Book Club choice for the month of August! Our fellow member's pick was this delightfully happyread of 3 fifty something women friends. Their husbands gone and children raised decide to leave comfortable suburban lives to tackle a home improvement of 100 year Virgina farmhouse. It is one of those books that makes you smile while reading. As Valerie put in our discussion," it makes you feel happy!"
We gathered at Lynn's lovely home at Lake Thunderhead and Ladybugs and wonderful food was seen everywhere on our arrival! She applied a delightful time of a meal planned of foods mentioned in the book and fun table settings. As you can seen she is busy away with homemade bread, Pork loin, sweet potato casserole, strawberry\spinach with a hot bacon vinaigrette. So yummy... we will need some of those recipes soon.
Such a beautiful table Lynn! If you have read the book, all these items are mentioned in the book. Nice touches dear Lynn.
Lovely strawberry Lemon truffle.
I found a cute Taste Of Home appetizer recipe and just had to try and bring...Cherry tomatoes quartered
ripe olives sliced
fresh chives
fresh parsley
2 oz cream cheese
sour cream enough to make smooth.
Worcestershire 3 shakes from bottle
garlic seasoning, pepper
fresh parsley and chives
then put together with fun.
The idea was from Taste of Home, but with some slight changes placed.
you may google "Taste of Home" Ladybug Appetizers for their recipe.
it was fun and tasted very good also!
Such a wonderful evening with fun and laughter. Thanks Lynn!
If a good read is needed by you...
do check out, A Year on a Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball
3 comments:
I'm sorry I had to miss; it looks like L. K. did a marvelous job with the food and decor. Nice photos, Bonnie.
I really enjoyed the book; it was a fun read. I loved reading about the adventures of the three main characters. Wouldn't it be fun to do something like that?
Looks so yummmie! Hugs, mary
I like your appetizers. Great look.
I just marked down donna Bell and will go to the library after this and see if we have it.
I just finished Lisa See's new book and passed it on to my daughter. It is a continuation of the Shanghai Girls Pearl and May. I found it a little hard going until about half way but daughter loved it right from the start.
Another good one is Ann Patchett's new one and I can't remember the name. It is in my book bag upstairs. It is about the Amazon. Very good.
Hugs
FredaB
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