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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Joy of Spring

March 29, 2022 19 comments spring tablescape

Happy Tuesday and Happy Spring! Springtime is a joyous time of rebirth and brings us such joy. The first day of spring is March 21st. Easter is April 17th this year. Christians celebrate a risen Savior on Easter which is Christ the Lord.

Welcome to a Spring and Easter tablescape blog hop sponsored by Rita @ Panoply. There are 18 bloggers participating in this blog hop. You can find links to their tablescapes at the bottom of this post. Stop by and show them some love by leaving them a comment.

For my tablescape, I have set a table outside on the patio. The birds are singing and I just saw an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, my first butterfly of the season as I was setting the table. I was hoping it would stop on my centerpiece and I could capture a picture. How exciting that would have been!

Botanic Garden Portmeirion makes me happy because there is a different flower on each plate. The sunflower is🌻 the national flower of Ukraine and has become a symbol to us of their fight for freedom. Continued prayers for 🇺🇦 Ukraine. I am thankful for the countries that are taking in refugees escaping the horrific war.

I added azaleas from my garden to supplement the grocery store flowers of tulips, sunflowers, and hydrangeas. My curved willow vase accented the seagrass wicker glasses.

My aucuba scrub in my garden is great for flower arrangements. It adds color and variety and holds up very well.

"Golden Sunshine, a world of green, a world of blossoms, a breeze so clean; the redbirds whistle, the

bluebirds sing, my heart rejoices: 'tis spring,' tis spring!"

Caroline Henning Bair

The sweet pea plate reminds me of my DIL's bridesmaid's bouquets. The ribbed depression glass sherbets hold strawberries and blueberries.

The plate stack consists of a white Ikea charger, Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage plate, and a hydrangea Portmeirion plate. I am hoping I will have a lot of hydrangeas to bloom in my garden this year.

I was delighted to find tulips in the store for my centerpiece to coordinate with the tulip plate.

Have you ever heard of pine berries? What I thought were strawberries are (Berry De Blanc) pineberries. Note the light color. They are from Austin Farms in Plant City, Florida. They have a slight pineapple taste.

They were intriguing since I had not seen them before.

Springtime Fancy

It may be just springtime fancy,

but it always seems to methat in the spring the flowers sing, and every leafy tree.
The songs of birds from every branchseem just to lead the wayfor all the earth to join in songto greet each coming day.
It may be just springtime fancy, but all nature seems to sing: hail to this happy time of year, the joyous time of spring.
Virginia Katherine Oliver
I feel so blessed this spring to have blessings of freedom, peace, comfort, safety, food, and shelter. We have all witnessed the horrors in Ukraine and could never have imagined this happening just like we couldn't imagine a worldwide pandemic. Thankfully, my hope is not in this world. The joy of spring gives me hope. The joy of Easter gives me hope.

The links for Spring and Easter tablescape blogs are listed below:

Everyday Living - The Joys of Easter

The Little Yellow Corner Store - Funny Bunny Fern and Her Breakfast Tablescape

Me and My Captain - Spring Is In the Air

Red Cottage Chronicles - Fruit and Flowers Spring Tablescape

Living with Thanksgiving - The Joy of Spring

Life and Linda - Bunnies Pedaling Toward Easter

Hyacinths for the Soul - Garden Party on the Terrace

Home Is Where the Boat Is - Hop To It

Panoply - Blissful Signs of Spring / Easter Tablescape

My Hubbard Home - Busy Bunny Easter Table

My Thrift Store Addiction - Rabbits and Roses Garden Tea for Two