Green pears, Gruyere cheese, Italian bread and Pinot Grigio.

Love love love that combination....

We had a nice break yesterday afternoon with the above goodies. Served on a bed of loose leaf lettuce, the pears and cheese looked gorgeous snuggling together. The wine was so inexpensive I thought it would be awful, but what a surprise. One can find a really decent wine for $5.99 I guess, since that's all it cost.

The subtle colors of the pears and the cheese made me want to paint my dining room pear green with Gruyere trim. This will pass.

Last week after a particularly delicious spaghetti sauce, I wanted to paint the dining room tomato red with reggiano parmegiano trim.

When our blueberry bushes are in season, I know that the dining room should be done in berry blue, with sugar white trim.

Last time we had lemon meringue pie I knew the only colors that would work for me in the dining room would be lemon-colored walls with meringue trim.

So the dining room stays tea-stained walls with french blue trim. No sense in changing it until I can settle on a color scheme. Somehow I have the feeling it is going to stay tea-stained and french blue for a long long time.