A Summer of full of Simple Things that bring Joy
IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN YOU IDENTIFY THOSE BIG FABULOUS THINGS THAT BRING YOU JOY but there is something special about zeroing in on the...
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Catherine Strange
May 26, 20181 min read
The Wonderful Blessings of Socializing
RECENTLY, MUCH HAS BEEN SAID about the reports regarding "Blue Zones" the communities where many are living much longer than the rest of...
Catherine Strange
Apr 24, 20181 min read
The Joy of Finally Taking the Time
FOR YEARS i have been telling my plant loving friend Mevy that i was going to visit her place a few towns over where she does her...
Catherine Strange
Apr 13, 20181 min read
It means So Very Much, THANK YOU!
i AM IN AWE over the kindness and encouragement received in both words and messages recently by so many of you. THANK YOU!!!! To hear how...
Catherine Strange
Apr 11, 20181 min read
Meet Bob the Bunny... the FAMOUS Bob the Bunny
THIS IS BOB THE BUNNY, Bob the Bunny use to live here at the Henington House and oh what a handsome and popular fellow he was. A favorite...
Catherine Strange
Apr 9, 20181 min read
Just How Long Should You Hold On?
Almost 20 YEARS AGO I found these finials at a wonderful outlet place somewhere in Georgia while on a mad hunt with another plant loving...
Catherine Strange
Apr 8, 20181 min read
Go Ahead...Tell me i can't!
OFTEN WHEN WE ARE YOUNG we are told what we can or can not do. As we get older we are told what we should and what we shouldn't do....
Catherine Strange
Apr 4, 20181 min read
"You Use What for WHAT?"
SHOWING UP FOR YOUR OWN PARTY would be my friend and coauthor, John David Williams #1 rule of hosting a successful party, driving home...
Catherine Strange
Mar 28, 20181 min read
"What do You Have inorder to Create what You've Dreamed up in Your Head?"
DREAMING UP IDEAS in our mind about style, color or a feeling we want in a look or atmosphere is not a mistake, in fact it's necessary,...
Catherine Strange
Mar 27, 20181 min read
When One Look Says it All
THOUGH MOST OF THE PHOTOS from our Daughter's wedding that we have seen to date have been from those taken by Family members, few have...
Catherine Strange
Mar 26, 20181 min read
There's Always Grateful Soul's Tomato Pie.
WEDDING BLESSINGS ARE MANY but few are as special as merging with a whole other Family instantly making them part of your own. That once...
Catherine Strange
Mar 25, 20181 min read
When all Resembles "HOME"
THERE ARE LIMITATIONS to having a Wedding At Home beginning with the number of guests. Planning to use the Lawns and Porches may allow...
Catherine Strange
Mar 7, 20181 min read
Returning Home
WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE HENINGTON HOUSE we had one 18 month old little boy, one dog, one cat, very little furniture and a WHOLE LOT of BIG...
Catherine Strange
Mar 6, 20181 min read
I Owe the Cat an Apology
A FEW MORNINGS ATER A CELEBRATION not long ago, we went to the front end of the house to clean and were overwhelmed with a strong Pet...
Catherine Strange
Feb 27, 20181 min read
"Come All Who are Weary and Heavy Burdened and I Will Give You Rest"
THIS OLD PARK BENCH sits under one of our Live Oak trees in the front yard of the Henington House. Since Christmas i have sat here using...
Catherine Strange
Feb 19, 20181 min read
Sticking With What You Know and then Mixing it Up!
I AM LOVING doing what i do from home, and it is all this crazy internet/social media stuff that is making it possible to share it with...
Catherine Strange
Feb 14, 20181 min read
Learning Your Place can be Painful at Times
i ALWAYS WANTED CHICKENS, so Winter before last we spent a good bit of time getting a space prepared for a few fine feathered...
Catherine Strange
Feb 12, 20181 min read
When Things Could Look Better
THIS IS HOW i FOUND OUR HOME ENTRANCE just 3 hours before 38 women arrived for a Ladies Luncheon!!!? It's True!! And i can remember...
Catherine Strange
Feb 11, 20181 min read
Using Carnival Glass for CARNIVAL
UPSIDE DOWN OUR HOME IS as we have everything pulled out inventorying what we have on hand. However, Last week, to add to the on hand we...
Catherine Strange
Feb 9, 20181 min read
"TRAINing" a Child
THE JOYS OF GRANDCHILDREN ARE SO VERY MANY but few are as special as when they zero in on a particular interest. At a very young...
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