Everyday Living

A Beach-Themed Tablesetting

~ Alfresco, Food & Entertaining, Monday Morning Blooms, Summer, Tablescapes

Happy July dear friends! I cannot believe 2024 is half over, can you? Hot and humid days continue in our Appalachian Foothills. But, it is the week that we celebrate Independence Day and we can almost guarantee it will be hot!

“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭121‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭(ESV‬‬

Many people will celebrate the 4th of July at the beach, boating on the lake, picnics at a park, or perhaps at home with family and friends! We will spend the 4th at home with Butch firing up the grill…and a freezer of home-made ice cream will definitely be on the menu!READ MORE

A Garden Table To Welcome June

~ Alfresco, Floral Arrangements, Flowers, Gardening, Monday Morning Blooms, Summer

Happy June dear friends!

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

A simple pleasure is found in setting a table in my garden on a late afternoon as the sun begins its journey to meet the horizon and the air starts to cool. A symphony of birdsong fills the air and the intoxicating fragrance of gardenia is carried on a gentle breeze!READ MORE

Lessons From My Mother

~ Monday Morning Blooms, Mothers Day, Spring, Tablescapes

Hello sweet friends! The month of May is my favorite spring month with all of its blooming beauty and fun celebrations! May often brings on heat and humidity in our Appalachian Foothills. This week we will be in the mid to upper 80’s, it will feel like summer!

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭30‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

“She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.””
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭27‬-‭29‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)READ MORE