An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
I took off from blogging in June because the month was just so busy. Hubby was away on work trips three of the four weekends, but he made a special provision for the weekend of my birthday: he hired Chef Justin Ward, our Parisian chef friend and travel buddy, to…
Our middle child graduated from Ole Miss a few weeks ago with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. We had planned on celebrating with a trip to the U.K. this month, but we now believe the Lord redirected us at the last minute to some place better for our son. Hubby, my…
I’ve tried gardening through the years with very little success. My Louisiana-born grandpa had a green thumb, and so did my Arkansas-born dad. Mom does great with flowers. Hubby asked me to put my original raised beds out of sight of the house. I guess he’d been traumatized through years…
Her birthday was this week, and, as a special friend I don’t often get to see, she’s on my mind. Wednesday, I put on a cute skirt that Aunt Lori took from her closet and handed me the last I visited her in Houston. We have that kind of a…
I’ve always had a weakness for textiles, particularly table linens and upholstered chairs. A few weeks ago, Hubby agreed to let me purchase an online upholstery course from Chair Whimsy. Wendy Conklin, “the chair stylist,” is a retired school teacher from Texas. She’s really good at teaching, and her way of…
Hubby and I got back from Key West, did a day of laundry and clinic work, and traveled to Tupelo, MS, on Friday for a Saturday Bible Quiz tournament. I knew that I was not well by Sunday night. I spent the rest of the week dragging around the house. I tested…
Hubby and I had one more day to play in Key West before his conference started in earnest. We decided to walk from Casa Marina, the conference hotel, to Fort Zachery Taylor. In January, with an historic snowfall forecasted for the South (Enzo), Key West was a dream! The day we…
A few years ago, hubby’s consulting job drew us to Key Largo in January. We rented a car one afternoon and drove 2 hours on the 7-mile bridge to Key West. The most memorable part of that day was the incredible sunset we watched from Mallory Square. This time, we flew into…
Years ago, I witnessed a “formal” interview between my 4-year-old nephew and his father on that child’s birthday. It went a little like this: My brother-in-law: “What’s your favorite color?” My nephew: “Ummmm. Bwue.” BIL: “What’s your favorite food?” Nephew (shouting): “ICE CREAM!!!!” My BIL asked many additional questions of…
This post should have been published in November. WordPress failed me on this one and two others! Anyway, about a week after our trip to Savannah, we traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, on a Friday afternoon. Neither Hubby nor I had been there before, but there was one more conference to attend…