Liberty and Freedom US 411 Style, by Beverly Hicks Burch

This little scene captured my eye the other day when Tall & Handsome and I were passing by on US 411. It just leaves me with one thing to say…Who says we don’t take Freedom and Liberty seriously around here in these parts? It decorates some of our lawns…

Yard of the Free…

[...]

Mountain Top Stroll, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Mountain Top Stroll
By Beverly Hicks Burch
This afternoon Mom asked me to take a stroll down her little “road” that runs along the ridge of her and Daddy’s mountain top lot in northeast Alabama where their home sits. I should mention this “lot” covers several acres and is a little piece of heaven.
A few weeks ago [...]

Visitors and Trees, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Back in 1996 when Atlanta hosted the Olympics, Birmingham hosted some of the venues for the Olympics. It was during that time, Birmingham like Atlanta did a major “spruce up” and face lift to welcome visitors. Of course one way to do that is to landscape.
I don’t know if it was during that time [...]

Grade School Royalty, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Grade School Royalty
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Over the last few weeks Tall & Handsome and I have been packing getting ready for a move. It’s inevitable during a process like that you uncover things you thought you lost, or things you forgot you had…those are just the little ironies of life…
I’ve also taken the opportunity during [...]

Can You Guess? by Beverly Hicks Burch

Can You Guess?
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Yesterday I had to take a day trip for a less than desirable purpose, but in an effort to make lemonade out of lemons, I did a little exploring. I’ll share more later when I’ve had a chance to rest up a little more…these things take a lot out of [...]

South by Southwest…in pictures, by Beverly Hicks Burch

C’est fini! Yep…it’s a done deal yall…that puppy is finished. Click on over to Around the Block with the BamaSteelMagnolia to get a look and the first quilt project Tall and Handsome and I collaborated on…Enjoy!

At Around the Block with the BamaSteelMagnolia(TM) – One Diary Down

You may recall I started a Dairy Quilt called The BamaSteelMagnolia (TM) Diaries that I have also been chronicling in writing. Well, the diary quilt is a contagious little character and my friend Shari caught the bug…and has finished her top. So, I thought I’d share some pictures of her top over at Around the [...]

Summer Fragrance, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Summer Fragrance
By Beverly Hicks Burch
The South has had a love affair with many botanical plants for centuries. We’re quite well known for many of them in fact. Think azalea and one’s mind almost equally thinks Southern. It’s the same for rhododendrons, dogwoods, camellias, magnolias, jasmine and one scourge we just as soon be rid of…kudzu. [...]

A Piece of Asheville, By Beverly Hicks Burch

A Rhododendron in Asheville, NC in May
I happened to snap this picture with my cell phone on my way out of Wal-Mart in Asheville, NC about a month ago. I couldn’t resist. Rhododendrons are some of my favorite plants…it’s a shame they bloom only in the spring, but oh, what a sight to look [...]

I’m a Little Teapot…, by Beverly Hicks Burch

I’m a Little Teapot…
By Beverly Hicks Burch
I might have mentioned it before, but I have a shared “affliction” with my little Momma…one she actually passed on to me. That affliction is a love of dishes and a desire to “collect” dishes. As Daddy says we have a lot of plunder in that department, but boy [...]