morning, the house is still clean from the super cleanup for Easter (yay), I have the day off (super yay!) and I thought I would do just a little more spiffing up. I found my old lace curtains in the cedar chest with my tablecloths yesterday and decided it was time to take down the toile and put up the lace. The windows in the dining room face east and north and the morning sunshine is so wonderful. I dont see much of it in the winter so the heavier curtains don't matter, but spring sunshine just brings the room to life.

Ahhhhh. Sweet husband made the wooden valances for me a few years ago and we covered them in toile. I like my chairs mismatched. The nieces used to like getting the pretty ones when they came for dinner:>) The chandelier is still wearing some green beaded wreathes from christmas, tied up with black gingham ribbons. I think they look just as pretty in spring as they did in winter so I left them, and they do catch the light and add a bit of sparkle in the morning. The dining room table belonged to my dear grandmother and I spent many hours coloring and drawing and eating dinner around that table in the kitchen with her when I was a child. I was so happy to have it passed on to me when she died. Most of my fondest memories revolve around grandma in her farmhouse kitchen. So there it is, my dining room. I think I am going to find some pretty fabric to back the shelves in the corner as it can be a bit dark in there, but all in all, I love my cosy little dining room and it has been the scene of many happy holiday gatherings with the family:>)