Mazzaro's

Mazzaro's Italian Market is like stepping into Little Italy.

Located at 2909 22nd Avenue N, St. Petersburg, Florida 33713, the building sets the mood for the delights inside.

And what are some of the delights inside?

 Meat market

 Deli

 Fresh pasta

All freshly made pizza.

 Cheeses imported from all over the world 

And we can't forget the BAKERY!!!

After you have shopped, you can purchase something from the bakery, and enjoy a cup of fresh coffee.

That is, if you can grab a seat :-)

Outdoor Wednesday

Demitasse Tea Time

Several years ago, when my BFF from cold country came down to visit, we spent a day at the Tea Room.

Isn't it just lovely?

And if you look very closely, you will see the bottom layer has the little desserts. But look a little closer. You can see that on the dessert layer are these dainty little demitasse cups. Do you know what was in these delicate little cups?

They were layered with cake, cut up strawberries and whipped topping. A Strawberry Shortcake ala tea room! So delicious, and so creative. Who would have thought to serve strawberry shortcake in these precious little cups? So if you have any little cups just hanging around, even if the saucers are long gone, make up a batch of cake, add some sliced strawberries and top it off with whipping cream. You will be the hostess with the mostess serving these little gems at your next tea party.

Make it Pretty Monday 
Tea Time Tuesday

Table Top Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Home Sweet Home

Friends Sharing Tea

Words to Live By

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
They still bear fruit in old age;
they are ever full of sap and green,
to declare that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psalm 92:12-15

Spiritual Sundays

Outdoor Wednesday

As I have been home recooperating from surgery, I would hear something that sounded like someone knocking outside.

My hubby finally told me it was the big bougainvilla at the side of our house.

I went outside this morning to look, and what else did I find?

Tomatoes!!!

Outdoor Wednesday

Quilts and Tea

Quilts and Tea. My two favorite things. Quilting has been almost like therapy for me. I love the whole process. Well, almost the whole process. I like picking out the fabrics, cutting them up, and putting them back together in some kind of creative form! I think I heard once that people in Hawaii don't understand why we cut up a whole piece of cloth and then sew it back together again.

And tea........ yes the comfort of tea. I have collected a fair amount of tea cups and tea pots. Probably enough to open my own tea room. But of course it would have to be a tea room with a Quilt shop attached!

My dear sweet hubby bought this tea cart for me when we were on a trip once. We saw it in an antique shop and asked the owner about it. She told us that it belonged to her mother in law and she was downsizing. So my hubby bought it for me. I really love it! The tea service is one that my own mother in love painted. She was an awesome china painter. We have enjoyed so many of her beautiful things. They are family treasures.

Make it Pretty Monday

Table Top Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness
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Home Sweet Home

Open House Party 
Feathered Nest Friday

Silent Sunday

Seasonal Sundays

Happy New Year

 How do you get a heart of wisdom so as to know how best to live? The psalmist answers:

Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and withers. So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:5, 6, 12)

Numbering your days simply means remembering that your life is short and your dying will be soon. Great wisdom—great, life-revolutionizing wisdom—comes from periodically pondering these things.
(John Piper -I Have Kept The Faith)

Wishing you a very Happy and Blessed New Year!