We started the day with a visit from some wild turkeys, a rafter of four hens came for breakfast. We first spotted them outside our bedroom window. They stayed for quite a while gradually moving down the hill. Soon after that our friend Mary arrived with this week’s farm boxes that our two families split. Then the three of us headed off to Asheville on a day of adventures which included a trip to a fine fabrics store, lunch in Biltmore Village, the Asheville Quilt Guild show, a shopping trip to Earth Fare for some great groceries, and dessert at a TCBY frozen yogurt bar. Some fine adventures on a crispy cool autumn day topped off by dinner of Chicken Pot Pie from Earth Fare and tomatoes from our garden.
Dakar, Senegal: A Wolof Village & The Pink Lake
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.




Mmmm – tomatoes from the garden.
Yeah! An incredible taste sensation!