Category: Southern Living
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Southern Entertaining Plans
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2 The holidays are upon us. Only a few more weeks until Thanksgiving and then Christmas and New Years are right behind. It seems like just yesterday we were enjoying the long summer days. Well, November…
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Southern November
A quick item before the regularly scheduled post: Are you wondering what to do with all that LEFTOVER Halloween candy? ANSWER! Soldiers’ Angels will ship it to the troops for you After Halloween has come and gone: the costumes are put away, the kids have come down from the sugar high, the jack-o-lantern is starting…
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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! This post is originally from October 20th. Just a walk around the neighborhood seeing God’s beauty. Whenever I go for a walk, I am grateful for so many things. I am always…
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Southern Soup Craving
I had some tomato soup for lunch today. As I was eating it, I was reminded of how much I loved the tomato basil soup at la Madeleine. Oooh, it is so good. It is thick and creamy and so, so yummy. Just what is needed on a rainy fall day. La Madeleine has 60…
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Southern Beauty
My beautiful mother sent me these pics and I am so happy to share them with you. The mums in Mama’s whiskey barrel are all volunteer. They have been coming back from last year now! The petunias have been coming back since two years ago. Aren’t they pretty. She is not even sure where they…
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Southern Spooky Eats
It’s almost here. Halloween! Let’s try a bunch of “spooky” food this week. Spider Bites * 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet morsels * 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter * 6 cups pretzel sticks Place parchment paper on baking sheet; set aside. In a large glass microwave-safe bowl combine chocolate chips and peanut butter. Melt on high…
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Southern Haunting
A change is in the air. I can feel it and when I look around the neighborhood, I can see it. Something is afoot here! The world is metamorphosing even as I live and breath. I’m not sure what is going on but it is really scary around here. Could it be? I think it…
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Southern Walk
This past weekend, the weather was so beautiful. After the football games, my husband, the dog (Bailey) and I took a walk in the neighborhood. I took along the camera to capture some of the Autumn beauty. A little outdoor red for Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer and Rednesday! with It’s a Very Cherry…
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Southern New Orleans
If you followed my anniversary posts, you saw that part of the honeymoon was spent in New Orleans (the rest in Jamaica). New Orleans, the city that care forgot, the big easy, the crescent city. So many names, so little time. I loved the music, the smells, the feel of New Orleans. Come with me…
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Southern Frost
It’s time for Met Monday with Between Naps on the Porch. And Blue Monday at Smiling Sally’s We had our first frost of the season this morning. Now, we aren’t supposed to have another freeze in the 10 day forecast (who knows after that), however, I’ve been making some plans for my outdoor plants. You…
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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! This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 This was originally posted April 28th, 2009: Yesterday, I wrote about how I…
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Southern Weekend
It will be a football weekend around here with the OU/Texas and Arkansas/Florida games. We may have a little sun, which will require us to get out of the house (since it has been raining forever!). Game days call for easy and yummy recipes. Baked Potato Soup 3/4 cup chopped Leek, washed well and drained…
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Southern Chili Night
It’s Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch! It has been cool and rainy and dreary here this week. Days like this make me want to stay in and cook and just be all warm and cozy. That is where this tablescape came from. I fixed a pot of chili and set…
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Southern Red October
In between the frequently rainy days, we have had some nice ones. Everything is really starting to take color. A beautiful red October. Then there is this: These are growing all over the place. They are the weeds whose young leaves are used in poke salat (salad). The berries are gobbled up by the birds,…