It is hard to believe that it has been 2 years ago today that our area was devastated by Hurricane Helene. We were without power for 8 days, and missed many of the news reports during that time. We knew it was bad, but had no idea how bad until a report came through to …
Category: Mountain Living
Sample Sale, Cardmaking, Refashion Denim and Embroidery
The Fall Fiber Fair is Saturday October 17th in front of Beginnings Quilt Shop. I have agreed to be a part of the it once again with a booth in front of their store. I pulled out all the things I have left over from the guild gift shop, and it is quite a bit. …
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Sunday Chat and Mountain State Fair
This has to be my second favorite weekend of the year behind Thanksgiving!! Autumn is on the way, football season has started and the Mountain State Fair is in full swing! I get to bring out the fall quilts, change the wall hangings and get ready for the next three months of cooler weather, wearing …
Apple Season
Labor Day weekend is our local Apple Festival, the biggest event of our year. For four days, we celebrate our county's apple orchards. North Carolina is the 7th largest producer of apples in the US, and Henderson county provides 85% of the state's production. Downtown is closed to traffic and set up with orchard booths …
Welcome September
Finally, we turn the calendar page and it seems that fall may be coming. After miserable heat in August, I am looking forward to cooler days, wearing sweaters, the colors of autumn. Arising early, I love watching the view of the mountain ridges and valleys as it changes every day. The light in the early …
July Sunday Chat
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. We've been enjoying our lovely mountain views on drives with our car clubs. A recent drive took us through Pisgah Forest up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and west to Maggie Valley. Heading up from the ranger station, the street has trees over the road most …
Sunday Chat
It's been a fairly quiet week making for good days to putter around the house. Time for a new tablescape for summer. I decided on a chicken theme with fern green chargers and napkins. The bowls have roosters on the sides. These are mostly for salad in the summer, but a bowl of my Chilled …
June Garden and Wildlife
Our days have been warm and humid lately, just what the dahlias love. They shot up in just about 2 weeks and put out 5 blooms in short order in gorgeous red. The contrast in the golden centers would make a wonderful fabric collage, don't you think? Some years ago, I dug up all the …
Art Bears, Embroidery and a Denim Jacket with Lace
In our town of Hendersonville, we have a yearly art walk exhibit of bears decorated by local artists. The bears are on the street downtown for the summer, then auctioned off to benefits local charities in the fall. This year, several of the bears feature quilt patterns. This one had quilt blocks in mostly blues …
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Late May in the Garden
At the beginning of May, I pruned the geranium of its leggy twigs and set them to grow roots. Now, just four weeks later, the jar is full of roots, so it is time to put them in pots. One plant went into this pot that had the mother plant. There is a lot of …
