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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 605 – Happy Father’s Day

~ Aerial Photogaphy, Family, Fathers Day, Simple + Southern Sunday

“The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭23‬:‭24‬-‭26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Summer and Father’s Day have arrived in style and here are a few bright faces to greet you. Take a look and see if you see the “happy face” that a couple of bees helped to create while they were sipping a little early morning nectar-delight among the sunny flowers!READ MORE

Let’s Welcome Summer With 18 Tablescapes

~ Alfresco, Floral Friday, Flowers, Food & Entertaining, Summer, Tablescapes

Happy Tuesday sweet friends. Since this is the third Tuesday of the month it would normally be our Tea On Tuesdays. However, Mary and I moved this month’s tea to next Tuesday which is June 23rd. I hope you will join us and our special guest!

“He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭147‬:‭8‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

Summer officially begins this coming Sunday, June 21st. Let’s welcome summer with eighteen summer tablescapes to inspire and offer ideas for your summer entertaining! To visit the original posts, click on the highlighted links!

Welcoming Summer With A Garden Tablescape

The table was intentionally kept simple to allow the centerpiece of Hydrangea Arborescens ‘Invincible Spirit’ to get the attention it deserved. The ‘Cottage Rose’ tablecloth by April Cornell brings the English Country style to the garden table!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 604

~ Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Wildlife

“He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭33‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Not a sunrise, but the rise of our first sunflower of the season. Some of the sunflowers are so tall we may need a ladder to make photos. Or maybe a drone shot will work when all are blooming? I think the gold finches we’ve been seeing, mostly passing by, will start hanging around now that the sunflowers are beginning to bloom. They love the sunflowers. We are fond of them too!READ MORE