Over the past week, our family has been grieving the death of my Daddy. The town of Pontotoc in Northeast Mississippi that I will always call “home” has embraced my family with their prayers, love, and comforting presence. Beloved as a Father, Grandfather and friend, his 48 year healing ministry as a family physician is […]
Southerners tend to regard their porches as the soul of their homes! Southern porches, where “real living” takes place, just seem to be etched with memories. Whether childhood memories take us back to shelling peas with a grandmother or just reading a book or having a meditative quiet time, many regard their porches as one […]
In January, 2012, a dear friend brought me a thornless, climbing rose at a local garden center here In Dothan. I had been feeling a little blue as the second anniversary of my Mother’s death had come, and she felt that a rose would be the ideal memorial gift because of my Mother’s celebrated rose […]
Kathleen Rane’s enchanting garden is truly a place to relax, meditate, and bask in the overwhelming splendor of God’s creation. The Ranes moved into their home around ten years ago, and Kathleen has truly created nothing short of her own Eden! At every twist and turn of the garden paths, there is an idyllic scene […]
I continually marvel at God’s beautiful gifts of nature, and this year He is shining all over the lovely Limelight hydrangeas in my garden. I have been blessed to share them on several occasions this summer, and Nelda Northcutt created a magnificent altar arrangement using some of the Limelights this morning at Episcopal Church of […]
After bringing a bushel of succulent Cherry Creek peaches beaches from Mississippi back to my home in Alabama last week, there have been ample opportunities to eat them, cook with them, share them with friends, and, of course, to design tablescapes with them! The ones below are casual tablescapes done on our back porch area […]
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