Hello Dear Readers!!!
What a way to start the fabulous New Year than with a
Winter White Flower Arrangement
with Good Luck Flowers!
A White Christmas Centerpiece and A Good News Update
December 23, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!
Are you dreaming of a White Christmas?
It’s been cold here;
however, no signs of snow,
which makes this former Florida girl happy!
Today, I am bringing back a White Christmas
flower arrangement to wish you all
a very Merry Christmas with a good news update.
The Great Room Simply Decorated for Christmas
December 16, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!
It’s been a while.
Today, I am joining my fabulous Monday Morning Bloom friends,
Lidy, Mary, and Pam.
Our common theme today is garlands and wreaths
with the help from the great folks from
Join me as I present . . .
The Great Room Simply Decorated for Christmas.
A Southern Evergreen Holiday Centerpiece and a Giveaway
December 2, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!
It’s been a while and what better way to say hello again
than with a beautiful Southern Evergreen Holiday Centerpiece
and a GIVEAWAY!!!
The giveaway details are stated at the end of this post.
Vintage Fall Vignette and Hickory Cottage Update
November 4, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!
Again, I am reaching into the archives
and thought I would bring to you a vintage fall vignette
that I created a few years ago, when finding some great items
while shopping with my friend Mary Alice in Leesburg, Virginia.
The vignette started with a vintage Borden’s crate.
I have never seen a Borden’s Condensed Milk wooden crate before,
so it had to come home with me.
I knew I wanted to incorporate it in my Fall decor.
So here again, a Vintage Fall Vignette and a Hickory Cottage update.
The “Plum Crazy” Fall Porch and Hickory Cottage Update
October 15, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!!!
I have a soft spot in my heart about the last Fall Porch
that I created in my former house.
However, I look forward to “going crazy”
on the Fall porch next year at Hickory Cottage!
I was attracted to the beautiful Berry colors that Fall.
The shades of purple and plum have been seen
throughout the house for Fall that year.
It was fitting that I go “plum crazy” on the porch too.
So here is The “Plum Crazy Fall Porch
and Hickory Cottage update!
Fall Memories and a Spiritual Experience
September 20, 2019 By
Today, I am having one of my best days
since my chemotherapy treatment. I am not 100%,
still with fatigue and such, however,
well enough to sit at the table
and write to you my dear readers.
I had a truly amazing spiritual experience one night,
that involved my dad.
That overwhelming experience I will explain
at the end of this post.
Because this experience involved my dad, I remembered
a post that I did a few years ago honoring him.
Autumn is a very special time for me and my family.
It was my dad’s favorite time of the year,
a time of harvest (he was an Iowa farm boy) and
Thanksgiving, when all of the family
and extended family gathered together.
My Dad once said, that if he won the Lotto,
the very first thing he would do,
was to buy a house that had a very, very large dining room,
so that the entire family
could sit at one long table.
At a table where we would laugh till we cried,
telling our stories that sometimes our parents never heard!
My Life’s New Challenge
September 3, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers,
Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn.
A turn that for me, that I thought I would have never, ever,
faced. Not in a bazillion years.
We all have those bumps in the road.
But for me, it is a “lump” in the road.
My Life’s New Challenge.
But hey!…I love a challenge and this challenge I will win
with the love and support
of family and the overwhelming outpouring of friends,
and my incredible team of doctors and staff.
One of My Favorite Fall Home Tours
August 21, 2019 By
How to create Fall inspired rooms with French Country decor.
A Fall Home tour.
Hello Dear Readers!
A few years ago,
I participated in a A French Country Fall Home Tour
presenting my former Great Room
Hickory Cottage Update Part 5 and Taking a Break
August 13, 2019 By
Hello Dear Readers!
Hope you are having a fabulous week!
Things are moving along at Hickory Cottage.
They started placing the shingles on the roof
and once the roof is complete, they will be starting
more work on the interior.
But first, let me show you another treasure I found
at the consignment shop, Always Home in Durham, N.C.
