Everyday Living

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 451

~ July 4, Simple + Southern Sunday, Sunshine Cottage

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

PJ had the Sunshine Cottage festive and ready to celebrate the 4th of July. I know she has some patriotic ideas and a lot of red, white, and blue coming up tomorrow in Monday Morning Blooms, but I had to sneak a photo in today. Maybe I won’t be in too much trouble for jumping ahead. Happy Independence Day! Will you manage an extra long weekend with the holiday on Tuesday?READ MORE

Welcoming Summer With A Garden Tablescape

~ Blog hop, Summer, Sunshine Cottage, Tablescapes

Hello sweet friends. Are you ready for the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer? It has definitely arrived in my Appalachian Foothills with heat, humidity, and very little rain. I can’t complain because spring was cool and damp.

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭34‬:‭8‬ ‭

I am excited to join nineteen creative table stylists for a Summer Tablescape Blog Hop hosted by my friend, Rita from Panoply. You will find all of the links at the bottom of this post.

Summer always arrives early in northeast Alabama, but its official arrival is Wednesday, June 21st. I am getting a head start by welcoming summer with a garden tablescape.READ MORE

Celebrating Peonies

~ Flowers, Gardening, peonies, Sunshine Cottage

Happy Tuesday! After an unusually cool and wet March and April, we have a week of high 80’s and humidity, more normal for spring in the South.

“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭1‬ ‭

With our cooler spring, our peonies have performed way above my expectations! With more than one hundred blooms from our four bushes, I have enjoyed cutting and arranging a number of bouquets. I thought the Sunshine Cottage should be graced with a vase of peonies…READ MORE