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The JOY Life
Living the JOY Life is a daily choice that begins first thing in the morning, but what keeps me on the JOY track throughout the day, is...

Catherine Strange
Dec 22, 20211 min read


God & Gardener
I think often of the Gardening radio show I was listening to many years ago while driving. “I feel SO guilty,” the caller said, “I’d...

Catherine Strange
Jan 20, 20211 min read


The Power of a Flower
This is a “Bougainvillea Plant” it’s a challenge to grow them here in South Mississippi and they seem to do better when left alone....

Catherine Strange
Jun 23, 20192 min read


Oh What a Difference it Made!
HENINGTON HOUSE GARDENS A Win! Win! Win! Win! Win! DOUBLE WIN!!!! As a Gardener in the Deep South there was a period of “bloom lack” and...

Catherine Strange
Jun 19, 20191 min read


A Home to Come Home to
HENINGTON HOUSE FAMILY: When Randall and I fell in love with the Henington House, we were in our late 20s, had 1 baby and very little...

Catherine Strange
Jun 18, 20192 min read


JOY! We were Created for It!
My Brother Mike came back through town to spend the night with us bringing along with him Baby pictures my Sister Mary Jo sent from our...

Catherine Strange
Jun 18, 20191 min read


Turning to those things that ALWAYS FIT!
As I place these amazing Orchids that we were gifted after the completion of a celebration, I question why we don’t use them everyday and...

Catherine Strange
Jun 10, 20191 min read


SINCE including SCENTS, the Joy experienced ALL MAKES SENSE!
YESTERDAY, DURING OUR FB LIVE SEGMENT “MEET ME IN THE GARDEN MONDAY“, we discussed the gift of fragrance that so many plants can provide....

Catherine Strange
May 7, 20191 min read


Celebrating the Way We Grow...
“What’s Happening in the Garden” is where I tend to begin when decorating the Henington House for anything. That which is Blooming gives...

Catherine Strange
Apr 20, 20191 min read


ANOTHER Thoughtful & Kind Neighbor!
ONCE AGAIN we have been BLESSED by the thoughtfulness and kindness of a Neighbor taking her talent of embroidery and gifting us this...

Catherine Strange
Apr 8, 20191 min read


A Memory that connects many of the Dots to what I LOVE TODAY
This Photo is me at about age 10. This is also about the age when I stopped riding my Stingray bike to “Cozy’s 5 & Dime Store” to spend...

Catherine Strange
Apr 5, 20191 min read


You can find it in your own backyard
FOR YEARS I’VE ADMIRED FROM AFAR the perfect floral arrangements produced by those professionals that carry well earned titles attached...

Catherine Strange
Jan 16, 20191 min read


When a find, discovery or bit of information can make things SO much easier.
JANUARY I FIND IS A GREAT MONTH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS. For some reason with all the “hoop la la” behind us we are able to...

Catherine Strange
Jan 15, 20191 min read


HOME, it begins with Faith in a Dream...then you WAIT!
IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO THAT I FELL IN LOVE with this house. If fact it was 2 long years after first seeing her that we actually were able...

Catherine Strange
Jan 10, 20191 min read


If you wander in the Garden, oh the things you’ll find!
VISITS TO THE BACK GARDENS are few this time of year. Cold and wet are many of our January days. BUT when we do take the time, oh what we...

Catherine Strange
Jan 6, 20191 min read


Why creating it to work like you work, WORKS!!
I have often shared with you how freeing embracing who you are can be. That the realization that we were each created uniquely and bring...

Catherine Strange
Jan 3, 20191 min read


Still & Quiet...for a moment
GO! GO! GO! Busy! Busy! Busy! From September 1 until Christmas night things are whipping around non stop. At times it can feel like...

Catherine Strange
Jan 1, 20191 min read


No New Year Resolutions here at the Henington House....
But what we do love is to take time this last day of the year to reflect on the years past and take guidance from what we’ve learned In a...

Catherine Strange
Dec 31, 20181 min read


A HOLIDAY TREND that hits close to Home!
WE ARE CRAZY AROUND HERE about the Holidays, and we LOVE to discuss off and on throughout the year about how we might decorate and...

Catherine Strange
Oct 28, 20181 min read


Same Place, Same Pieces, Different Materials
THERE ARE MANY TRICKS, TIPS AND PRACTICES I have learned over the years that have made decorating and entertaining easier and more...

Catherine Strange
Oct 22, 20181 min read



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