Happy Thursday sweet friends. I hope you are having a lovely week. The heat and humidity returned on Tuesday to our Appalachian Foothills with a vengeance!
“I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
Psalm 119:11
With this oppressive heat and very little rain, I decided to share a garden post before everything becomes heat weary like me!
There is something old fashioned about gladiolas…they remind me of my grandmother’s garden!READ MORE
Happy Thursday, sweet friends. We have had gorgeous weather this week. The kind of weather that is perfect for outdoor work. Since RM has retired (sort of), he hasn’t had an idle moment. He has found so many outside projects that will keep him busy for the remainder of the year. My dear man never sits down, it just isn’t in his DNA!
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!”
Psalm 34:8
I have been spring cleaning, fluffing, and organizing in the Sunshine Cottage over the past few weeks. There is still more to do and it seems that is always the case. Come on in, it’s spring in the Sunshine Cottage!!
Since I love to play with dishes, the shelves give me opportunities to display dishware seasonally and for holidays. Portmeirion Botanic Garden dinner and salad plates, with their beautiful flowers and butterflies, are ideal for spring! Speaking of butterflies, RM has been seeing monarchs almost daily as they pass through on their migratory flight. So far, he has been unable to snap a photo.READ MORE
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy”
Psalm 96:11-12
A major clearing last year, mainly removing a thicket of privet, opened up our view of a wooded area east of the house. This gave us a much better view of this large tree that I have since named the “Tree of Reconciliation”. Many years ago this tree experienced a separation and a division occurred. At some point, probably after quite some time had passed, there was reconciliation and a coming together once again. It’s never too late!READ MORE