Happy Day After Easter 2019

Hello Everyone and happy day after Easter!  I'm sure all of you have been as busy as I have been preparing and celebrating the amazing and blessed day of Easter.  Our family always gathers after church at our daughter, Sharon's home, for a delicious dinner.  Each family member brings a traditional dish to share with everyone.

As Easter was approaching I happened to see this pretty wreath with lots of flowers, seen below, at Jo-Ann Fabrics.

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I also saw these sparkling and colorful plastic eggs and thought it would be pretty to make this floral wreath into an Easter wreath.  Shortly after plugging in the hot glue gun I was able to take each egg, add a little glue along one side and immediately glue on to the wreath.  After adding a colorful bow it was all ready to hang on the front screen door.

The below photo shows my daughter's pretty Easter table all ready for everyone to begin filling their plates for Easter dinner.  The flowers on the dining table were from our local Publix grocery store.  I went upstairs and found one of my daughter Sharon's old Easter Baskets and thought it would be nice for making our Easter table floral arrangement.

Below we see a close up of the floral arrangement.  While walking through Hobby Lobby recently, I happened to spot the cute little bunnies and eggs which turned out to be just the right addition to the arrangement and give it an Eastery look.

Each year it is my job to bring the ham.  Our local Publix has delicious spiral hams along with  a special seasoning mix to cook and place between ham slices. It is so good it will almost melt in your mouth.   My sweet husband always does the most wonderful job carving the ham and arranging on this large platter.  We added the little bunny rabbit and jelly beans in the center, plus some delicious pineapple slices.  I usually put cherries in the middle of the pineapple, but totally forgot to put them on my grocery list. 

Daughter Debi brought this cute little pineapple bunny rabbit surrounded by strawberries and grapes.



Below we see a closer photo of him.  See his cute little blueberry eyes and nose!

Easter dinner would not be Easter dinner without deviled eggs as seen below.
They remind me of my sweet Mom who made these every year.

And, the potato salad was delicious too.

Everyone also enjoyed daughter Debi's very delicious egg salad sandwiches seen below.  Daughter Stephanie also brought green beans with ham and her traditional and very popular macaroni and cheese.  There were also strawberries with powdered sugar and rolls and condiments to make ham sandwiches. And, Sharon made her wonderful corn pudding.

And, last but not least, we can't forget the Easter Bunny himself showed up.  He is a chocolate cake with buttercream icing and a little coconut.  His eyes, nose, mouth, and bow-tie are made out of jelly beans.

We always have our picture taken with him every year.  I have been making this cake for my daughters since they were very little girls and now for all of the grandchildren.



The below photo shows a mural I saw in church yesterday depicting the Resurrection.

This time of year brings many positive reminders and inspiration.

I hope you had a wonderful Holy Week and Easter Day.
 I wish you joy, happiness, and many blessings wherever you may be.

My Orchid Is Finally Blooming

Hello Everyone!  I surely do hope you have been doing well and enjoying this amazingly beautiful Springtime.

How can time gallop by so fast?   I looked back, and it has been a good long time since I have added a post to Sweet Southern Days.  It was very heartwarming to receive an email from a reader today who lives here in Tallahassee, asking if the blog was going to continue.  Thank you, Miss Eileen, for the kind and sweet email.  And, yes, I love to take photos of the beauty all around and share on Sweet Southern Days.

One photo I took recently, which is seen below, is an Orchid Plant which finally decided to bloom.  A friend gave this plant to me a couple of years ago.  All this time it has never bloomed.  If you too have an Orchid Plant that has not bloomed,  you may benefit from some of these steps I have learned along the way.  And I am sure there are more tips that may help, but these worked for me.

1.  Water under the leaves once a week for one minute. Let drain and put back in a good light.

2.  Since my Orchid never bloomed, I re-potted the plant in a recommended Orchid Pot (from Walmart),    using special Orchid Soil (also from Walmart).  It was not long after doing that that I noticed little flower buds growing on this long stem.

And before I knew it the flowers had all opened.

This was definitely a first for me to have an Orchid Plant blooming.

It is so surprising to me how long this Orchid Plant has been blooming.  The flowers have been on the plant now for about two weeks.  It will be interesting to see how long the blossoms stay beautiful and it will be interesting to see how long it takes before it blooms again.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit today and I hope all of your flowers are blooming now in this beautiful Springtime.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend wherever you may be.