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cheers stephanie i almost forgot here s abby with her beloved rosie posted by stephanie mealor corder at 10 26 am no comments friday november 28 2025 dressing not stuffing back in 2001 we were living in st croix and partook of our first ever friendsgiving it was my first thanksgiving away from my parents and our friends invited us to join their gathering and to bring a dish that meant thanksgiving to me so for me that meant dressing not stuffing which i was about to learn the hard way i put it together and was excited about bringing one of my southern traditions with me to share with our friends meanwhile something didn t go right for our friend s sausage and bread stuffing not dressing she asked if there was enough of my dressing to stuff the turkey with i remembered that although i d never cooked it that way my grandmother used to and decided to give it a go such a bad idea when it was time to baste it looked like the primordial oooozzze in there just wrong and certainly not something you d want to eat much less serve others cornbread dressing is meant to have a bit of crunch not be soft and oozy i caught sight of the other women exchanging horrified glances before asking me if it was supposed to look like that i reminded them that i d never stuffed a turkey with dressing and perhaps it needed to cook a bit longer needless to say we ended up tossing the stuffing er dressing and replaced it with my sheet pan dressing which was delicious don t forget the gravy as a proud southern gal i m excited to share my by gosh and by golly recipe for southern cornbread dressing it s really a conglomeration of this and that resulting in one of my favorite thanksgiving dishes southern cornbread and biscuit dressing not stuffing 4 cups chicken stock 1 2 cup buttermilk 4 cups crumbled cornbread i like virginia willis recipe 3 cups crumbled buttermilk biscuits use your favorite recipe 2 onions diced 2 4 cloves garlic adjust to taste 4 tablespoons butter 2 eggs lightly whisked 2 tablespoons celery seed adjust to taste 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning adjust to taste pinch of garlic powder again to taste salt and pepper to taste day 1 i start the day before by making a fresh batch of cornbread and biscuits no need to refrigerate just keep them covered day 2 preheat oven to 350 melt the butter in a large frying pan sauté 2 diced onions until translucent about 5 minutes then add garlic and sage let your nose guide you here i love garlic so i always go heavy with it moisten it with 2 cups of home made stock and the buttermilk and then add celery seed poultry seasoning garlic powder plus salt and pepper if it seems dry add more stock you want it to be thoroughly moist but without any liquid floating on top it looks disgusting at this stage but you can taste test to make sure the flavors are good once you re happy with the flavor add the eggs and you re ready to cook this bad boy we always do two kinds bill and my dad s favorite is the thin and crispy spread out on a greased cookie sheet and my daughter emmy and my mom s fave is the thick cooked in a cast iron pan posted by stephanie mealor corder at 7 58 am no comments sunday november 23 2025 layering the seasons coral bark setting the autumn mood i love watching the seasons change and have tried to plan and plant my garden accordingly when planning focal points for my garden i try to make sure there is something of interest for each season one of my favorite shrubs is the purple smoke tree i love to plant clematis beneath it to weave throughout the shrub with it s sweet blooms peeking through as the spring leaves emerge purple smoke tree with happy jack clematis later in the autumn the leaves turn a brilliant crimson before dropping to reveal the beautiful structure of it s branches in my back gardens i have one placed with a coral bark maple one of the things i love about georgia autumns is we have a slow and steady show the coral bark is usually one of my first trees to show it s colors and then as it begins to fade the smoke tree puts in her performance smoke tree nearing the end of it s performance wish i d snapped this a couple days ago kiki boots helping with an arrangement once the leaves have fallen the brilliant crimson of the coral bark takes center stage i have to admit that i also plan my garden to provide me with beautiful material to decorate my home i also use my garden a lot for my paintings moondance available as a card or print this one happened by accident i d taken the thanksgiving arrangement outside didn t have the heart to throw something so beautiful away to make room for christmasing loved the composition so much that it had to become painting and i loved painting my moon man so much that he s made multiple appearances in my art live love laugh available in my shop greetings of the season available in my shop my favorite spot in the garden i hope you re enjoying autumn as much as i am it s such a beautiful way to be thankful in this giving season cheers stephanie posted by stephanie mealor corder at 8 04 am 1 comment labels garden design garden painting christmas card autumn leaves friday november 14 2025 down with the dahlias at the entrance to my back gardens there are a few kinds of flowers that i will always love foxgloves roses irises just to name a few but in the last three years i have fallen in love with dahlias it began with me reading this article from the middle sized garden based in england she lives in zone 8 like me and she says you don t have to dig up dahlias for them to come back yearly it s a great article with lots of ideas and information i highly recommend it thomas edison i think from eden brothers gardens anyway d a h l i a s i love them here in decatur ga they start their show in may and most of them will continue their dance until first freeze yes their leaves will need a little attention in the heat and they do need to be staked but come on they are so very worth it this week we had our first freeze