Everyday Living

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 337

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring

“Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭36:5‬ ‭

This is our country road and it sometimes takes us home…but most of the time we use it to travel from the lower pasture to the upper pasture (as I tend to call them).

Speaking of the lower pasture, the daisy fleabane that pops up every year in this section has a pink/lavender touch to the petals as opposed to white petals on most plants. I wondered, like hydrangeas, if soil acid content was responsible.  I discovered there are several varieties of fleabane which contributes to the color variations. And such a strange name…fleabane. Did you know that in days gone by it was believed this plant, when dried, would repel…you guessed it…fleas!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 336

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Simple + Southern Sunday, Spring

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭118:24‬ ‭

Welcome to my morning, welcome to my day…He’s the one responsible, He made it just this way! 
(A little combination of my words and those of John Denver)

Our mayapple colony survived the winter and is thriving on the hillside where we find them each year.READ MORE

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