Everyday Living

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 603

~ Aerial Photogaphy, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Wildlife

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭27‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Amazing, a week of June has almost passed and summer is settling upon us here in NE Alabama. Autumn goods are already on store shelves, which frustrates me. I’ll get over it. After a slow start, a few rain showers have aided in bringing relief. Green and growing is now taking over, yet there are bare spots in the yard that are still slow to fill in!READ MORE

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