Author: Christi Wharton

  • Southern Fun With Mirrors

    When we married, one of our gifts was a window that had been recovered from an old school. The panes had been filled in with mirrors. That window frame had seen a lot in its day and now it is living in our home. When I was in a creative mood (and when I had…

  • Southern Sunday

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! What a week it has been. Very busy and very, very hot! My favorite post today for Sunday Favorites is from July – when it was still hot but we got some…

  • Southern Summer Morning

    I’ve already been out to the Farmer’s Market this morning. Lovely tomatoes and Arkansas peaches – YUM! When we go home, I did a quick cleanup of the driveway before the heat get too unbearable. It is going to be over 100 degrees here AGAIN today! I really love Summer, but this is getting a…

  • Southern Heat – Part 2

    Wow, I had big plans this week, but it is still SO HOT!!!! Heat index of 110 today! So, no cooking again tonight. We have actually done some grilling this past week, but absolutely no turning on the oven. Remember last week’s takeout? Well, after working all day, I’m thinking of doing a repeat with…

  • Southern Talent

    I want to introduce you to a very talented photographer. Her current choice of subject is nature. Let’s look at some of her photographs. What makes this photographer so special? She just turned 9 years old! Quite talented, don’t you think? Happy Birthday sweet girl! Today’s Lagniappe:  Banana Split Ice Cream Cake Cool and yummy!…

  • Southern Salads

    It is salad time around here. Love something that tastes great, is fresh, healthy and you don’t have to turn on the oven! Now is the time to enj0y all those garden veggies and some great lettuce. But, of course, and good salad has to have the perfect dressing, right? I love to make vinaigrette. …

  • Southern Gourmet

    Hooray, in our little town, we now have a gourmet market. It is small, but it is wonderful! They are attached to our newest fine wine and spirits store. I love the name of the store. It is “The Peeps Little Bit Gourmet” – how great is that. This store is the dream of four…

  • Southern Hotness!

    Yikes! As I write this it is 98 with a heat index of 105! That is actually not as hot as it was supposed to be today. Of course, the day is not over. When it is this hot, turning on the oven is just not something I want to do. Actually, cooking with any…

  • Southern Figs

    Figs are in season right now and oh, how I love them. I used to have a fig tree. It was a brown turkey fig tree. It would bear a few figs in the late spring and then really start to flourish in the late summer, early fall. I tried moving it around with me…

  • Southern Summer Birds

    While summer is in full swing we have fewer birds at the feeder. There are abundant insects and berries for the birds to feast on. Now is a good time to make some plans for fall feeding and maybe just add a little extra for the few birds that do regularly visit the feeder in…

  • Southern Sunday

    It is time for another I wrote the following post when it was really hot. Guess what? It still is! Oh well, that is what summer is all about 🙂 From July 14, 2010: Southern Sunny Table It is hot, hot hot here! As I write this, the heat index is 101 – down from…

  • Southern Summer

    Wow, it has been crazy busy around here this past couple of weeks. I thought I would try to get by with combining posts and not actually posting every day. Oops, apparently not a good idea. In addition to my mother and my sister letting me know that they had noticed and missed a new…

  • Southern Blue Rhapsody

    Thank you so much Mama for this lovely tablescape that you put together this week. It has been a crazy week around here for me and you know I love to feature my wonderful mother and her wonderful talents. She set a table with Mikasa Studio Nova’s Blue Rhapsody for today. I love the blue…

  • Southern Skies

    Well, we have been looking for some rain around here. The clouds come along, but they haven’t gotten together to give us any rain lately to break this heat! I go outside and here is what I see:         I know it will cool down eventually! In the meantime, I enjoy the…

  • Southern Summer

    Late July and Early August are really hot around here and also very humid. It has been said that the humidity is what gives Southern girls their wonderful complexions! It may also be responsible for some really bad hair days. I don’t even try to fight the curls in the summer. Just not worth it.…