Stelle

06/02/2026

Peg planted a wildflower garden and it is stunning. Picture does not do it justice.

05/24/2026

A birthday dinner at Murray Tavern. Chef is masterful, he talked Italy with John, and my favorite, someone wanted fettuccine Alfredo, he said that’s not Italian, (it is, so a tease). He gifted our birthday girl with a really nice bottle of Italian wine. Good times in small towns. The train goes through Clifton about every 20 minutes, we saw The City Of New Orleans on its way south. Beautiful sunset on the prarie.

05/23/2026

Stelle

05/19/2026

Lindsay, our most recent resident of Stelle discovered Murray’s in Clifton. A town until now we only went to for the Dairy Queen child size dipped cone. The story of Murray’s alone is so sweet and amazing. We went with the Bryan’s, the owner who opened the restaurant after retiring from a successful career in restaurants, with his son who opened the Tavern side first. Born in Italy, he has the tomatoes from Naples, the wine, from Naples and he learned to cook from his mother. He showed us the tomato can so we would be sure to get these, where I am not sure. It’s all about the food. His wife does amazing pastries and the cannoli was delicious, Lindsay brought us pastries the first time she went. I think he said he wanted simple and Clifton fits that bill. Our new favorite place. Tell them Lindsay sent you. Bring the cannoli, leave the need for a quick meal, it’s made from the heart not the freezer. When Jeff told him about his vineyard in Stelle we were gifted with wine from the Castillo near Naples. A treasure.

05/15/2026

Kassandra and Clover stopped to say hello. Clover is gorgeous and really big.

05/09/2026

Plant Sale and Happy Hour in the Vineyard. Heather’s plants, seeded and raised in her happy place. CSC eggs, appetizers made from last year’s bounty, being inspected by Kitty Bell. So many people, so many plants… thank you Bryan’s for the loan of your beautiful vineyard. More on sale today.

05/07/2026

Sunset and coming back to Stelle. Thank you Angela for the sunset.

05/06/2026

Went to visit Heather before her greenhouse babies are sold. Waved to Angela (in the vineyard) who was on her way to the burn pile. Friday 4:30 to 7:00 Plant Sale in the vineyard.

05/06/2026

05/05/2026

Heather’s Plants will be on sale this Friday in the vineyard from 4:30 to 7:00. She has been talking to her babies since January.