Category: Southern Living
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Southern Christmas Tree
Oh, Christmas Tree Oh, Christmas Tree How lovely are thy branches For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas to all! Check…
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Southern Christmas Goodies
I’ve been really busy this weekend. I’ve turned this: Into this: Now, we can enjoy time with our family with the goodies and their wonderful loving company. What could be better than that? I’ll be posting Christmas things all week. Hope you’ll come back! Merry Christmas!!! Today’s Lagniappe: Broccoli Gratin After all those sweets, I…
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Southern Memories
A Christmas memory for Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound! The house I grew up in as a young child was near our local college. Every year around Christmas, the college put up a display with a large string of lights in the shape of a Christmas tree and on top of one of…
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Southern Fun in the Kitchen
Let’s have some fun in the kitchen for Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum and a first for me with Show and Tell Friday with My Romantic Home. Some of the best recipes I have found come on the label of the package for one of the ingredients. I love the chocolate chip cookie recipe…
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Southern Christmas Visits
et’s do a little more visiting tonight with some of the family and see what kind of Christmas decorations they’ve got going on. First, we’ll check out an outside picture from Mama’s house. Verry pretty! Let’s go inside and have a look at their tree: Oh, and are those nutcrackers up on the shelf? Hmmm,…
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Southern Christmas Cookies
I love Christmas cookies and candy. They are fun to make and even more fun to eat. We can worry about the pounds in January! These are a couple of my favorite cookbooks for Christmas treats. Peppermint Meringues 2 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 1/2 cup sugar 6 drops red food coloring (optional) 1…
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Southern Furry Friends
Today, for Pink Saturday, I want to show you a couple of special Christmas Stockings in our home. There are no children in our home, but we still hang stockings, and, we fill them. One of my favorite stocking stuffers was from my husband. The year had been pretty lean and we really didn’t have…
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Southern Party at the Mansion
What mansion would that be? The Palace on the Prairie, the Marland Mansion in Ponca City Oklahoma. My mother and her husband, Chester hosted a party for all the church staff in the Kay Baptist Association at the Marland Mansion this week. Chester is the Director of Missions for the association. They have had this…
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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…
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Southern Christmas by the Fire
I’m finally getting around to getting a little decorating done around here. I started with this wreath in the kitchen. This wreath is decorated with an assortment of old pieces of silver flatware. The flatware is getting a little tarnish these days. There are also a couple of special ornaments on this wreath. If you…
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Southern Memories
A Christmas memory? Oh, so many it is hard to narrow it down. How about this one. Those are kind of peachy pink pajamas aren’t they Beverly? This was taken in 1967 (yes I am that old). From left to right that is my little sister Linda, my big sister Tammy and me with the…
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Southern Fireside Supper
It has been a really busy week and the weather turned sharply cooler today. Time to stay in and have a cozy supper by the fire for today’s edition of Tablescape Thursday. I started with a small table in front of the fire. So glad I got a red tablecloth. It has had so many…
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Southern December
Oh, the December nights! Just this past Monday I was talking about how my high school music teacher talked about how special the December sky was! Here is proof! Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven…
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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…
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Southern Pink Saturday
Back in my single days, I decorated with pink a lot. The comforter on my bed was pink floral, my couch was a peachy pink and white stripe, I had art that was framed with pink mats. I was and am a girly girl. These days, I don’t impose so much femininity on my dear…