Dogwood Cottage B&B in Eupora, Mississippi {Hanging with Honey : Day 13}

I shared with y'all yesterday some of the places we explored while staying in Eupora, Mississippi.

Today I want to share with y'all the heartbeat of what made this little town so special in our book....

Dogwood Cottage Bed & Breakfast and the sweet lady who owns it.

It was like finding a nugget of gold.

Sometimes when we travel out of town for Nick to preach revivals, the church provides a hotel for us.  Sometimes we stay with church members who have a spare bedroom.  We have stayed in cabins and lake houses of generous people who have opened them up for the traveling preacher.   Either way, it's always a blessing getting to enjoy christian fellowship and hospitality.

This week, we experienced that at it's finest thanks to Mrs. Carol Freels as she used her gifts to be a blessing.

I always bring my good camera with all of my lens when we travel.  Except this time. Womp womp. And boy did I want my kick myself.  Everywhere I turned there was beauty that I would have loved to capture with my Nikon but for some reason that I still can't figure out, it got left behind.  All of these pics are were snapped with my phone but I think you will get the feel of how inviting this place is.

The "Blue Room" is where Nick would drink his coffee and read the Word in the morning.

(Which by the way, Ms Carol made a really great cup of coffee.)

   

I couldn't get enough of that stained glass.

And as posed as these pics look, he really was reading.  He's used to my shenanigans after all these years and just goes about his business as much as he can.  lol.

I didn't snap any pics of our bedroom.  (I KNOW!)

But if our bathroom is any indicator,  then you can imagine how wonderful and plush it all was. I experienced some of the best sleep I've had in a long time in the king sized bed.  Her linens and pillows were all incredible.  And clean.  Holla!

This was the formal dining room.  She has beautiful polish pottery everywhere.

It's simply stunning.

However, we never sat at the formal table because we were always busy hanging out in this wonderful little area of the house.

So many wonderful meals were experienced each morning and the conversations were even better.

 I was blessed to meet some of Mrs. Carol's family and enjoyed hearing their amazing testimonies of God's faithfulness.  Our mornings in Eupora were some of my most favorites in all our traveling.

(So thankful for you two, Stephanie and Holly! xxoo)

I'm just so thankful for Mrs. Carol  and that the Lord chose to cross our paths.

She has a great love for stained glass and has beautiful pieces all over the house.

Several of them were made by one of her daughters, Lynn, who we had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with too.  We just didn't think to snap a pic.

Seriously though, so much talent in this beautiful family.

There is also a beautiful covered back porch and yard that is so peaceful and serene.  I spent quite a bit of time out here reading God's word and studying.

This was one of my favorite things even though these pictures do not do it justice.

She calls it her Window House.  And she and her daughters, who happen to be architects, designed it using old, recycled windows. It's quite magical.

There is so much to explore, that I didn't even see this little spot until the day before we left.

It's a beautiful thing when you see the Body of Christ at work doing what we are each called to do.

There is no doubt that the Lord has equipped Mrs. Carol with an eye for beauty and the gift of hospitality to serve others and help refresh us on the journey. 

She was a breath of fresh air and if you ever find yourself traveling through Mississippi or just need an interesting place to rest and relax, then I recommend Dogwood Cottage in Eupora.  It's the sweetest little refuge and Mrs. Carol is a blessing.  

If you get a chance to go, tell her Honey sent ya and then give her a big ole hug from me.

ps.  I was not asked to share any of this.  This is not a sponsored ad in any way, shape or form.  Just sharing a little of the blessing we received and would love to see others experience the warm hospitality too.  #sharingiscaring  ;)

Hanging with Honey {Day 12}: Explorin Eupora

   Whenever Nick preaches a revival out of town, we always try to explore the area if time permits. Sometimes our weeks are jam packed with activities but sometimes they are a little more flexible during a revival.  Last week was a flexible one and we were blessed to enjoy our surroundings a little bit.

We were both born and raised in Louisiana, but we have lived in Mississippi for right at 20 years now.  It's amazing to me how you can travel just a couple of hours from your house and be in unchartered territory.

This was our first visit to the sweet little town of Eupora, Mississippi.

We were blessed to stay in a wonderful little Bed and Breakfast that I will be sharing with y'all soon on here.  Today, I'm gonna hit the hi-lights of a few things we found while walking around the town.  And yes...we literally walked from our B&B to all of these places I'm about to show you.

Downtown Eupora

 Just a block or two over we found an old abandoned building I heard someone call "The Triangle Building".  I'm always a sucker for a great wall. And when you throw in the perfect sun flare with a chippy aqua door.....well a picture has to happen.

 (It still had Class of 69' spray painted on it!)

 The building from the front....hence the triangle.

 We set out exploring on Monday and soon discovered that most of the stores were closed. So if y'all are ever traveling through, keep in mind that the antique stores, shops and thrift stores are only open Wednesday-Saturday.  So we took a ride on the Natchez Trace instead that day, and ended up in French Camp.  I'll save that adventure for another time though.

Ms Carol, who owns the B&B we stayed at (Dogwood Cottage), highly recommended the ribs at Central Service... or The Grill as it's called by the locals.

 Ribs are one of my favorites and you could smell the smoke from the pit all over town as we walked around so I was feeling really good about having lunch there. 

But apparently the ribs are so good that they had already run out of them on Monday by the time we stopped in.

We didn't give up though....

We came back on Wednesday, a little earlier this time and we were not disappointed.

We both are rib connoisseurs and these totally rocked in our book.  We split a rack but we seriously could have eaten a whole other plate.  They were seasoned near perfect and were very meaty.

And the atmosphere is really cool too.  I love the tin on the ceiling.

I would recommend going if ya'll are ever in this neck of the woods.

After lunch we explored the little town.

We discovered a great little alley with some amazing walls.

 Everywhere we turned there was an old wall with great brick.

 Nick convinced me to climb up in the hole on the left.  Its higher than it looks

Once I was up there, he spies something and says 

"Hang on. There's something up there you probably won't like in the picture."

I IMMEDIATELY think LIZARD!! And try to jump down because if that think had fallen on me I would have had a heart attack. Or at the very least, an accident. In my pants. 

I don't do lizards.  I was scared to death to even look....

But he convinced me to stay up there and eventually to look.

It was a HEAD in a hole in the wall.

Kinda weird. Kinda creepy. But kinda cool. 

But mostly creepy.

Then we found this wall with all this color!

I want it in my house!

We each took a pic and I tried to morph the two pics together. 

I was so focused on lining up the brick, I never paid attention to the fact I cut off half of Nick's hand.

We wrapped it up with a a little thrifting.

I fell in love with this canvas. 

It totally came home with me.

 When I went back with the car to pick it up, I gasped when I saw this old Texaco tanker in the window.  Nick's family used to own a Texaco station and I about flipped.

The owner of the store gave me a super sweet deal since it was sentimental to our family.

We gave it to his daddy who was seemed to be tickled to death. Do guys get tickled to death? I'm not sure if that's the right choice of words, but he liked it a lot and really was touched by it.

So if you ever find yourself traveling through Eupora, Mississippi I hope you take a minute to stop and smell there roses there.  You won't be disappointed with this sweet little town.

And for those of you who have been  hanging out with me one here everyday for Write 31 Days,  then you are probably aware that I missed a day.  I let my four hour sunday nap get the best of me yesterday.  I ain't throwing in the towel though.  

We're almost halfway there!