Everyday Living

Early Spring Garden

~ Gardening

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17:7‬ ‭

Happy Thursday, sweet friends!  Finally, after many twists and turns with our weather, it’s finally time to step out into the garden!  If you have been following our Everyday Living for a while, then you will remember that we started building our little haven in the backyard in the late spring of 2015.  And if you are a new reader, then we want to welcome you to the place that we spend most of our time when the weather allows!  You will find us here often…eating alfresco, weeding the flowerbeds, and just enjoying the sunshine!  Since the weather is beautiful here in the Appalachian Foothills today, let’s take a little walk through the early spring garden!

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 The color of the Sunshine ligustrums against the Bloodgood Japanese Maple is amazing!
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Tablescape Tuesday: Espresso & Biscotti

~ Food & Entertaining, Gardening, Spring, Tablescape Tuesday

 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91:1

Happy Tuesday dear friends!  Lately, it seems that we are always talking about the weather.  Checking my Instagram feed over the past few days, I see snow in different parts of the country.  We were most fortunate Saturday morning to escape frost with the temperatures hovering near freezing !  I am sure when it is ninety-five degrees and ninety percent humidity, I will be wishing for cold weather.

With my Lady Banks Roses still in bloom, I set up a little table under the arbor and enjoyed some “me time”!  If you missed last week’s Floral Friday, Under The Rose Arbor, you can check it out here.  Espresso and biscotti, anyone??

Espresso & Biscotti Alfresco Tablescape 
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Espresso & Biscotti Alfresco Tablescape  The floral April Cornell tablecloth was the inspiration for my setting and was a recent TJ Maxx purchase.
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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 177

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Outdoors, Spring

“For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him…

  …He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
    he was despised, and we esteemed him not…

  …Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:2-4

  Lake Gadsden offers a tranquil late afternoon scene!READ MORE