Carolina autumn porch
The leaves have just barely started to turn here in the North Carolina mountains The weather has been just perfect — beautiful crisp, cool mornings and Carolina blue skies throughout the day. I wanted to…
View PostThe leaves have just barely started to turn here in the North Carolina mountains The weather has been just perfect — beautiful crisp, cool mornings and Carolina blue skies throughout the day. I wanted to…
View PostIf you have been by here at all, you will know how much I love the old Watkins cookbook my great aunt gave me. You might even remember that I make some mouth-watering whole wheat…
View PostWould you like to join us for breakfast?? Homemade pancakes with jam made from heirloom grapes grown on our family property… Hot Colombian coffee… …and this view:-) Breathtaking beauty at 5,600 feet… Luis and I…
View PostYou know how I love my wormy chestnut, and I love using it in different ways. I found an old board to use as a runner over a striped cotton runner I made. I actually…
View PostIt’s apple season here in North Carolina… Last year I decided to use apples in my fall decor because they are plentiful here and I’m just different that way:-) You can find any variety you…
View PostNo, I didn’t can the rooster even though he has come close to the frying pan several times. I did can 25 pints of tomatoes and three quarts of tomato juice under the guidance and…
View PostI know you all are thinking I am the last person on the earth to give advice about photography. And you would be right in thinking that. But, I hope you have noticed a big…
View PostI am still enjoying my Vanilla-Strawberry Hydrangeas — especially as they are drying, and just in time for Autumn. I filled my grandfather’s old box with burlap, pumpkins, hydrangeas and pinecones. I added crystals and…
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