Month: June 2009

  • Southern Evening

    This weekend is a good weekend to have a couple of friends over to sit on the porch and have margaritas and a few eats. This Southwestern Cheesecake is a good choice to go with margaritas. It is a combination of a couple of recipes. You could use jalapenos instead of chilies or use a different kind…

  • Southern Rose

    It’s Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. Click on the pic to see more tablescapes. Today, I’m posting pics of a table that I set last year in the early spring. This was before I was blogging. It is funny that I already set my table and took pics. If I…

  • Southern Bunnies

    Welcome to Outdoor Wednesday, hosted by Southern Daydreamer! My neighbor across the street recently made a discovery. She was watering a little garden area in her front yard and these little baby bunnies hopped out. They weren’t too happy about getting wet! So, we shooed them back under the tree. We didn’t want any neighborhood…

  • Southern Garden

    Several years ago, I built this herb planter. It originally resided on a side porch. Now it is in my yard. The thyme that is hanging over and the thyme in the left corner have been there for about five years.  The rosemary really struggled this past winter with the ice storms. It has come…

  • Southern Morning Glory

    This is my Metamorphosis and Blue Monday with Between Naps on the Porch and Smiling Sally. This lovely tray bird feeder was made for me by my wonderful step father. If you have read my blog you may have met him. His name is Chester Ward and he and my mother married after the death…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    Another Sunday Favorite with Chari at Happy to Design. Click on pic above to see other favorites! I remember Sunday lunches when I was growing up fondly. When we got home from church we would set the table with the good china and all gather round the table. Often, we would have company and spend…

  • Southern Basil

    I worked in my herb garden yesterday. I love working in the herb garden. It is like aromatherapy. The smells of the thyme and rosemary and basil are heavenly. I am always happy to run across recipes that use these herbs in simple ways. One of my new favorites is those lemon and thyme cookies…

  • Southern Lunch on the Porch

    It’s Tablescape Thursday again with Miss Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. A lot of times, my life calls for meetings. When possible, I like to meet at my home where we can have privacy and meet in a relaxing atmosphere. It is amazing to me how much work you can get done when…

  • Southern Empty Nest

    As I reported on Monday’s post, the last of the robins has left the nest. The first baby robin left on Saturday morning. The remaining two robins thought about it all day on Saturday. Even thought the robin parents called to them, they didn’t get up the nerve on Saturday. On Sunday morning, my husband…

  • Southern Reader

    Have you noticed the new tab at the top of the page?  It is called Christi’s Reads. I am and always have been an avid reader. I wanted to share with you what I am reading now and what I have read in the past that I really enjoy. I would love to hear about…