Everyday Living

The Garden Welcomes June

~ Alfresco, Floral Arrangements, Flowers, Monday Morning Blooms, Tablescapes

“Hello sweet friends, I am happy that you are here as we welcome the month of June and the first day of meteorological summer!

“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭42‬:‭1‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

As I have often said, the garden is my favorite place to set a table. Since gardening is a big part of our lives, I enjoy setting an alfresco table among the flowers and the trees! It was a bit challenging because of pop up showers and cloudy skies. I am not complaining, we desperately needed the rain for which I am thankful. I was surprised when viewing my photos that I had captured the bee in flight!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 602

~ Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬


Welcome to our Sunday and the final day of May. Were you able to view the full Blue Moon last night? It is a bit different for us to begin a post showing our old, worn out, welcome mat that sits at the patio door where no one goes in and out but the two of us. A close look will reveal the story. There is a real, live, pink million bell growing from the crack between the steps and the patio. We don’t have any pink million bells this season anywhere close to the patio. We believe, like the one at the front walk earlier, it must be from a plant that we had last year.??? The neat thing is that the bloom is a perfect color match with the mat, and you wouldn’t notice it just passing by!READ MORE

A Walk In The Spring Garden

~ Flowers, Gardening, Spring

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

Our weekend was a rainy one, with rain most of yesterday.
We would normally be disappointed with a rainy holiday, but the rain was much needed so we did not complain. We found ourselves and our garden in a severe drought situation which required a lot of watering in April and May. Very unusual for early spring, this stressed plants and slowed progress for new and established plants alike. Because of cool nights, we also sowed seeds a little later than normal.  
Join me on a garden walk!

“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

Sarah Bernhardt is one of the world’s most beloved peonies and a favorite of mine.READ MORE