Tag: Southern Christmas
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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…
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Southern Tour of Christmas Lights
I love going out in the cold December nights to drive around and look at Christmas lights. Here are a few pics I snapped this past week: When we got home from checking out the lights it was such a clear and beautiful night that I decided to get a picture of the stars. After…
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Southern Christmas Tree
Oh, Christmas Tree Oh, Christmas Tree How lovely are thy branches For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas to all! Check…
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Southern Christmas Goodies
I’ve been really busy this weekend. I’ve turned this: Into this: Now, we can enjoy time with our family with the goodies and their wonderful loving company. What could be better than that? I’ll be posting Christmas things all week. Hope you’ll come back! Merry Christmas!!! Today’s Lagniappe: Broccoli Gratin After all those sweets, I…
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Southern Christmas Visits
et’s do a little more visiting tonight with some of the family and see what kind of Christmas decorations they’ve got going on. First, we’ll check out an outside picture from Mama’s house. Verry pretty! Let’s go inside and have a look at their tree: Oh, and are those nutcrackers up on the shelf? Hmmm,…
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Southern Christmas Cookies
I love Christmas cookies and candy. They are fun to make and even more fun to eat. We can worry about the pounds in January! These are a couple of my favorite cookbooks for Christmas treats. Peppermint Meringues 2 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 1/2 cup sugar 6 drops red food coloring (optional) 1…
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More Southern Christmas
In 9 days it will be Christmas! Can you believe it? I can’t. We have plenty of decorations around here, but, alas, no large tree. We love the large trees but we just have a little one this year. We love to visit with family that have decorations! Here is some more from Mama: It’s…
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Southern Furry Friends
Today, for Pink Saturday, I want to show you a couple of special Christmas Stockings in our home. There are no children in our home, but we still hang stockings, and, we fill them. One of my favorite stocking stuffers was from my husband. The year had been pretty lean and we really didn’t have…
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Southern Home Tour
It is so much fun to see all the Christmas decorations. In the store windows, on the street, and in the homes of people we love as well as our own homes. When the days are short, it certainly brightens up not only the landscape, but our moods as well (at least mine)! It is…
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Southern Party at the Mansion
What mansion would that be? The Palace on the Prairie, the Marland Mansion in Ponca City Oklahoma. My mother and her husband, Chester hosted a party for all the church staff in the Kay Baptist Association at the Marland Mansion this week. Chester is the Director of Missions for the association. They have had this…
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Southern Holiday
What a fun week this has been. Seeing how everyone is celebrating Christmas! Something short and sweet (and spicy) tonight. Here is what is going on outside! I have more shots to share but, I’m trying to space them out this month. I’ll probably end up at the end of the month with dozens I…
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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 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…