Tag: Southern Living

  • Southern Frugal Friday in the Garden

    This is the weekend I put in my garden – starting today. I’ve planted my seeds, tended the seedlings, transferred them into bigger pots and now, I’m ready for the real deal. I will be tilling the plot, getting rid of the grass and weeds, amending the soil, making rows, then TA DA!!!, planting the…

  • Southern Tablescape by Mama

    Well, this week I have been planning my Southern dream garden, my beautiful shrubs, my passalong plants and my herbs. Today’s tablescape is by Mama. She has beautiful Blue Danube dishes that were her mother’s. She used her dark blue tablecloth and added yellow tulips in a beautiful blue vase and yellow candles in her…

  • Southern Garden Herbs

    Still working on the dream garden. It must have herbs. Lots and lots. I have always loved growing herbs. In addition to cooking with herbs, I have enjoyed growing herbs to connect to a history of herb use for all sorts of things. I searched out books on how traditionally people have used herbs for…

  • Southern Pass Along Plants

    Still building that dream garden. I would love to have lots of plants that I could pass along. Maybe I’m just dreaming that someone would pass all of these along to me and then I could pass them along 🙂 I’ve been told you should not thank someone for a pass along plant (bad luck…

  • Southern Garden Favorites – Shrubs

    One of my favorite gardening books is The Southern Gardeners Book of Lists. In this book there are lists of all kinds – trees that flower, shrubs that do well in shade, perennials with a long blooming time and on and on. This week, I’m making my own lists of what I would have in…

  • Southern Frugal Friday on the Porch

    To wrap up a week on the porch, here are some ideas of things to look for at garage sales and flea market for your porch. I’m sure many of you have fabulous ideas you could add for inspiration. Here is what I came up with: Knock out the seat, add a favorite plant and…

  • Southern Tablescape Thursday on the Porch

    We have been enjoying the porch all week. If you’ve missed it, check this weeks posts on A Southern Life. Today, we’ll have lunch on the porch. Yes, I braved the wind. Sorry, it wrinkled the tablecloth a little, but, those things are okay when you are enjoying the porch. Y’all check out how my…

  • Mama’s Southern Porch

    Here is another great “guest” post from Mama. Today, she tells us about her memories of the porch. After reading all the comments about porches it brought back memories of my childhood.  We had a big cement front porch, a porch swing and two views of the two streets since we lived on a corner.…

  • More Southern Porch

    Here is a picture of the dogwood branches that I had originally planned to use for my Easter brunch tablescape. The table on the porch is big enough for them but the wind was not cooperating. I caught the branches and turned the whole thing over and, of course, spilled water on my tablecloth. I…

  • A Southern Porch

    A porch is very important to Southerners. Even if we don’t have a porch ourselves, we tend to gravitate to someone who does or remember a favorite porch from our childhood. I’ve talked before about sitting on my grandmother’s porch helping her snap beans. That is a favorite memory.

  • Southern Dove

    I was snapping some pics this morning and happened to notice this dove. I have doves living near by that visit my bird feeders. I love how the treat me to their soothing coos at the end of the day. When I fill my bird feeder, I always sprinkle some extra seed on the ground…

  • Southern Holy Week

    Early this year, I wrote a post about my 2009 predictions. One of them was that with the economic down-turn, people would get back to basics. This week is a good opportunity to do just that by enjoying the beauty of Easter. Just this past weekend, our city held an Easter egg hunt in the…

  • Southern Frugal Friday

    Last week, I posted a “Frugal Friday” post and said I needed more sources for online coupons. Well, Miss Theresa at Take A Sentimental Journey was kind enough to let me know a great source for coupon information and other great money saving ideas. Check out Hazelruthe’s blog post on coupons. I’ve also found some…

  • Southern Thursday Tablescape

    Another tablescape hosted by Between Naps on the Porch. Today’s tablescape is “coffee on the porch.” As you can see, my little doggie, Bailey, decided he liked the chair (or maybe he just wanted to be in the pics, the little ham). The coffee set is one that I’ve had for several years. It isn’t…

  • Southern Random Things

    I’ve read several of these “random things about me” posts and have always found them very interesting. I was asked to write one myself and I’ll have to say it was kind of fun to write.  So, here it is, 25 random things about me. Probably more than anyone wants to know 🙂 1. I…