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March 28, 2021March 29, 2021mary catherine

PORCHES + PRETTIES | GRAVEL PATIO

over the past year, many people started to take a closer look at their homes, their families + their lives. one day a few months into the pandemic, ryan was working from home + outside walking around while talking. as i watched, i started to imagine a place for him to sit. when we bought […]

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November 12, 2020November 21, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PLAYTIME | CRAFTING OUR WAY TO THANKSGIVING DAY

The way our two littles love books, setting up a loosely themed reading center is a no brainer every month, plus, it doubles as seasonal decor. Once the book nook is decked out, stocked with our favorite titles + a few new ones too, the house is basically decorated.

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August 24, 2020November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PERSPECTIVE | BIRTHDAYS AROUND TOWN

last year my sweet crew surprised me with a bike ride along the beltline. It was a beautiful day spent in the sun + we enjoyed all the stops along the way from krog to ponce to piedmont park + back again for pinwheels + popsicles it was full of fun + treats. …it was […]

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August 21, 2019November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PERSPECTIVE | LAMPLIGHT

There is not much else that makes me feel so “at home” as the comfort a little lamp can provide.

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December 26, 2018November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PERCHES | BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

Despite chilly winter weather, we have found porch time in these last three months. . . right here beside the family room fireplace! This spot may not offer a full retreat from the distractions of the household chores as our time spent on the porch, but when a moment is needed to unwind or refocus, […]

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December 18, 2018November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | FAVORITE THINGS

When I decided on a name for this blog, it just made sense to me to pair these two things I love, porches + pillowfights, to capture the nature of what I planned to ponder + share here. Articulating just why I love these two is kind of the purpose of my little corner on […]

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October 12, 2018November 21, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PATHS

The light filters beautifully through the Georgia pines this time of year. I find a kind of magic in the Autumn sun’s dreamy ability to add the most cozy appeal to just about anything it shines on.

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October 2, 2018November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | THE POSTSEASON

So the B E S T part of all this?! It’s finally feeling like F A L L here in Atlanta — so we are out on the porch this evening taking in the game that brought us together + loving every crisp second of it.

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October 2, 2018November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PICK ME UPS | OCTOBER

Target Drive Up is there another more perfect accommodation by a store than this?! When I first saw it as an option, I thought my eyes were deceiving me.  I have used it on many occasions because toddler meltdowns are real.  Since I can’t grow any additional arms anytime soon, this is such a wonderful […]

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October 1, 2018November 15, 2020mary catherine

PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | WHAT AUTUMN MEANS TO ME

Temps while I write are still fighting the inevitable drop here in North Georgia, but a couple weekends back, we decided the time had come to start decorating for Halloween despite unseasonably high temps + humidity. Yes- Halloween is just one day of the other 365, but for me it is + always has been […]

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August 30, 2018August 31, 2018mary catherine

porches + pretties | dream garden

“All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse,
Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.”

As with many things of a bygone era, there is a kind of unspoken magic about something that at one time was so admired + commonplace, but now taken for granted or overlooked.

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August 24, 2018August 31, 2018mary catherine

porches + pretties | happy planting season

It’s [almost] planting season in North Georgia. We’ve been working on building up our perennial border garden in the front yard + after what felt like months of struggling to find inspiration + a general plan, I have hit a geyser of creativity just in the past week!

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August 20, 2018August 22, 2018mary catherine

porches + pretties | building a cottage garden

Despite not knowing much about gardening nor what had transpired in this particular landscape before us, we decided to start small

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August 19, 2018November 21, 2020mary catherine

porches + playtime | the deer, the dog + the bunny

This morning started like so many in our house–looking out the kitchen window at our pet family of deer.

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August 18, 2018August 22, 2018mary catherine

porches + pillowfights |fireflies

Do you find it poetic the way life is for some — first experiencing all the little joys, sorrows + hard to understand things for the first time as a child, ironically then getting to see the same things in the face of our own children?

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