A Southern Life: my take on traditions, food, sights and more.
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Southern Carnival Table!
Earlier this week, I posted about the beginning of the Carnival season that starts with Twelfth Night (the Epiphany) and ends with Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). Of course the end of Mardi Gras begins the season of Lent. So, with the beginning of the Carnival season beginning this week, I created a Carnival Tablescape to…
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Southern Projects – A Look Back
It has been really cold here this week, as I understand it has been in most of the country. We had quite a bit of snow this past weekend. It is a good time to stay inside and take a look back at some of our favorite projects of 2009 for Rhoda’s Party! Many of…
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Southern Carnival
As I mentioned yesterday, January 6th is the beginning of Carnival starting with Twelfth Night of the Epiphany. This is the celebration of the three kings visiting the Christ child. While some see the Carnival season as one of drunken parties and debauchery, to many it is actually a time of celebration of faith and…
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Southern New Year
Okay, out with the old, in with the new! I wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! All of the Christmas decorations are down, but you may not know it from the look of some things around here. Does this look like a Christmas tree to you? If you look closely, you can…
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Southern Daddy
Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday. Today, January 3rd would have been my daddy’s 72nd birthday. Many of you who have read my blog know that my daddy died at the age of 54 of cancer. I wrote…
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Southern Garden Dreams
I really used to dread January. After all of the color and celebration of the Christmas holidays, January just seemed so dull. What changed my mind about January was gardening! Yes, gardening in January. When I finally got around to enjoying gardening, I was in my late 30’s. As with most things, I got into…
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Southern New Year
Happy New Year and Blue Moon! Another year has passed and here we are moving in to yet another new one. I’ll have to say, as with so many others, this year has been a tough one here. However, I have learned, that nothing stays the same. In life, we have good times and bad…
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Southern Tables
What fun it is to set a beautiful table! What fun it is to see so many beautiful tables. Thank you so much to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting Tablescape Thursday. Throughout the year we get to be creative and share our ideas and see wonderful ideas from others. Here is…
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Southern Wanderings
While we were away, we enjoyed some beautiful things. If you missed yesterday’s post about the goats, be sure to check that out! Before the blizzard, we went out and saw some of the Christmas lights. Of course, we played Christmas music as we drove around looking at the lights. It just wouldn’t be the…
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Southern New Life
My husband and I and our little dog and cat have been traveling the last few days. We spent a couple of days with my mother and her wonderful husband in Oklahoma. The day after we arrived, a blizzard blew in! It made for a beautiful white Christmas, but unfortunately, many people were sliding off…
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Southern Trip
Hey everyone! I’ve been kind of out of pocket for a couple of days and just got back home about 30 minutes ago. I have some great pictures to share with you. I tried my hand at goat farming while I was away. Yes, you read that right. I’m working on a couple of posts…
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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. I’m not going back very far this week, because this past week has been so special. The celebration of the birth of the Son of God and the gift of salvation! This…
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Southern Scenes
A few scenes from around the holidays this year: Some Christmas candy with PINK divinity for for Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound! From Chester’s Dickens Village by Department 56 I love all the little vignettes. We had a very merry and white Christmas around here. I hope yours was wonderful as well. Today’s…
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Southern Merry Christmas!
Christmas day, what a blessing! It is snowing heavily where I am and I am so thankful to be safely inside. Please remember to pray for those who may still be on the road. Luke 2: 1 – 20 1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar…
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Southern Christmas Eve at Mama’s
Christmas eve at Mama’s house is special. We’ve set the table and will have a lot of fun laughing and sharing the special season of Christmas and honor the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ! I’ve got some technical issues on Mama’s computer (which being her techie daughter, I get to address tomorrow) so I’m…