As promised today I will share a few more gingerbread creations from the annual show held at the Omni Grove Park Inn including the Grand Prize Winner. I am just amazed at the level of ability and creativity involved with some of these. First up Continue reading →
Chris and I spent a lovely day at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC earlier this week enjoying lunch and touring the annual Gingerbread Competition. Competitors from all over, of all ages, come together to showcase their entries and some are so creative. Continue reading →
If you know me well, you know that not only do I collect teapots but I also have a small collection of nativities that come out of storage at Christmas. Today my bookshelves are cleared and I have my nativities displayed as well as I Continue reading →
We kicked off our holiday season a little early a couple weeks ago with a visit to Biltmore Estate for their nighttime viewing. Our son, Aaron, had a friend that was singing with a group in the Winter Garden area in the entrance area of Continue reading →
And then the rain came down and washed it all away… Those words could not be truer for something that I spied on a recent trip to the Transylvania County Library. As I walked up I noticed something on the sidewalk and of course after Continue reading →
Anyone else out there feeling like the holidays are taking over their life? Hoo boy — I feel like I am in the midst of holiday heaven around here with all of the events and commitments but isn’t it wonderful? I think the pandemic has Continue reading →
On our recent day trip to see all of the beauty of fall in western North Carolina and beyond, Chris and I stopped at Judaculla Rock again. I blogged about our visit there years ago but of course for some reason I can not find Continue reading →
I have always loved photographing doors. When the beautiful door is on a church it is even better in my. humble opinion. On our recent foray into the Blue Ridge Parkway area and beyond Chris and I stopped in the cute town of Highlands to Continue reading →
Chris asked me to make a day of it the other day and spend the day with him driving the Blue Ridge Parkway and beyond to see the colorful leaves. In the back of my mind I was thinking about all that I had to Continue reading →
Imagine how thrilled I was last week when we discovered that the beach at Holden Beach, NC was teeming with fossils. Thanks to the recent dredging in the area (see picture of dredging in progress below) we were privy to a once in a lifetime Continue reading →
