Everyday Living

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

5 Year Blogiversary & Giveaway

~ Aerial Photogaphy, Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Gardening, Giveaways, Granddaughter, Outdoors, Travel

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends and welcome to Everyday Living’s five year blogiversary…I can’t believe it has been five years! Many of you began the journey with us, but so many have joined us along the way. We are forever grateful for you our readers. Without you there would be no blog. As we have shared our lives with you, many of you have shared your lives with us…prayer requests, celebrations, memories and much more. Most of us will never meet this side of heaven, but we share a beautiful virtual friendship.

Because we have the very best readers, we have a fun giveaway! Read how you can enter at the bottom of this post. Now let’s look back on a few memories.

Tablescapes Tuesdays have been weekly since the blog began. I have been setting tables and hosting dinners for many years learning from the best teacher, my beloved mother. When I first joined Facebook, I would occasionally share a tablescape and from so many encouraging comments, Tablescape Tuesday was born. I chose this one from the archives…autumn is my favorite season, so why not a box of autumn?!

You rarely see a peek into my kitchen, but this is where the day begins!READ MORE