Had to share this link to Garden & Gun online with their fabulous photo gallery of the snow that covered the South recently. Enjoy! http://gardenandgun.com/galleries/photos/southern-snow-january-2011

That’s right. The Christmas decorations are all gone and out come the Mardi Gras decorations! Are you ready for Carnival? More decorations to come! Thanks Susan for hosting: Today’s Lagniappe:  Slow Cooker Red Beans & Rice Something warm and yummy to start the celebration. 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 pound [...]

The last week of the year! Thought it would be a good time to look back at some of my favorite tablescapes of  the year. Actually, all of my favorites are from blogs that I visited this year for: I got a little behind on the settings around here. However, I did get a few [...]

Today is going to be a baking day here. Love to listen to Christmas music while I bake. It just really puts me in the mood. My very favorite Christmas song is Silent Night. It is what my mother and my sisters and I traditionally sing together every Christmas.  I think we will have to [...]

Thank you to everyone for your kind wishes while we were under the weather around here. I appreciate being missed! Today, I want to show you a Christmas table I did back when I first started blogging. I had not thought to post the pictures when I took them. I just liked the table and [...]

Recently, my mother and bonus father created this beautiful nativity. They ordered the pattern online. I love the simplicity of the silhouette. It looks so nice at night with a light shining on it. I’ll try to add some night time shots later. They were gracious in allowing me to borrow the pattern to make [...]