Comtesse du Chocolat

"The Dream smells like peppermint but tastes like strawberry shortcake." — Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me)

"Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble." — Lemony Snicket (The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5))

Celebrating Spring Tablescapes on Tea Time Magazine

"May and June. Soft syllables, gentle names for the two best months in the garden year: cool, misty mornings gently burned away with a warming spring sun, followed by breezy afternoons and chilly nights. The discussion of philosophy is over; it's time for work to begin."   -  Peter Loewer