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12/01/2024 by Sherri

Cookie Baking with a Friend

Filed Under: General, Recipes Tagged With: Baking with a Friend, Christian Friendship, Cookie Baking, Cookies, Friendship, Kitchen Aid Cookies, Lifelong Friends

There is something so simple and sacred about baking cookies with a friend—flour on the counter, laughter in the kitchen, and the comfort of being completely at ease with someone who has known you through the seasons of life. Kelly and I have been friends for 30 years. That sentence alone holds a thousand memories—different…

11/16/2024 by Sherri

A Little Refresh

Filed Under: Decor, General Tagged With: Hygge Laundry, Laundry Refresh, Laundry Room, Laundry Zone

A freshly painted laundry room has a way of making even the most ordinary chores feel a little more peaceful. This space was never meant to be the “highlight” of the house, but I’ve started to believe that no room is too small to be made beautiful. A fresh coat of paint can change more…

11/10/2024 by Sherri

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Filed Under: General, Landscape Tagged With: Fall Activities, Fall Leaves, Fall Trees, Lake Cove, lake gaston

Fall on Lake Gaston always carries a mix of beauty and goodbye. As the air turns crisp and the light softens over Pea Hill Creek, everything begins to slow down in a way that feels both peaceful and a little heavy. The boats are pulled in, the dock is quiet, and the boathouse stands still…

11/03/2024 by Sherri

Enough.

Filed Under: General, Landscape Tagged With: Enough, Fall Leaves, Lagom, lake, lake gaston, North Carolina, Virginia

There is something quietly beautiful about fall leaves floating on Lake Gaston. They don’t rush. They don’t resist. They simply drift—carried by wind, water, and time—until the surface of the lake becomes a moving mosaic of gold, rust, and amber. In those moments, the lake feels like it has slowed down just enough for us…

11/01/2024 by Sherri

Oh I Wish I Lived in the Land of Cotton

Filed Under: General, Landscape Tagged With: Changing Landscape, Cotton Field, Farmland, North Carolina, Solar Farm, Virginia

There is a particular kind of stillness in a late fall cotton field in Virginia—especially when the harvest is over and the land has been stripped back to its quiet, resting state. The white remnants of cotton caught in brown stalks feel like memory itself, clinging to what is left of a season that once…

10/30/2024 by Sherri

He Has Made Everything Beautiful

Filed Under: Activities, General Tagged With: Belonging, boating, Fall, Family, hygge, lake gaston, North Carolina, Pea Hill Creek, Sunsets, Virginia

There is something about a fall sunset on Lake Gaston that makes everything feel quieter, softer, and more intentional. The water takes on a deeper stillness as the air cools, like the whole lake is exhaling after a long, full day. The summer energy is gone, but what remains is something even more beautiful in…

10/12/2024 by Sherri

She Thinks It’s Pretty Special

Filed Under: Decor, General

There is something deeply grounding about the idea of hygge—the quiet practice of creating warmth, comfort, and contentment in everyday life. For me, it has become less about how a space looks and more about how it feels. A warm environment is not built through perfection or expensive design; it is created through intention. It…

10/09/2024 by Sherri

Learning to Build a Slower Life

Filed Under: Decor, General

There was a time when I believed a full life had to be a fast life—filled with constant activity, full calendars, and endless responsibility. But over time, I’ve been learning something different: a slower life is not something you fall into, it is something you build with intention. It is a daily choice to be…

10/07/2024 by Sherri

Something Timeless

Filed Under: Decor, General Tagged With: American Glass, Corningware, Retro Dishes, Vintage Dishes, Wooden Salad Bowl

There is something deeply comforting about bringing the 70s back to the table—not in a nostalgic way that looks backward with longing, but in a way that honors the beauty of what has already been lived and loved. In this kitchen, it’s not just dinner for two. It’s generations gathered in quiet ways around a…

10/06/2024 by Sherri

Loving Lake Gaston and Our Family Home on Pea Hill Creek

Filed Under: Activities, General Tagged With: boating, Family, lake gaston, Pea Hill Creek, Virginia, waterskiing

Lake Gaston, Virginia has always held a special place in my heart. There is something about the water there—the wide, open lake, the stillness in the early morning, the way the sun reflects off Pea Hill Creek—that feels like coming home in the deepest sense of the word. Our family lakehouse is more than a…

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