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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 529 ~ Highlights Of 2024

~ Appalachian Foothills, Autumn, Everyday Living, Fall, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring, Summer, Winter

We are grateful to have been blessed with the days of 2024, and thankful for the privilege of sharing our Simple Southern Sunday’s with all of you. Including this post, we have shared 915 photos on SSS in 2024. Today we share highlights and thoughts from the past 52 Sundays!

“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭104‬:‭24‬ ‭ESV

Then came the morning…daybreak and twilight offer sights and sounds like no other time and trigger a thousand thoughts. There were so many sunrises to choose from this year that it seems unfair to the others, but this one from February has a story, so it wins the spot. This particular morning the temp was in the 20’s, and in order not to miss the timing, I rushed out in sweat pants and a tee shirt, returning to the house as an icicle 30 minutes later!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 522

~ Appalachian Foothills, Autumn, Fall, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring

“Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭100‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV

I came across another inviting spot by the river while hiking the other day. It was so inviting I decided to sit on this old log for a while. I’m always in a hurry and feel like I need to be doing something, but a few minutes here wasn’t a bad idea! Reminds me of lyrics in a country song by the group Alabama…”I’m in a hurry and don’t know why”!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 510

~ Alabama, Appalachian Foothills, Simple + Southern Sunday

“But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭79‬:‭13‬ (‭ESV)

It is now becoming noticeable that we are losing daylight. I didn’t sense it very much for the first few weeks after the summer solstice. In reality, the daily changes do start out small and begin to increase as we approach autumn, so I’m not just imagining! If I stand at the same spot along the fence where I did for this August sunrise, it will be interesting to note that by early September the sun will be rising to the right of the metal post…moving on down the fence line, heading south for the winter!READ MORE