Goldenrod and Muscadines?

If you have ever been in south Georgia in September, you’ll understand the challenge for this week’s tablescape.  We wanted to do a tablescape to celebrate the season. Unfortunately, it still feels like summer here. Our temperatures have yet to commit to anything below 92 degrees.

It’s hot

and dry

and colorless.

So the sister decided that since the only colorful thing growing around here was goldenrod, we should let it inspire a table. Yes, we realize that’s a weed, but desperate times call for desperate measures. A goldenrod table it is.

We started with a colorful tablecloth 

And we scoured our houses for dishes to match

We set it up on the gate leg table in the Duchess's living room.

Since the sister was the one who wanted to use that goldenrod, she was the one who had to traipse into the field to get it. We stuck it in some vintage Belgian pottery which belonged to my great- grandmother. This is the first thing that we've used from this side of the family.

Aside from the goldenrod, about the only other thing in season here would be muscadine grapes. The muscadines in our centerpiece were picked at the local vineyard.

We didn't do the picking, however. These were a gift from a local politician. We're not that fond of the taste of them so we voted to stick them in our south Georgia tablescape instead.

Now, I'm sort of a remedial clocher, but according to Marty at A Stroll Through Life, anything stuck under a dome is cloche enough. 

So we whipped the dome off of an anniversary clock

and cloched it up with some muscadines.

And just for good measure, we stuck some fruit under a cheese dome to go along with it.  In full disclosure, that's faux fruit under there.  I guess if the guests can be invisible,  the fruit can be faux.

The pears on the plates are the real deal, though.

My sister found those funky green chargers

at Hobby Lobby this year

and has been waiting for a chance to use them.

Everything else was scrounged up from our their houses. 

I was practically no help at all.

These napkins were my sole contribution.

I got them this season, at Walmart, to use for the family. 

I did dink around with the folding, though. 

And I named it.

The peekaboo pattern fold

I also suggested some dried orange tipped roses

 that I had hoarded.

They didn't make the cut.

Because weeds and faux fruit are art, but dried up flowers...

well, that's just tacky.

Random pictures for no reason...

With candlelight because I think it's kind of pretty that way.

So there you have it.

South Georgia in September.

Maybe next time,

along with our pretend people

 and pretend menu,

we'll pretend it's autumn, too.  

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