Everyday Living

Garden Therapy – Dreaming Of Spring

~ Flowers, Gardening, Spring, Summer

Hello sweet friends. After all of the cold weather, I am dreaming about all things gardening! Seeds have arrived…zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds and more!

“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭35‬:‭1‬-‭2‬a (ESV‬‬)

Find a cozy spot, grab a cup of coffee or tea, and join me for garden therapy in winter.

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Our Blooms Of Early Spring

One of the earliest blooming shrubs/trees is our Snowball Viburnum. The blooms are large, about eight to ten inches in diameter, and resemble snowballs. They are often mistaken for hydrangeas. The flowers start out lime green and then open to pristine white! You can see the changing of color in this photo.READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 580

~ Christmas, Gardening, Holidays, New Year's Day, Simple + Southern Sunday

“The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭89‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Are you ready to welcome 2026? No rush, there’s still 4 days (counting today) to get prepared.  In 1788,  Robert Burns took a traditional Scottish song and re-wrote it. His poem became the text, and in 1799, the poem was set to music using a traditional tune which became the standard. The song, “Auld Lang Syne”, is now sung to welcome in the new year in most English speaking countries around the world. In a loose literal interpretation, “For Auld Lang Syne” means “for the sake of old times”!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 570

~ Autumn, Fall, Gardening, Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday

“know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭4‬:‭39‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Mid-October has an advantage that will fade away overnight in two weeks. Right now I don’t have to get out and about so early to make my way to the fields east of the house to witness such an awesome start to the morning…like this one! But when standard time arrives two weeks from today, I will need to venture out an hour earlier than I did last week. I do wish we could leave the clock alone, one way or the other!READ MORE