A Southern Life: my take on traditions, food, sights and more.
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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 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 to far at all today for a favorite. Not far at all, Just back to last Wednesday’s post with pictures of the December sky. Earlier, I talked about…
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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 Party!
What an exciting day! Marty’s Cloche Party at A Stroll Through Life and Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum and a first for me with Show and Tell Friday with My Romantic Home. Whew, this is going to be FUN!! I’ve been showing you pictures from my mother, sister and nephews homes this past week.…
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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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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like A Southern Christmas!
Merry Met Monday and Creative Monday! At our home, we generally wait a little later to decorate for Christmas. However, my mother and my nephew have already gotten off to a good start transforming their homes into Christmas wonderlands! Don’t you just love it when that happens? There is still some left to do but…
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Southern Sunday Favorite
Join Chari at Happy to Design forSunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and Red Writing for Twelve Weeks of Christmas. Enjoy your Sunday! What is the significance of the Christmas tree to Christians? The shape is a triangle – signifying the trinity and pointing up to God. Evergreen –…
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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…
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Southern Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from A Southern Life. Hope you have all had a wonderful holiday and the weekend will be peaceful and joyful! We have had so much fun here with all of the family. My sisters and I enjoyed singing together with my mother. Today’s Lagniappe: Black Friday Cocktail Something to enjoy after…
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Southern Thanksgiving Eve
On Thanksgiving eve, my mother and I did a lot of cooking so we could have as much done ahead of time as possible. After that was done, the rest of the family began to arrive. We prepared chili and all the fixins for everyone to have as they arrived. Easy and delicious and now…
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Southern Thanksgiving Readiness
Well, I think we are almost ready. The table is set, the turkey is thawing, the house is clean and Mama is here and we will be spending the day Wednesday cooking and making the final preparations. The rest of the family will arrive late on Wednesday and we will start the party! I am…
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Southern Thanksgiving Tips
It’s almost here! Whatever you are doing for Thanksgiving, I hope you will have a wonderful time and will make time to truly be thankful for all of your blessings. Here are a few tips from A Southern Life for Thanksgiving: 1. Make as much as you can ahead of time. It will save you…