Everyday Living

Simple + Southern Sunday No.251

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Gardening, Granddaughter, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ‭

The summer sunrise appears further south as it is about one third of the way from its northern extreme. Autumn is headed our way!

We love churches in country settings and Katy has a way of spotting them!READ MORE

Gardening With Limelight & Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangeas

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Outdoors, Summer

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:19-20‬ ‭

Happy Thursday dear readers! With our oppressive heat, I am saying hurry up autumn (although I know it is thirty more days)!! We have had several days that the thermometer has reached 100 degrees! There is something about these triple digits that make me yearn for cooler weather. Living in the Deep South, I will just have to wait.

With sprinklers running daily, the garden is in survival mode and looking a little spent. However, the limelights and vanilla strawberry hydrangeas are fairing well in spite of the weather and we are spotlighting them today. I won’t ask you to take a walk in the garden, just stay inside where you are cool and I will brave the heat to give you a little garden tour!

I have returned to the hydrangea farm several times since I last gave you a tour. It is now limelight season and Martha’s are beyond gorgeous! The ChromatiNet shade cloth keeps them in tip-top shape.


Martha has 1,500 limelights on the farm. These blooms will be harvested in September and will make their way to Japan.READ MORE

Late Summer Flowers & Memento – Monday Morning Blooms

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Monday Morning Blooms, Summer

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:1-2‬ ‭

Hello dear friends, I hope you had a most enjoyable weekend. Mine was a little toasty with 100 degree temperatures in our Appalachian Foothills! Aren’t we thankful for air conditioning?

It is the third Monday of the month which means Monday Morning Blooms with my inspiring and flower loving friends. Our most talented leader, Shirley is not with us today. Her schedule is hectic and she is busy with decision making for her new home. She is an amazing talent, so we are all eagerly awaiting for her house to be completed and to take the grand tour. Shirley will be back soon to share her floral love with us.

Please join me at the shaded picnic table for late summer flowers and a special memento. Be sure to read to the bottom of this post to find the winner of our giveaway.

I love this little area of trees with the split rail fence that My Renaissance Man built. The Rose of Sharon trees provide lovely lavender blooms as a backdrop for my late summer flowers.

The links for my sweet friends, Lidy and Mary, are at the bottom of this post!

You remember my lovely friend and her amazing hydrangea farm…she just happens to have a cousin that has a flower farm. She grows so many gorgeous blooms like dahlias, sunflowers, and gomphrena that are included in my arrangement. Are you familiar with gomphrena? It is the clover lookalike with bachelor button flowers that thrives in heat and poor soil. It is perfect for a cutting garden and I shall be planting it next year. From my garden, I cut limelights, zinnias, and “lavender perfection” dahlias for a bouquet of late summer flowers!!READ MORE