A Southern Life: my take on traditions, food, sights and more.
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Southern Mother’s
Whether you are Southern or not – Happy Mother’s Day. Check out my post of my mother’s sayings that was up earlier this week and also my mother’s lemon meringue pie recipes. Just Scroll through to see them. Enjoy and, again Happy Mother’s Day
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Southern Mama Stuff
I have mentioned in a past post my mother’s pie making ability. Today, I am re-visiting a past post displaying her wonderful talents: You my remember my mother and her pie making talents! Check it out for: Here is how she makes her crust for a 9 inch pie: 2 cups flour, sifted 1 teaspoon…
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Southern Mother’s Day
This Sunday, is Mother’s Day! What a wonderful idea to honor our mothers! You may remember that one of the pictures from one of my posts was chosen to represent a Mother’s Day Luncheon for an ad for the National Junior Auxiliaries Cookbook. So, here is the entire tablescape presentation that includes this picture from…
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Southern Sadness
Usually, I like to made visits to A Southern Life happy and uplifting. Today, I’m just kind of sad. Last week I posted about the terrible consequences of the oil rig explosion on the beautiful Gulf Coast. Today, I am shocked at the pictures coming out of Tennessee of the horrific flooding. I have many…
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Southern Reunions
What a day it has been. As I came home from running some errands, I found a beautiful chocolate lab running down the middle of my street dragging a blue leash. If you have read this blog, you know what a dog (and cat) lover I am. Well, the sweet dog came right to me.…
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Southern Outdoor Room
Between the rain, I have been outside creating another outdoor room/seating area. I need some blogger help. The umbrella I have is several years old. I am thinking about painting it with a weatherproof outdoor paint. Any suggestions? Here is what I created today. Ready for a new season here at A Southern Life. Any…
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Southern Sunday
What a beautiful Sunday this is! I’m itching to get out to my porch. We saw some beautiful yellow birds at the feeder this morning as well as cardinals and our ever present doves and blue jays. It is a very colorful world at the bird feeder! I’m reminded of a post from the porch…
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Southern Derby Day and Some Pink!
It is Derby Day! Time to run for the roses, but in my case it will be for the pinks! Ready with a mint julep on a pale pink napkin in front of the pink flowers. Where did I get the flowers? From the back fence! Aren’t they beautiful. Let’s take a closer look. Now,…
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Southern Shrimp
I’ve posted so many times about Southern Shrimp. I can’t begin to tell you how sad I am about the oil spill in the Gulf. I pray for the people who make their livelihood from the Gulf region that this will be resolved soon. I don’t know that much about the Gulf oil platforms. I…
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Southern Table in the Garden
As I have been working today, I have noticed the pink flowers pouring over the fence in the back. It reminds me of when I put in my garden last year as these flowers were blooming. Alas, I am not putting in my regular garden this year. I am gardening in pots. Too much going…
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Southern Blue Heron
Our friend Jim Gaston at Gaston’s White River Resort has been at it again. He runs a wonderful resort, but I think his true talent is photography! If you have never visited, you absolutely should! Check out their Facebook specials right now! Check out Jim’s great pics of the mighty Blue Heron on the White…
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Southern Strawberries
I love strawberries! I decided to try out an idea I had brewing in my brain this past weekend. I took the lemon-thyme cookie dough that I just loved and used it as a crust for individual tart pans. The dough made a beautifully flaky crust for my tarts with a nice lemony, thyme flavor.…
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Southern Outdoor Rooms
If you’ve been around A Southern Life for a while you know that I really enjoy being outdoors as much as possible. Outdoor rooms are the perfect place for me. What do you need to have an outdoor room? For me, all I need is a comfortable place to sit, a little shade and maybe…
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Southern Sunday
Recently I posted pictures of the steep hills that I encounter on my daily walks. These steep hills and long walks are made much more bearable by the beautiful scenery that I see as I pass by. Our lives are like that. Sometimes, we encounter steep hills but they are made bearable by trusting in…
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Southern Spring Showers
We have been enjoying days and days of sunshine, but as I look at my plants outdoors, I could see, they really needed rain. Watering is great, but sometimes, they just need a good soaking rain. Well, yesterday, last night and this morning – they got it! It is another beautiful day here in my…