Category: Southern Holiday

  • Southern Ash Wednesday

    Well, Mardi Gras was fun, but it is over now. The parades are done and gone are the bright costumes of purple, green, gold, red. Gone are the beads and boas. It is now Ash Wednesday. Now is the beginning of the Lenten season. A time of sacrifice and repentance. And, 46 days (40 days…

  • Southern Mardi Gras

    Well, it is here! Mardi Gras 2010 on Tuesday, February 16th. Cities all over the world will be celebrating with beads . . . parades . . . masks . . . and merriment preceded by Lent which is a time of sacrifice, lasting 40 days . . . ending with Easter. Wishing all of…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! It is Sunday and Valentine’s Day and the day before President’s Day and two days before Mardi Gras! Wow, that is a lot to celebrate! Thank you to Chari at Happy to…

  • Southern Valentine

    We have a winner of the Fabulous DonnaDots! The winner is . . . . Sarah at Hyacinths for the Soul! Congrats Sarah! Send me your mailing address and the pattern you would like and I’ll get it to Donna! Hope you all enjoyed Donna’s Fabulous DonnaDots! The first piece of jewelry my husband ever…

  • Southern Carnival

    As I mentioned yesterday, January 6th is the beginning of Carnival starting with Twelfth Night of the Epiphany. This is the celebration of the three kings visiting the Christ child. While some see the Carnival season as one of drunken parties and debauchery, to many it is actually a time of celebration of faith and…

  • Southern New Year

    Okay, out with the old, in with the new! I wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! All of the Christmas decorations are down, but you may not know it from the look of some things around here. Does this look like a Christmas tree to you? If you look closely, you can…

  • Southern Tables

    What fun it is to set a beautiful table! What fun it is to see so many beautiful tables. Thank you so much to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting Tablescape Thursday. Throughout the year we get to be creative and share our ideas and see wonderful ideas from others. Here is…

  • Southern Holiday

    What a fun week this has been. Seeing how everyone is celebrating Christmas! Something short and sweet (and spicy) tonight. Here is what is going on outside! I have more shots to share but, I’m trying to space them out this month. I’ll probably end up at the end of the month with dozens I…

  • Southern Ornaments

    An ornament party with Centsational Girl! Click to go to the Party Time for Deck the Halls with Thoughts From Over The Rainbow! – Every Tuesday It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for decorating and baking and caroling and celebrating the birth of Christ! Today, I want to share with you some…

  • Southern Party!

    What an exciting day! Marty’s Cloche Party at A Stroll Through Life and Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum and a first for me with Show and Tell Friday with My Romantic Home. Whew, this is going to be FUN!! I’ve been showing you pictures from my mother, sister and nephews homes this past week.…

  • Southern Sister Tour

    My sweet niece, Taylor, sent me some pics of her family’s home with their Christmas decorations.  Taylor is the oldest daughter of my little sister, Linda and her husband, Mark. Their beautiful younger daughter is Brenden. I wanted to share a few of the pictures that they sent. There will be more to come from…

  • Southern Thanksgiving Eve

    On Thanksgiving eve, my mother and I did a lot of cooking so we could have as much done ahead of time as possible. After that was done, the rest of the family began to arrive. We prepared chili and all the fixins for everyone to have as they arrived. Easy and delicious and now…

  • Southern Thanksgiving Readiness

    Well, I think we are almost ready. The table is set, the turkey is thawing, the house is clean and Mama is here and we will be spending the day Wednesday cooking and making the final preparations. The rest of the family will arrive late on Wednesday and we will start the party! I am…

  • Southern Thanksgiving Tips

    It’s almost here! Whatever you are doing for Thanksgiving, I hope you will have a wonderful time and will make time to truly be thankful for all of your blessings. Here are a few tips from A Southern Life for Thanksgiving: 1. Make as much as you can ahead of time. It will save you…

  • Southern Thanksgiving

    I can’t believe that it is really almost here! What a wonderful holiday Thanksgiving is. What a blessing it is for our nation to set aside a day to give thanks. In preparation, we have seen this: Go to this: And lots of Thanksgiving-y touches added to the house: Today, I decorated the table on…