La Belle Vie Bed & Breakfast

Keuka Lake Wine Trail Event, September 16 & 17 -- Harvest Celebration of Food and Wine!

This weekend we had guests who were married earlier that day. Both are theater people. The bride hand-crafted centerpieces for all the tables at the reception out of recycled books from thrift shops. The books, appropriately, were old Shakespeare plays! They gave us one of the Shakespeare bouquets -- so pretty! We wish them the best!

Working on getting the gardens in order. The weather this year has made a tremendous difference (lots of rain and sun). Our hydrangea has grown maybe four feet and is now covered with blossoms. About three years ago we bought a terracotta Buddha from Elizabeth Gilbert's store "Two Buttons" just before it closed down. We tucked Buddha under the hydrangea where he seemed quite content. Now he's entirely enveloped by the burgeoning shrub and we're wondering just how much of a role he played in creating this white and green grotto. (Two views.)

Llewellyn was mowing the lawn when he came upon this painted rock neatly hidden at the base of a tree in our front yard. #flxrocks

An event to consider if you are here in the Finger Lakes on August 7!

Made cloud eggs for breakfast yesterday for my vegetarian guests. Guests loved them and it was relatively simple to prepare! A French recipe from a vintage children's cookbook featured some years ago on one of my favorite food blogs.

Allons Enfants! Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

Bonne Fête Nationale! Hoping to find the time today to drive the Citroën over to Domaine LeSeurre Winery on Keuka Lake!

This year our raspberries in the back yard are looking like blackberries, at least in part.

We just received the 2017 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, which makes it six years in a row!

Maple Pecan Scones this morning ... so delicious!

Looking forward to Cruisin' Night in Penn Yan tonight! (Trafalgar in foreground and Belle in background -- '74 Triumph TR6 and '72 Citroën D-Special, respectively)

Upcoming Keuka Lake Wine Trail events -- June 10 & 11 OR June 24 & 25 -- FIRE IT UP! BBQ & Wine Weekend. Go to the event calendar and check out the menu, pricing and more! http://www.keukawinetrail.com/Calendar