Everyday Living

Zinnias: Summer’s Colorful Flower

~ Appalachian Foothills, Flowers, Gardening, Outdoors, Summer

Happy Thursday sweet friends. Whew…it has been a hot summer in our Appalachian Foothills and the heat continues! Prayers for our neighbors to our east who have been impacted by Debby.

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

I have a tall glass of sweet iced tea with a slice of lemon for your enjoyment as we venture out in the relentless August heat to view our garden’s most colorful and longest lasting flowers…zinnias.

It still amazes me that a few packets of seeds can give this much color and variety to the garden!READ MORE

A Sunflower Parade

~ Appalachian Foothills, Flowers, Gardening, Outdoors, Summer

Hello sweet friends and Happy Tuesday! The heat and humidity continue in our Appalachian Foothills, but it is expected because it’s just summer in the South!

“In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

Pour yourself a glass of iced tea and join me for a sunflower parade!

Anticipation builds as I look forward to the sunflower parade each year! I love capturing images of their large, happy, and sunny faces. Once they begin blooming I take a few photos almost every day.READ MORE

June Gardening In The South

~ Appalachian Foothills, Gardening, Summer

Hello sweet friends and Happy Tuesday! For the past two days it has hit 100 degrees and today promises the same. Add breezes, and no rain for a few weeks, and gardening is challenging right now in our Appalachian Foothills!!

“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)

Ordinarily, I would invite you to lace up your shoes and take a walk with me in the garden. However, pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea or lemonade and stay inside with the air conditioner!

Zinnias are blooming in three of our different garden spaces! Zinnias are one of our favorites, but unfortunately the Japanese beetles are loving them too! Another challenge!READ MORE