Quote of the Week #55
What’s not to love about a road trip? How about having your car stolen? On our recent trip to visit friends in New Orleans we enjoyed a lovely dinner out
Is Spring Coming Soon?
Guess what today is?… it’s Groundhog Day! Here in western North Carolina, the day is very overcast, though warm. However, I don’t think the woodchuck will be seeing his shadow today…
5 Meaningful Gifts that Won’t Break the Bank
I wrote a post about this some time ago–how so often we are faced with finding a gift for someone who seems to have everything. What should we give him/her?
What do Bananas, Tequila, Figs and Chocolate have in Common?
Do you know what these items have in common? Any guesses? Let’s start with bananas… did you know bananas are pollinated by bats? Or that tequila, which comes from the
Have you Noticed?
If you’ve been feeding the hummingbirds this summer and you still have nectar out, you might have noticed lately an absence of males. Male ruby-throated hummingbirds can easily be distinguished
Quote of the Week #38
Did you know today is the first day of autumn? Hard to believe another summer is gone and we are entering fall, which very quickly will give way to the
Monarch Day at The NC Arboretum!
In recent weeks some of my readers have expressed interest in planting Milkweed in their yards to help the Monarch butterflies. As you know, the caterpillars of our beloved orange