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Settle in for a long post, I have much to tell you all. If it is too much to read, just skip down to the last two paragraphs. Hurricane Helene hit our area with devastating force starting Thursday night and continuing well into Friday, causing massive damage, flooding and power outages all over Western North …
Continue reading Hurricane Helene Dealing with the Aftermath
I am going to attempt to post using my phone. We are safe, and are managing one day at a time. No power, limited generator, massive numbers of trees down taking power lines with them. Our home only had minor damage, friends had much worse. We have food, and clean water from our well. We …
Our driveway has become a feast for the critters, as ripening acorns are falling everywhere. The deer and turkeys love to come by and graze on the bounty. This gal came by on a rainy day, and I got her photo through the window. A couple of days later, this pair came to graze. The …
Today will be a quiet day, enjoying the cooler air and watching some of the local wildlife if they stop by again. This pretty doe and her fawn came by earlier in the week to munch on the plants and enjoy a late afternoon meal. They do like to eat a few of the hosta …
It is Apple Festival weekend with a street fair, air show, classic car shows and lots more. There is so much to do all over town as downtown is closed to traffic, and all the area orchards are open with activities and apples for sale. Local groups do pancake breakfasts and other activities to raise …
Continue reading Apple Festival, Apple Tablescape and Treats
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
From My Carolina Home 