Fish Dinner!

We are having dinner with the fish, instead of a fish dinner!

One of my favorite things about living on this lake, is that early in the morning you can hear all the fish jumping!  If you are alert, you can see the fish jumping out of the water.

 While I don't live in the south, it always reminds me of the song Summertime by George Gershwin.

Summertime

And the livin' is easy

Fish are jumpin'

And the cotton is high

This is from Porgy and Bess, many may know the musical film, but the original music score is an opera.  I like to sing this on my balcony when I hear the fish jumping,  but I am a horrible singer, and I really slaughter such a beautiful song!!

So while my fish aren't jumping, they are my centerpiece to these plates that slightly resemble fish scales and fish eyeballs!!  Yep, I tend to see things in a different light than others!!

I made some little tags for my napkins and just tied them on with some thin rope.

The bamboo flatware reminded me of the bamboo fishing pole I used to fish with when I was a little girl!

I just now noticed the two flies that dropped by to check out my table!

Oh Well,

I hope the livin' is easy for you this summer!

Thanks for stopping by,

Ann

Sources:

Napkins - Kohls

Tablecloth - HomeGoods

Wood Chargers - World Market about 3 years ago

White Plates - Pier One

Rusty orange plates - Threshold - Target - several years ago

Patterned Plates - 222Fifth, Myan Jewel - HomeGoods

Bamboo flatware - Pottery Barn on Clearance several years ago

Fish - Marshall's last summer

I am linking up to the following parties:
Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Feathered Nest Friday @ French County Cottage