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As part of our car club activities, sometimes we take a role in a drive. This time we volunteered to be the sweep car for a group of drivers that will take a drive around some of our local back roads, winding up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, then up to Mt Mitchell. There, we …
Continue reading A Drive to Mt Mitchell, and Back Home In the Garden
Our little goldfinch flock continues to visit the smorgasbord, and a few cardinals are now stopping by regularly. I think I have a mated pair and two of their juveniles. This is a juvenile male, he looks a little moth-eaten, with his baby feathers molting and the new brighter red ones growing. I've seen another …
Continue reading Sunday Chat – Garden, Cooking, Sewing and a little Philosophy
Our guild recently held a retreat for 11 members at Febuary Hill in Jonesborough, Tennessee, run by the owner of Tennessee Quilts. We booked several days to sew, and chat, and eat, and shop. Some of us met for lunch before the retreat began, and we drove up at the same time. Arriving in the …
Starting in November, the Biltmore Estate begins preparing for the holiday season. The raising of a huge Christmas tree in the Grand Hall is a newsworthy event, and leads the local news that day every year. There is not a lot of decorating on the outside of the mansion, just some tiny lights in the …
Last week, I showed you some of my hostas, and mentioned that I needed to check on the gladiolas out back. Well, they are blooming their best. They have multiplied over the past couple of years, and now are a beautiful patch of apricot flowers, amongst the weeds and poison ivy on the mountainside behind …
Continue reading Sunday Chat – Gladiolas, Wildlife, Cooking, and Quilting
The last couple of weeks has seemed to be crammed full of things to do. Some fun, some not so much like getting my teeth cleaned. Three car club events were lots of fun, and I had a blast doing two presentations - one on card design for the Heritage Hills Stampers, and the other, …
Well, summer is definitely here, the heat is miserable. But at least it is low humidity, around 44-50 %, which was nice for lunch outside with some of the guild gals on Thursday. As I spend time watering my pots and flower beds, I am delighted with the flowers coming into bloom now. The day …
Summer has arrived, and with it comes activity with our car clubs. This past week, the British car club held a drive up to the Blue Ridge Parkway with lunch at the Pisgah Inn. Stopping at an overlook on the way home, we couldn't resist getting a photo of our MINI with the mountains in …
A foggy morning last week gives the early hours an ethereal quality. I like the silence it brings as even the birds take a pause from their daybreak choral performance. The Japanese word shinrinyoku for 'taking a forest bath' again comes to mind. The filtered light has a soft quality. These turkeys came by on …
Our local flower show continues to do its annual spring parade in the garden. The mountain laurel had its day, and now the dogwoods are blooming. This year they are a pristine white. For some reason, they sometimes have a green hue. On the veranda, my pots are looking fuller. I used to plant only …
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