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Patti & Rebecca joined us for a visit to the George & Edith Vanderbilt home in Asheville. The Biltmore was built in the 1890's and was incredibly modern for the time. It's amazing to walk through it's many rooms and try to think of it as a family home.
Only a friend who had once lived and worked in Haiti would be thrilled to be your guest when there's no place to sit down in your house and would choose to sleep on a sofa with no cushions! That's our Blythe. There are so many facets to our friendship, one of which is...
Had to clear all of the furniture out of the living room to finish the flooring. The sofa is in the dining room along with all the library bookshelves, the desk, and all of our books. Reached the point that nothing more can go into the dining room so we stacked the...
Rebecca is spending the month with us. It's a challenge for a city girl to adapt to life in a semi-remote location. And it's a challenge to have to get up at 7:30AM daily and to put up with the constant disruption of house renovation. But one of her joys is to hang...
Our friend Sr Kathleen and her friend Sr Jean (who quickly became our friend) drove up from St Petersburg. We met in Dillsboro and drove together to Bryson City where we boarded the GSMRR for a delightful ride through the mountains to the Nantahala Outdoor Center and...
She's a ballerina and a tap dancer and a ham in front of a camera. She and her dance classmates performed "Animal Crackers" and "Happy Little Working Song". And she gloried in the attention of visiting grandmothers, grandfathers, and a cousin.
Traveled to North Canton for Riley's Recital Weekend. Cousins Riley and Rebecca bonded over a collection of Barbie dolls that arrived with Riley's Grandpa Al.
To soothe our souls, and because we are tired of waiting for better areas closer to the doors of the house to be ready, we went to the garden center on US 441 near Webster yesterday and got a garden box, compost, manure, and plants - both vegetable and ornamental....
Days can get warm at Tween Creeks in the summer. It always cools off at night but in mid-afternoon one might resort to wading in a mountain stream to cool off.
Our builders came through and finished the basic deck and temporary handrails late on Saturday. A few family members showed up and some were dedicated to an enduring Deck Day tradition...the 3D puzzle. We also enjoyed good food and drink, laughter and storytelling,...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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It's a strange feeling to be traveling this weekend from the North Carolina Outer Banks into Tidewater Virginia. Traditionally we have not had to worry about having campground reservations for Memorial Day weekend but knowing that most campgrounds would be full to...
Remembering how much we learned and how much we enjoyed the visit to the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Manteo, North Carolina when were here with our young family in 1986, we decided that despite the Memorial Day weekend traffic on the North Carolina's Outer...
One historic site in the New Bern area that we had not been aware of before our visit is the New Bern Battlefield Park, owned and maintained by the New Bern Historical Society. The park's acreage preserves a significant portion of the land where in March 1862 Union...