Everyday Living

Early Spring Garden

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Spring

Hello sweet readers! Spring is in full swing in our Foothills after our cold temperatures last week. With early spring the pollen always makes its appearance, and my allergies are raging! So strange, I never had any seasonal allergies until a few years ago. Does that come when you reach a certain age?

“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬

Gardening is also in full swing. Let’s take a short walk and see what is going on in early spring!

 

Those that have followed a long time know that this bronze statue is the central feature of the garden. I have mentioned several times that it is actually a fountain. It found a new purpose when it moved from the front landscape to the garden…RM couldn’t be happier!

Candytuft surrounds the statue and it has been unusually pretty this year. The frost didn’t seem to bother it.READ MORE

A Mini Garden In The Sunshine Cottage

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Monday Morning Blooms

Happy March sweet friends! Can you believe it is only twenty days and spring will officially begin? I think most of us are ready to welcome the new season with open arms! Sometimes March can bring bad weather to our Appalachian Foothills. The ever dreaded tornadoes are most prevalent in the months of March and April. I will never forget the worst snow storm in my lifetime that occurred on March 12, 1993. We had over a foot of snow at our house with drifts of four to five feet. We were without power and water for six days. I have certainly felt for our Southern neighbors who recently experienced snow, ice, and outages.

“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:24‬

Being it is the first Monday of the month, welcome to Monday Morning Blooms with my blogging friends. We are missing our sweet Shirley at Housepitality Designs. She is taking care of her precious ninety five year old mom who is staying with her. Shirley will be back with us as soon as she can.

I am back in my little sanctuary, Sunshine Cottage, for a little bit of gardening!

You will find the inspiring floral links for Lidy and Mary at the bottom of this post.READ MORE

My Gardening Journal

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening

Hello sweet friends. I hope you are well and are enjoying this last week of January. On Monday night there was a devastating EF-3 (150 mph winds) tornado in the Fultondale area of Jefferson County with a loss of life, multiple injuries, and homes and businesses that were totally destroyed. This is about sixty miles from where we live. Please join us as we pray for our fellow Alabamians that were terribly impacted by this storm.

“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:18‬ ‭

January is the month that I really begin thinking about our garden. RM and I are planning some expansion this year and we shall take you along as our ideas begin to take shape. There is much gardening work to be done around the Sunshine Cottage and that is definitely in our plans. Blogging provides a beautiful way to journal the progress of the garden, its successes and failures. Let’s open the journal and take a look!

Click on the highlighted links to view the original posts.

 

The snowball viburnum bushes are one of the first to produce lovely blooms in March. The two very large bushes are not officially part of our garden space, but they do make a grand showing each year!READ MORE