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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 616

~ Nature, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Summer

“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

A September Morn with a little fog to start the day. Neil Diamond might declare in his song about a September Morning that they “danced until the night became a brand new day”, but I assure you we haven’t done that lately. Maybe now that September has arrived, we might plan to do that, but I’ve not mentioned it to Pam just yet! We had triple digit temps last week so nighttime is a little cooler!READ MORE

Welcoming Autumn, My Favorite Season!

~ Autumn, Blog hop, Fall, Food & Entertaining, Tablescapes

Hello September and welcome friends! Today is the first day of meteorological autumn! I choose to start celebrating now rather than wait three weeks for the autumnal equinox!

“Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.” Psalm‬ ‭74‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

September is the gateway to my “favorite” season! I know that all of my readers know that by now… but, I seem compelled to announce it quite often. Our summers can be extremely long in the South and this one has definitely been long and hot with this week bringing highs in the mid to upper 90’s.

I am excited to join thirteen table stylists for a Welcome Fall Tablescape Blog Hop, hosted by my lovely friend, Rita from Panoply. You will find all of the links for beautiful and creative fall tabletop inspiration at the bottom of this post.READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 615 Again

~ Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday

“The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭65‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Just a few hours before this photo was taken, the planet on which I am standing blocked the light from that which is rising and kept that light from shining on the full moon which just set below the horizon behind me. Run on sentence or not, you can’t tell me that creation and the Creator aren’t beyond astonishing and mind boggling! We watched the lunar eclipse which was completed about 6 hours ahead of this new day, a Friday morning, and the final weekend of August! Fortunately we had clear skies. Were you able to witness the eclipse at your location?READ MORE