Winter Lights is an event at the NC Arboretum for the holiday season, and is just magical. It is a major fundraiser for their programs and exhibits, and you can attend any evening in December through the 31st. We went on the last warm night before the recent cold snap and snow fall to enjoy …
Category: Mountain Living
December In the Garden – Snow!
December mornings have been cold and grey these past few days. Fog in the valley shows the layers of hills between our mountain and the next ridge. This might have to become my header photo for winter. Friday morning dawned colder still. As I looked out the window, I noticed that the snow had begun …
Happy Thanksgiving and Some Autumn Views
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers and friends!! This morning, I will be enjoying parades and hot coffee in my flannel jammies with DH. Breakfast is baking and filling the house with the aroma of sausage, eggs and cheese. Later will be football games, and phone calls to family out of state. Turkey will be …
Autumn Hike on Fryingpan Mountain
This weekend the colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway are finally reaching their peak, and are past peak in the highest elevations. Friday was going to be clear and comfortable for hiking, so we thought it would be the perfect day to see the lookout tower on Fryingpan Mountain. Driving up the Blue Ridge Parkway …
Autumn Hike at Graveyard Fields
Autumn in the North Carolina mountains is usually a glorious time of blazing color. Some Autumn color would fit right in with the Autumn Jubilee event this year, reminding us that with the quilt along, sew along, stitch along, new recipes and projects, there should be a day to just enjoy the season. So today, …
Museum of Natural Science North Carolina
There was so much to see at the Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh, that I had to go to two posts. Today will concentrate on the North Carolina specific exhibits. Like the history section moving from earliest prehistory to more recent history, the North Carolina ecosystem exhibits moved across the state from the mountains …
Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh
On a recent trip to Raleigh over a weekend, DH and I spent an entire Sunday at the Museum of Natural Science downtown. Sunday was a great day to go, parking was easy, traffic was low, and the cafe was open before the Museum so we could have lunch before the visit. Two multi-story buildings …
Blueberry Competition at the Mountain State Fair
The last competition I entered at the Mountain Regional State Fair was a Blueberry recipe competition sponsored by the NC Blueberry Council. The rules for this competition were a bit different, as the focus was on the health benefits of blueberries, not their use in sweets. In fact, for scoring purposes, healthy was 50% of …
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More Fun at the Fair
Going back to the the Expo Building at the State Fair while the judges tasted the offerings in the cooking competition, I wanted to search out the two quilts I hadn't found on my previous visit, and get some better pictures. Be My Carolina Neighbor was hanging with its second place ribbon. The Scrap Dance …
Fun at the Mountain Regional State Fair
With the prospect of Irma coming into the mountains, my friend and I decided to hit the fair on opening day rather than wait until Monday as was our original plan. The forecast on Thursday night was for Irma to end up here with an 80% chance of rain all day increasing to 100% later …
