Friends! I call you friends because we talk…ya know? About all kinds of things, which is why my main category on this blog is called “Confessions-Over the Hedge. Please tell me that I enlighten you. Humor me. Because there was a time, when I wondered if I would ever make a difference in this ole’…
It is Monday! It is Link Party Time! And it is too hot to linger for too long so I will get right to the choices I made last week. It was difficult as there were so many wonderful posts but I will start with colorful interiors. Amber from follow the yellow brick home has…
Hello Calamity Jane!!!! I have missed you. I remember the first time I saw you many years ago. It was Dollar night at the Drive In Theater. You haven’t forgotten Dollar Night at the Drive-In, have you? Dollar night, which meant a carload of people got into the movie, usually a double feature, for only…
Stop popping up at me! No, not you my dear readers, but those crazy pop ups that appear in my “feed” and interrupt my reading of very, very, very important Google articles. Example…see the top three pop ups I encountered today, while attempting to read a news feed. Ok, I confess, maybe “Top Ten States…
New Mexico Ham and Swiss bundles…Say What? I hear ya friends…Ham and Swiss bundles with broccoli were first introduced to me at a stoneware party (Pampered Chef) many years ago … ….AND, they did NOT resemble anything Mexican. But they were good. Well, it could have been that I was starving and tired of looking…
Last week, I was reminded of an old Southern song about Summertime. Especially a HOT summertime, much like we are having here in the Southwest corner of Florida. The George Gershwin lyrics go something like this: “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high One of these mornings…
We have had some really hot weather the last week. The Captain and I not only had an impromptu picnic at Bimini Lake this week, we then hosted our monthly church group at Rosen Park and let me tell you that it was really hot at 5:30. However, the weather gave us a break and…
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? You know, the dishes are done and the kitchen all cleaned after supper and you are just minding your own business…. Propped up in bed with your feet higher up on pillows….thumbing through an old issue of Southern Living magazine and you see a picture of…
Hello dear readers….you know the drill, it is Monday and that means it is link party time. I hope everyone has had a wonderful Memorial Day week end and now we are settling back into our regular routines. My first feature pic is the Simple + Southern Sunday No. 237 from Pam at Every day…
Today, I would like to re-post one of the Memorial Day Week-End posts, so if you will forgive me for pulling from the past, please take a look at the below link. Memorial Day Quotes I think it is very important that we do not forget those who have lived and died for our country’s…
The Captain and I love the Red, White and Blue and we really need no excuse to celebrate, but here are a few tablescapes and vignettes we have used in the past and present. There are so many occasions to celebrate during our calendar year, including President’s Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Columbus…
I know you song birds out there remember the song from “The Sound of Music” …called ‘My Favorite Things’. Don’t make me sing it for you. Ok. I will sing it,…. but you can sing along with me. “Raindrops on roses And whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages…