One good thing about my job is that I get to go to some cool places and meet interesting people. This week, I visited a woman in Hopkinton RI who has realized her dream of opening a restaurant. That’s it in the photo. She named it “Back in Thyme.”
She is also a a plantswoman and an accomplished garden designer, so of course, she has applied her good taste to decorating the small building where she opened her cafe.
This is one side of the wraparound porch. When it’s warm, you can hang out here and watch the world go by. In the 1920s, when this building was constructed, people did that. They sat and talked and gazed out at their neighborhoods. Sigh.
Notice the lovely containers, housing plants of various kinds – low-growing mostly.
Here’s the other side of that porch. I love the color she chose for the walls.
Inside, there’s a table with, among other things, this moss garden.
Also on the table, bok choy that she cut and plopped in a dish of water where it’s growing quite happily. Whenever she needs some leaves for a soup garnish she just snips them off.
Looking out through one of the windows, I saw more bok choy growing. In front of the yellow can on the right and barely visible, there’s a beet growing greens the same way. Creative, fun and useful, no? I can’t wait to see what she does next summer.
Digging RI 
Wow, that looks great. Is that the building that used to house the ice cream parlor? I’ll have to check it out.
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Yes, it’s the former Holy Cow.
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What a charming place. Was the food good?
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Really tasty, and home made by someone who knows what tastes good.
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Menu, please !!
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Squash soup, ginger chicken soup, various sandwiches, pesto and herb pasta, fresh-picked herbal yeas, cabbage apple slaw…..
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What a lovely and charming place! I bet her menu is interesting, too.
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It is, especially her soups herbal teas and sandwiches…
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Hi..I must say this was a delightful trip down memory lane of old…wish life was as n those times…life was a simple,,,tough,,,,,,enjoy your friends time it is nice to see a place open up like this one..hope it is successful… chats around he porch…lessons from our very own Dr. Kathy would be a nice addition….herb doc has lots of good info for sure.
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good idea about HerbDoc.
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Delightful in every way.
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Thank you!
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also rather taken with the colour she choose for the walls. I’m thinking of sea greens and teal blues.
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The owner has a definitely flare and innate sense of style. She would be successful as a floral designer, I think – with the emphasis on dish gardens and terrariums.
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