and with it went the last of this years blooms i think even frost burned they are still quite wonderful it will hurt my heart to cut them down this weekend emory paul from eden brothers emory paul from eden brothers emory paul from eden brothers for the last two years i ve been working on a garden journal for others to be able to use for their own gardening notes ideas and memories so of course i had to include dahlias close up of my painting for the july spread available as a card or print in my shop and this is how the journal page will look with numbers and lines for notes more soon i m off to cut down and mulch my dahlias cheers stephanie posted by stephanie mealor corder at 9 13 am 1 comment labels dahlias garden art garden journal georgia gardening snail art wednesday november 12 2025 baby i m back send in the clowns i have missed blogging so very much but in the past five years so much has happened it has been a whirlwind made up of buying and gutting our forever home the world stopping via covid illnesses starting a new business and just life in general it has been an exhausting handful of years and i ve finally been able to re evaluate my life and start living again here s a brief recap of our home and garden design adventures home renovations our blank canvas dining and living rooms with the kitchen three walls knocked out my r e d kitchen to match my stained glass window gardening dreams leading to installations this is my happy place always a work in progress p u r p l e door to match my mini butterfly bushes i have eight pugster blue butterfly bushes along my front path it looks like a freakin fairy tale in the summertime i wanted the back gardens to be more naturalized just for sitting and relaxing it s a series of garden rooms with the focal point being our garden shed aka our covid project we totally took advantage of home improvement delivery services our once and future back gardens it all started with a handful of azaleas our breakneck hill became garden steps the garden shed was our covid project a magical spot in the evening we built our shed during c o v i d then i was benched with incapacitating back problems got better and then the next spring was once again out of service due to life altering shingles seriously if you re over 50 get the vaccination add all this into regular life and i m just now able to lift my head up get back to the business of living this made me realize how much i missed blogging and the connections it offers so long story short i m back posted by stephanie mealor corder at 9 14 am 1 comment labels azalea garden butterfly bushes garden design home renovation no grass garden renovation wednesday february 1 2017 2017 year of the dog 2016 ended up being year of the cat for me after i finally fulfilled my promise of a cat calendar and the calendar had a great response in fact the only negative comments i received were but what about a dog calendar unfortunately i am a sloooow painter and i know realistically i can expect to complete 15 20 paintings a year on a good year that s more than 2 paintings a week and i just can t whip them out like that so with my top priority this year to be producing enough pup paintings to have a calendar by october 2017 is now at least for me year of the dog the only problem is i don t have dogs of my own so i need dog photos and permission to use them as models my favorites are holiday themes garden settings or goofy character poses please help if you have any great photos you d like me to paint i d be thrilled to see i m almost done with my first painting this is daisy a regular customer at my farmer s market i think it s perfect for april i have two basic rules after i ve drawn in my map i always start with the background bc it s the hardest part and i always do my underpaintig with the shadows first getting there annnnd almost done i m hoping to finish dotty daisy by the end of this week fingers crossed stephanie posted by stephanie mealor corder at 9 21 am 8 comments wednesday july 6 2016 peach cobbler with pearson s georgia peaches and finished with my peach amaretto jam makes 6 8 servings ingredients 4 tablespoons 1 2 stick unsalted butter 4 cups fresh pearson s peaches 1 cup sugar plus more for optional sprinkling 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder pinch fine sea salt 1 cup whole milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 4oz jar dragonfly design studios peach amaretto jam warmed to drizzly goodness directions preheat the oven to 350 degrees place the butter in a large 10 to 12 inch cast iron skillet may substitute a large ovenproof baking dish and place in the oven so the butter melts this should take 5 to 7 minutes meanwhile place the fruit in a large mixing bowl use a potato masher to mash the fruit just enough so that it releases some of its juices if the fruit is tart sprinkle a little sugar on top whisk together the flour baking powder and salt in a separate medium bowl add the cup of sugar milk and vanilla extract stirring until well incorporated remove the skillet from the oven carefully pour the melted butter from the skillet into the batter stirring to combine then pour the batter all at once into the skillet add the fruit and juices to the center of the batter bake for 50 to 60 minutes until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the batter comes out mostly clean drizzle with warmed peach amaretto jam and serve warm vanilla ice cream if you like straight from the skillet enjoy recipe source adapted from virginia willis s bon appetit y all ten speed press 2008 posted by stephanie mealor corder at 10 33 am 1 comment labels dragonfly design studios dragonfly design studios jam georgia peaches pearson s peaches virginia willis older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2025 5 december 1 make a little magic part one november 4 2017 1 february 1 2016 1 july 1 2014 10 october 1 july 1 june 1 may 2 april 1 march 2 january 2 2013 26 november 1 september 4 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