I can’t believe it’s been a year since we bought our Fayetteville home and moved from Dallas. Our one year anniversary calls for a special post, a happy anniversary post! Rather than talk about my honeymoon year in review (which you regular readers already know), I thought I’d summarize the top ten things I love about living in Fayetteville. I think you’ll find my list to include a few surprises. Some of my favorite reasons were surprises even to me.Continue Reading
Pictured: Farm
P i c t u r e d: Farm
Mississippi County, Arkansas
July, 2015
1. Wildflowers and the lushness of it all.
2. Old nail.
3. Gravel road and a canopy of trees.
4. Rusty barbed wire.
5. Inside the barn.
6. Summer sunset.
Grace Grits and Gardening|
Food. Farm. Garden. Life.
[tweetthis]Pictured: Mississippi County, Arkansas. And the joy we shared as we tarried there… @ARFB @FarmPress[/tweetthis]
Musical Pairing:
You and Me, Sara Watkins
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Henry David Thoreau
a simple Lavender Nosegay
Nosegay is one of those silly sounding words that back in seventh grade would have given my best friend and me the extreme giggles. During those Keiser Junior High days, everything was extraordinarily hilarious and something as simple as a funny word (such as nosegay) would often push us over the edge earning us a trip to the principal’s office for classroom disruption. I call those the Giggle Box Years. And though I may seem to be rambling, I do plan to tie all this together, you’ll see if you keep reading. Promise.Continue Reading