Blog & Art Showcase

It’s Time to Show Some Appreciation!

By Nancy December 4, 2020Hobbies

When I stopped homeschooling my boys and sent them to a local private school for high school and junior high, I scoured Pinterest and surveyed my teacher friends for the gifts most appreciated at Christmas time. All…

Thanksgivings Past

By Nancy November 26, 2020Easy Entertaining

Thanksgiving tops the list of my favorite times of the year, followed by Christmas. I love the smell of pumpkin spice, wood fires, and a Thanksgiving feast. I also love how quick and easy the entertaining can be…

Thankful for the Magnetism of the Farm

By Nancy November 20, 2020Devotions

Fall, like no other time of the year, reminds me of the changing of the seasons of life. Last week, I wrote about the how hubby and I purchased a farm 35 minutes from our home to…

Potluck & Pictures

By Nancy November 13, 2020Easy EntertainingEasy outdoor entertainment idea for the whole family

Are you as entranced as I am by the changing of the colors of the leaves and the clicking and rustling sound they make as they fall to the ground? November in Mississippi is my favorite month…

This 2020 Election

By Nancy November 6, 2020Devotions2020 election, God is in control

2020 has been full of the unexpected and usual! On Tuesday, a friend stated, “We are voting for riots or socialism this year.” I can’t let the weekly blog go by this particular week without encouraging myself and anyone else…

Is It Halloween Already?

By Nancy October 30, 2020Easy EntertainingTrunk or Treat

Where has the year gone? It feels like Spring Break was last week! I guess the non-celebrations of milestones and events this COVID-19 year has contorted my sense of time. Tomorrow is Halloween, and all we’ve got on the…

The Living Room

By Nancy October 23, 2020Home Tourbeams, French country, living room, Texas limestone1 Comment

You may remember my post on our starting point in building our dream house—the east-facing window over the kitchen sink. When that point of reference was fully “pinned” down, we started thinking about the arrangement of the…

The Blue Door

By Nancy October 16, 2020Home Tourblue door, friendship door

Moving to Flowood, Mississippi (a suburb of Jackson) from inner-city Houston, Texas, was a life-changer for me and my hubby in 1999. On the first night in our new home, neither one of us could sleep. We sat…

Falling for a Season

By Nancy October 2, 2020Home Tourfall front porch decor, pumpkins

I admit it: I go a little crazy in the Fall. I can't get enough pumpkins on the porch to satisfy me, and there are way too many little pumpkins scattered throughout the house. I even…