Happy Friday! I hope you had a good week and have a wonder filled weekend. A couple weeks ago, a friend asked me to go to a warehouse sale, and I snapped these pictures of the overhead lamp lights. As I sit and look at them, I love how, in every picture, there is more than one light in each picture! May you find light, much light, in places that you look.The texture of the lamp light in the corner drew me in; but, I love how the overhead light is reflecting on the white wall ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – The Purple Iris
Trim Healthy Mama Southwestern Pan Bread Review
My mother-in-love taught me to make cornbread, and I must admit, her cornbread is the best ever. There has been some talk at our home recently about cornbread. The Salesman does not like sweet cornbread. At All. He has always bragged on my cornbread making abilities. And both daughters can make a good pan of cornbread. In fact, Victoria Leigh can outdo me when it comes to cornbread skills. When I made this recipe, I was thinking cornbread and not pan bread like the ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Southwestern Pan Bread Review
For the Love of Lamp Lights – Trinity Baptist Church
This stately and beautiful church was built in 1847 with local bricks and ballast from ships arriving to the port in Charleston, South Carolina. I wonder if the architects and builders ever imagined that 171 years after completion, that the architecture and their work would be appreciated? I find that in appreciating architecture, I enjoy a combination of elements in a building, such as: brick, wood and metal. The pictures I took inside, do not due justice to the hanging lamp ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – Trinity Baptist Church
Trim Healthy Mama Golden Chana Soup Review
Soup weather is almost here! I don't know about you; but, I really enjoy fall weather and foods. We have had many rainy days lately, and I guess that is what inspired me to decide to simmer a dutch oven of soup. Since The Salesman's diagnosis of diabetes, I've been paying closer attention to the glycemic index. In looking through the THM Cookbook, there is a lot of good information shared in the preface of this recipe, including:Chana Dal has a rating of 8 on the glycemic ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Golden Chana Soup Review
For The Love of Lamp Lights – Second Appreciation
Happy end of the week, friends!When Victoria Leigh and I took our trip to the Carolina's, we enjoyed some thrift store shopping. The Salesman's mom introduced us to a darlin' little shop, Second Appreciation. It is quaint and full of various treasures and run by very friendly people!And look what I found, a cousin to my vintage pendant swag lamps that I shared here last week! I did not buy this beauty; but was tickled to see it in the shop. I don't know about ... Read More about For The Love of Lamp Lights – Second Appreciation