Guest Post: 4th Of July Recap!

Hey y’all! I hope everyone had the most wonderful 4th!!! 🙂 I’d like to welcome back Sarah from From Dogwoods to Magnolias (Formerly Coffee Rings and Southern Things) to share a little recap of her 4th of July celebration up in Virginia! 🙂

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Hey y’all! I know, it’s been forever. But I’m back again with some awesome 4th of July photos from my very backyard!

I recently moved from my stuffy little apartment in Newport News to a little trailer in the woods of New Kent County, VA. Although it isn’t much to look at, I’m happier where I am, and I’m very appreciative of the four acres I now call my own.

I hope y’all had a great July 4th, and I hope you enjoy these images of my family and friends. Like the humorous – slash creepy? – pictures of my younger sister making strange faces. Also, I promise no one got hurt. Especially when our buddy Manny decided it would be clever to tie 20+ sparklers together and light them at once.

The 20 sparklers:



And here are some obligatory cat photos of this little guy, Tails. He’s getting so big!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Thanks so much Sarah! Have a fabulous Monday, everybody! Thanks for stopping by! xo!

Crazy Virginia Weather [ Guest Post ]

I’m so glad to have Sarah from Coffee Rings & Southern Things back for a quick little share of what’s going on in her world! Mississippi weather has been pretty nusto lately, too!! Be on the lookout for a  post from me on her blog in the very near future! 🙂

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Here in Virginia we experience crazy weather. It is not abnormal to have an 80 degree day in December, just as it is not unusual to have a snowstorm in March. I have grown accustomed to it in my 25 years as a resident, so it’s never bothered me much.

But if y’all have followed my guest posts for Laurel over the past year (I know there’s been a huge gap and for that, I’m sorry!) you know I have a Mississippi boy in my life.

He ain’t too fond of this white frozen stuff.

But I suppose I’m not going to like the heat too much when we move down south, either. So I try – I do, really – not to make fun of him. Too much, anyway. It’s hard though, when it’s 60 degrees out and I’m rolling the windows down while he’s shivering on the other side. I mean come on, man. I don’t think we’ll ever be on the same page when it comes to the weather. But I still love him, so it’s okay.

What kind of weather are you experiencing?

[To see more snow from earlier in the month, click here!]