Outdoor Wednesday

As I have been home recooperating from surgery, I would hear something that sounded like someone knocking outside.

My hubby finally told me it was the big bougainvilla at the side of our house.

I went outside this morning to look, and what else did I find?

Tomatoes!!!

Outdoor Wednesday

Quilts and Tea

Quilts and Tea. My two favorite things. Quilting has been almost like therapy for me. I love the whole process. Well, almost the whole process. I like picking out the fabrics, cutting them up, and putting them back together in some kind of creative form! I think I heard once that people in Hawaii don't understand why we cut up a whole piece of cloth and then sew it back together again.

And tea........ yes the comfort of tea. I have collected a fair amount of tea cups and tea pots. Probably enough to open my own tea room. But of course it would have to be a tea room with a Quilt shop attached!

My dear sweet hubby bought this tea cart for me when we were on a trip once. We saw it in an antique shop and asked the owner about it. She told us that it belonged to her mother in law and she was downsizing. So my hubby bought it for me. I really love it! The tea service is one that my own mother in love painted. She was an awesome china painter. We have enjoyed so many of her beautiful things. They are family treasures.

Make it Pretty Monday

Table Top Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness
Home

Home Sweet Home

Open House Party 
Feathered Nest Friday

Silent Sunday

Seasonal Sundays

Happy New Year

 How do you get a heart of wisdom so as to know how best to live? The psalmist answers:

Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and withers. So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:5, 6, 12)

Numbering your days simply means remembering that your life is short and your dying will be soon. Great wisdom—great, life-revolutionizing wisdom—comes from periodically pondering these things.
(John Piper -I Have Kept The Faith)

Wishing you a very Happy and Blessed New Year!

A quiet holiday

 Not much happened over the Christmas holiday.  My sweet daughter pretty much took over and prepared a wonderful Christmas morning breakfast.

I'm sorry we did not take a picture with the food on the table, but I had to share these pictures of the bacon being prepared to go into the oven. 

We did have a nice tree and the little village was on display.

 I almost don't know where to start.  It has been a very challenging holiday with my wrist surgery.  Christmas was quiet and low key, and I was dreading the 26th when the staples were to be removed.  It certainly was no picnic taking out over 30 staples from three incision sites. I'm also going to physical therapy to try to get my fingers moving again.

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement.  I have missed being a part of blogging, and I am praying for a full recovery and use of my right hand.

Stone Gable

Home Sweet Home

Seasonal Sunday

Merry Christmas

Wishing you every blessing

as we celebrate

the birth of our Lord.

Merry Christmas 

Accidents Happen

Dear Readers of Just a Little Southern Hospitality...

My mom wanted me to post and let you all know that she broke her wrist yesterday and will be out of blogging commission for a while. She appreciates all of your comments and wishes she could reply to them all! Prayers are appreciated. Hopefully she will be back to blogging very soon!

Daughter