Category: Southern Living

  • Southern Sandwich

    Nothing fancy today. I was inspired by this beautiful Arkansas tomato and the basil growing in my garden. I toasted some thin white bread and added some good mayo and a couple of slices of avocado (since I had it I may as well use it!) and voila! A tasty little lunch! Added some cold…

  • Southern Bit of Purple

    It’s time for Tablescape Thursday once again with Susan from Between Naps on the Porch. You’ve seen these dishes before but today, I wanted to bring out the purple in them. I really enjoyed the bit of purple. Hope you did too. Go see Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for more tablescapes. .…

  • Southern Farmer’s Market

    Yesterday, I showed you the blueberries that I got at the local farmer’s market. For Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer, I wanted to show you some more of the farmer’s market. Hope you are enjoying fresh local produce from your garden or farmers market or your local grocery store! . Today’s Lagniappe:  Blackberry Avocado…

  • Southern Blueberries

    It’s a three for one Tuesday. Check out the fun blogs with great recipes and ideas that we are joining with today at the end of this post! I went to the farmer’s market recently and ran across these beauties: These were grown locally and looked and tasted wonderful. Blueberries are known as a “super…

  • Southern Marine

    Today, I want to introduce you to my nephew, Bryan. Bryan is a Marine. He is not actively serving, but, I learned early on, “once a Marine, always a Marine.” The metamorphosis here is what happened to him at boot camp. They took a bright, energetic, clever boy and made him into a bright, energetic, clever man.…

  • Southern Watermelon

    This coming Sunday, summer is officially here! Nothing says summer to me more than watermelon. I remember, as a kid, eating ice cold watermelon on hot summer evenings. We always ate it outside since it can get kind of messy. Every time I eat watermelon, it brings back good memories of those simpler times and…

  • Southern Drinks on the Porch

    You may remember, Monday, I mentioned that last Saturday night a few friends came over for drinks on the porch. Well here are the pics for Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. I am always looking for inspiration and I get so much from all of you. Here is the inspiration…

  • Southern Stroll in the Yard

    We have had a lot of rain lately. This afternoon after the rain, I took a stroll through the yard and snapped a couple of pics for Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer. Okay, so here we go for the stroll. Can’t wait to harvest some of the vegetables out of the garden. They are…

  • Southern Thunder Storm

    The robin babies have been back! You can see how young they are because the red breast is not really real red yet. They sit on the fence and the mother (or many father) bird gets some seed from the feeders and goes to the fence to feed them.

  • Southern Red, White and Blue

    June 14th – Flag Day, July 4th – Independence Day. This is the time of year that we all want to bring out the flag to fly in front of the house and celebrate our independence. Here in Mountain Home, Arkansas, we will be celebrating again this year with the 10th annual Red, White and…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    This post was published last December. It tells about a trip I had to Columbus, Mississippi back when I was doing training around the country for a software company. Traveling is a pleasure when you meet such great people in beautiful places. The South is famous for its hospitality. I think in all my travels,…

  • 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…