An Autumn Supper For One

 

We are getting the rain from a tropical storm.

I don't think this is very fair.

We don't send snow to the tropics!

 But since I can't make the rain stop -- no matter how much I think I really should have that power

-- I will at least set a nice spot to have my solitary dinner.

A stomach's eye view

Howard's new job means he doesn't get home until ten o'clock on weeknights.

Sometimes I have dinner with him, other times I cook earlier, eat, and serve up leftovers to the poor guy.

That's my plan for tonight.

Garcon!  Table for one, please.

 It's a Fall themed table, but since I don't have my boxes of Fall stuff down from the attic yet,

I just pulled things from the kitchen and dining room and made do. 
While I eat, I'll listen to the rain pound the conservatory ceiling.

What I used:

My little Dollar Tree bird is helping to lighten the rainy gloom.  There is a tiny flame in there.

Supermarket roses ... 11 days old!   They are beginning to fade and get funky, so I think they fit the Autumn theme.

Fake lemons.  Yeah, I went to T.J. Maxx yesterday . . . . But there's a real one in there, too!

I'm dining alone, so there may be some spillage.  A huge linen dishtowel-turned-napkin lends color and cleanup.

I love this chicken candelholder, a gift from daughter Anne.  This bird looks so delightfully nosey and interfering, so squawky!  Hmm, could that be a message from my daughter to me?   Nah. . . .

Very vintage silverplate.  Ambassador (ca. 1920) on the left, First Colony (early version, ca. 1900) on right.

And their respective matching knives.  That's Howard's initials on the Ambassador knife.

After Howard and I visited Germany the year after our wedding, we bought these wineglasses at Long Island's dear, departed Fortunoff's.  Is it all right to mourn the passing of a store?

1950s old fashioned or "rocks" glasses.  They belonged to my parents, and held plenty of Scotch in their time.

Leaf plate.  An estate sale find, last summer with Annie. Underneath, a big Dollar Tree plate in green.

So that's it, my rainy day supper setting.

Pay no attention to the dog in the corner.  He thinks there is food on the table.  He thinks wrong.

I love closeups.  You don't have to tidy the rest of the room to take them.

 I hope wherever you are, you are dry and comfortable,

you have food and shelter,

and that you have a wonderful Thursday.  -- Cass

 I'm linking to Susan's Between Naps On The Porch, for the amazing Tablescape Thursday.

Go -- you will get lost in the table settings!  Click here.

 And since I feature several Dollar Tree, eBay or other bargains in this table setting,

I'm also linking to Leigh's Tales From Bloggeritaville, for Thifty Thursday.  Click here!

And speaking of thrifty things, if you missed the Wednesday post 

for That Old House, it featured a Goodwill purchase I made this week: 

Milk glass heaven.

 Wednesday post here.