The drawing for the raffle quilt benefiting Steps to Hope was held this week. I am happy to report that the charity made almost $800 from its efforts. Thanks to Pam B in Delaware who graciously allowed her stunning quilt to be the raffle prize. The money raised will help residents of the shelter take …
Category: Mountain Living
More Fun at the Mountain State Fair
It has been a crazy week, with multiple cooking contests and lots of entries to find in the Expo building. Today, if you can tolerate the tooting of my own horn, I'll show you a few more ribbons in other divisions. In Senior Crafts, this holiday theme table topper won second place in Holiday Decorations. …
Welcome Autumn with Apples
As August draws to a close, the harvest begins. It isn't quite fall yet, but I am ready for cooler days, and the flavors of fall. Apples are my transition theme for cooking and decorating this time of year. Labor Day weekend is our local Apple Festival, and it was gorgeous weather for it with …
Sunday Chat
This past week was crazy busy, with something to do, someplace to be or an appointment to keep every single day. Most of it was fun, though, with a wonderful drive with a car club on Wednesday through the lush green of summer in the mountains. The weather was nice, with wispy clouds, and our …
Sunday Chat – Quilting, Birding, Cooking
I am happy to report that Lemon Twist is almost finished! When I finished ripping out all the bad stitching (see my post Quilting Lemon Twist), I did some trouble shooting and discovered the top thread was not seated into the tension discs. How it jumped out is beyond comprehension, but there it was. I …
Sunday Chat – August Garden, Decor and Lemon Twist Update
Moving into August, the hydrangea is starting to turn color to the muddy pink it usually takes on in the fall. But there are still a few blooms with the pretty clear lavendar I like best. One blue bloom came out this week. The muddy pink can be seen behind it. On the veranda, the …
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Sunday Chat – Garden and Quilting
The flowers on the veranda continue to be happy with the high humidity these past days. The geranium keeps giving me gorgeous blooms. The plant is really leggy now, and I need to cut it back, but I want to wait until these blooms fade. Sunset one day last week after a rainstorm had passed …
Sunday Chat
Another week of exhausting heat, and I am ready for summer to be over. The humidity is stifling these days, and it rains almost every afternoon because of it. I admit a certain amount of nervousness as the weather people mention hurricanes in the ocean, and the news keeps going over what to put in …
Sunday Chat
Time for a Sunday chat, so get yourself a cuppa and settle in for a long and picture heavy post. There has been a lot of activity in the garden lately, as it is in lovely bloom now. The day lilies have been giving us two or three blooms each day. The orange ones I …
National Fried Chicken Day!
It is National Fried Chicken Day, and I want to reprise some stories I've told before as I pay homage to my favorite food. I am completely addicted to fried chicken, as my fellow guild members can attest to (when I am not eating sushi). The combination of delicate crunchy breading and tender juicy chicken …
From My Carolina Home 