It was a cool morning in August last Sunday, so I did a little garden cleanup. I needed to do some weeding, and clean out the dead flower spikes from the day lilies. I am pleased with the flowers this year, but the vegetables have been a complete bust. In case you all think I …
Category: Mountain Living
National Dog Day 2014
This is a very special day for dog lovers and close to my heart. The website National Dog Day lists a number of ways to celebrate this day by helping local humane societies, walking a neighbor's dog, or pampering your own. We raised these two darlings from puppies, long before we knew what a puppy …
Giveaway Winner and Mountain Living
One of the wonderful things about living on the side of a mountain in a rural area with lots of forest is you get to see a lot of wildlife. This guy paid us a visit yesterday, thinking he might get the bird feeder. I grabbed the camera and took his picture before I made …
Blue Ridge Drive July 2014
We did a drive with our car club yesterday. The weather was just perfect, a beautiful sunny day in the 70s. The recent rains had cleared the air and the views were spectacular off the Blue Ridge Parkway. We met in a parking lot near the entrance to Pisgah Forest. This was a Progressive Drive, …
Patriotic Pops July 4, 2014
One of the treasures we have in the mountains is the Brevard Music Center. It is about a 45 minute drive from our place. Every summer they do a music camp where students come from all over to study and perform. The Patriotic Pops concert for Independence Day was fun. Student musicians performed the first …
June Flowers are Still Blooming
The blooming season just goes on and on here. Two years ago I received a white lily around Easter and when it finished blooming, I put it in the garden. It bloomed last year and again this year. Although it is well past Easter! Last week two of the flowers were out. It has three …
A Perfect Picnic
We have picnics quite often here in the lovely mountains where we live. We go to lots of shows and festivals through the summer and autumn, sometimes to show our car, and sometimes just to drive someplace pretty, or hike to a waterfall. We mostly enjoy just getting outside, seeing beautiful places and enjoying the …
Late May Morning
It is the last day of May, everywhere the garden and land are all so green!! The view this morning is sunny and bright. Last weekend, hubby and I got out on the veranda to scrub it down. No sense in doing this until the forsythias and azaleas are done blooming due to the layer …
A walk along the river
Last weekend was busy, but we made time to take a breather along the Broad River near Chimney Rock, NC. Sometimes you just have to stop, take in the beauty that is on this earth and breathe. Beautiful, isn't it? Spring is really coming along, the trees are greening up, as the flowers are changing …
Weekend in the Garden
It was a nice weekend, and time to get some clean up done. I pick up my torenias next week, and I plan to get some plants for both the garden and the veranda pots. The azaleas are coming into bloom! These white ones are my favorite, and are in the front of the house. …
From My Carolina Home 