When Life Gives You Lemons

You make lemontinis!

It has been such a week!

As you may know, if you read here,

my father has been ill and is in the hospital.

The good news is he is recovering very well.

Rumor has it, he is giving the staff a hard time.

Which means he is getting back to his old ornery self

and that makes me happy.

In the midst of the drama I decided to put together

a tablescape

to lift my spirits somewhat.
I wanted something bright and cheerful
so I used yellow as my theme.

Since I don't have a yellow tablecloth
I used a plain white tablecloth and
added yellow ribbon I purchased,

using a coupon of course,

from Hobby Lobby.
I cut the ribbon to length and then
pinned it to each side of the table.

A simple silver charger, crisp white linen napkins,
our Gibson everyday dinnerware,
vintage silverplate flatware,
crystal goblets and
yellow sugar rimmed martini glasses
all highlighted by a
single yellow lemon.

A large chrome martini shaker,
borrowed from Mr. B,
holds a frosty adult beverage of
Lemontinis.

 An apothecary jar
is centered between
two vintage crystal compotes,
all filled with cheery lemons.

 A vintage crystal pitcher
is full of lemon slices and icy water.

Additional lemons are
scattered around votive candles
and candlesticks with bright yellow candles.

Setting this table helped to lift my spirits
and to realize that, no matter
 how stormy life may be some days,
we must look forward to the sunshine.