Everyday Living

Celebrating Mothers With Peonies

~ Floral Arrangements, Flowers, Monday Morning Blooms, Mothers Day, Spring

Happy Monday and welcome sweet friends! This coming Sunday, May 10, is Mother’s Day which is always a special day for our family!

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭30‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

Our picnic table next to the woodlands is often used in springtime for tablesettings while we wait for the garden to fill in and bloom. I have used this area for many Mother’s Day tablescapes. We recently purchased a new picnic table because those pesky squirrels have been chewing on our older one and would often spread out their meal and never bother to clean up the mess! It was moved a half mile through the woods to find its new home by the river. In case you missed our first picnic, you can see it here.READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 598

~ Birthdays, Flowers, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Hello May! The first day of the month arrived with a lot of clouds but a brief break occurred at sunrise. It was a cool, quiet morning with the exception of a coyote yapping at me from over the hill. He knew I was around and had no intentions of revealing himself. We had plans for later in the day and hoped for sunshine. The day remained mostly cloudy, but that did not change our plans!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 597

~ Birthdays, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring

“The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Happy final Sunday of April! It was 9 years ago this week that we made our first trip to The Swag in North Carolina. It has become an absolute favorite. We have visited a total of 6 times, and when I pulled out this throwback from that initial visit, thoughts of going again prompted some serious discussion!READ MORE