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September 24, 2020

A Beautiful Drive Any Time of the Year – Blue Ridge Parkway

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 8 Comments/ 562

We are so fortunate that we live so close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Named America’s Favorite Drive the Parkway is beautiful any time of the year. In the fall the Parkway is crowded with “peepers” many of whom stop in our lovely little town Continue reading →

September 3, 2020

Butterfly Butterfly

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography/ 7 Comments/ 516

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing: And now from having ridden out desire They lie closed over in the wind and cling Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire. Robert Frost, “Blue-Butterfly Day” Some of the most beautiful creatures around Continue reading →

September 2, 2020

A Resurrected Train Depot, Some Bricks and a Ballerina

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 9 Comments/ 953

I often sing the praises of our now hometown, Brevard, North Carolina, on It’s Just Life and in real life. Even though we live about 8 miles outside of the actual town we consider it our home and are always trying to explore new to Continue reading →

August 27, 2020

Talking Trees and More – Holmes Educational State Forest

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 9 Comments/ 1697

Chris and I are still exploring places we haven’t visited before in our area. I think this pandemic has helped us to discover local things even more and it makes me happy to be able to do that and share neat places we have discovered Continue reading →

August 14, 2020

What’s on Your Camera Roll?

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One of my favorite posts coming up –photos from my phone camera roll. Of course there is always a cat theme going on but you know cats are great subjects, right? Enjoy some pictures that I have taken recently. Last weekend we had a pretty Continue reading →

August 10, 2020

The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep

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July 10, 2020

Environmental Impact II at The NC Arboretum

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The North Carolina Arboretum is not just about plants and Legos. The latest display in the Baker Exhibit Center is entitled Environmental Impact II and is on display through August 2, 2020. The exhibit consists of over 50 works that include paintings, photography, sculptures and film Continue reading →

July 8, 2020

What’s Blooming at The North Carolina Arboretum

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Monday I shared with my readers some of the amazing sculptures made of Legos at The North Carolina Arboretum. What an amazing exhibit that is and on that I would not mind going back to see a second or third time. Thanks to all who Continue reading →

July 6, 2020

It’s More Than Flowers at The North Carolina Arboretum – Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 14 Comments/ 847

Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks has arrived at The North Carolina Arboretum and it is an exhibit not to be missed. Chris and I took an early morning trip to the Arboretum located at 100 Fredirick Law Olmsted Way in Asheville last week to view Continue reading →

June 25, 2020

Just a Walk in the Woods

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography/ 9 Comments/ 517

Father’s Day weekend has come and gone for 2020 and with the Covid-19 pandemic we adjusted what we did a little bit. We loved having Aaron with us for a long weekend and made sure that along with the work he helped us with we Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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