March 25th, 2013
thank heavens for high desert air. it’s obviously cold enough to bring a foot of snow in springtime, but it’s walk around town without freezing in too. we’re both feeling nostalgic for a southern springtime but to be able to get out and play in the snow bundled, but not michelin man bundled, and not feel frostbitten is a saving grace. i do not know how minnesotans and all other bitterly cold weather dwellers do it, i would be running for the delta. this snow for a day with full sunshine the next i can handle, but i won’t mind if it’s the last hurrah either.
i am feeling more and more thankful for my southern roots. having never left the south before it was something that just was. i’m southern, i do southern things, speak in southern ways, have southern manners. these are not things that take any amount of pondering when that’s all you’ve ever known. now, having spent time outside of the south, i could not be more aware of what all that means to me. i have a kinship with a whole legion of people just by geography. i have southern dna, and with one ma’am, sir, or
i suwannee, an understanding between myself and another southerner is instantly established. i had that, have that, but now i am deeply aware of it, it is more of a living, breathing part of me than it was before.
without colorado i wouldn’t have this newfound awareness and along with many other things i am thankful for, this one is at the top of my list.
Filed Under: life in the fast lane
Tagged: colorado, life in the fast lane, southern, the south
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November 30th, 2012
fine southern cities… plus our other home. anderson design group has captured some of my very favorite places south of the mason dixon line, and so much more!! nyc, seattle, san francisco, the beach. best posters ever. take a look.
Filed Under: the grits
Tagged: anderson design group, grits, southern, the south
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May 3rd, 2012
…what do you need for a good nights sleep? a particular blanket? how many pillows? what size bed? covers? pjs? for me it’s polar bear cold in the room, cotton pjs, a heavy comforter…pulled up high on my neck.. nothing gets in that way (; a loud fan, 3 pillows, a king size bed, total darkness and the husband. you? (and we thought since we’re not living in the hot hot south that we could for the first time evah get away with no ceiling fan.. but no dice, without that air flowing down, we’re just not the same)
(photo)
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April 17th, 2012
must have dixie shirt (to go along with this one)
…get it here
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…in the south suspenders are always in fashion, from holding up the levi’s to dressing up the tux. on little boys, old men, and groomsmen, rainbow colored to james bond white. (get the cool ones below here) and with a bowtie.. oh.my.
March 13th, 2012
a little southern for your kitchen..
♥ mason jar salt & pepper shakers ♥
found at terrain
March 6th, 2012
two different topics, kind of. nashville is a great southern city, and the bus scroll above marks some notable spots. and southern food (smothered & covered & fried & grits) is alive and well in the music city. so different but the same… southern. cool art found here.
February 20th, 2012
southerners love their banana pudding.. do any of you have a favorite recipe to share?
…number 3 (from top left clockwise) is a dairy free version,
if you have any vegan southern favorites to share give me a shout…
{recipes: one, two, three, four, five & six}
February 13th, 2012
not much cuter than a southern gentleman in a bowtie.. bump it up a notch to..
a bowtie plus seersucker (swoon) or gingham, and always with suspenders.
{b&w, flask, multi, plaid}
{and does it get any more southern than a bowtie for man’s best friend? get one here}
(photos: one, two, three, four, five & six)
Filed Under: the grits
Tagged: blog about the south, bowtie flask, cross stitch flask, dog bowtie collars, grits, me and matilda, silly buddy, smathers & branson, southern blog, the belle and the beau, the grits, the south
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December 29th, 2011
»»»» william faulkner once said, “well, between scotch and nothin’, i suppose i’d take scotch. it’s the nearest thing to good moonshine i can find.” one thing southerners have in spades is history with bootlegged liquor. moonshine that is. so much so that it recently (finally) made it’s way to the liquor store and became all legal. not saying it’s “all” legal now, just saying some of what’s made is now legally on the shelves. arkansas had it’s first legal moonshine hit the open market last year (and the husband has a bottle…) and some other southern states are following suit (like south carolina). and I have to tell you, in case y’all living outside of the south were wondering if it really is a big deal in the south still.. it is. i have been to too many parties to count where sometime in the evening the backwoods, bootlegged, mason jar full of high spirits comes out and makes the rounds. too. many. to. count. moonshine, alive and well in dixie and now a few legal bottles to boot.
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