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It's been a month since our refrigerator was moved to the dining room and our electric range was hauled away. We've been using the microwave, the panini press, and the Coleman stove out on the deck (including cooking oatmeal in the snow). It will still be a few days...
Once upon a time there was a fishpond near the entry to the house. Then it became a planter. We're going to redo the landscaping so we dug up the old pond.
It's an amazing time of year. Every day there is a little more green on the trees. The trees up on the ridgeline are still looking a bit bare but dogwood and redbud are in evidence everywhere. The temperature is just a little warmer than springlike but that should be...
Went to a street festival in downtown Sylva today. It was part entertainment and part education. Saw this bald eagle from the Balsam Mountain Project. Learned lots of cool things about a wide range of stuff from silversmithing and textiles to vermicomposting and...
Went to the Newcomers Dinner at St John's tonight. Steve volunteered to help with finishing the Activity Center in the basement of the new church. Before we got all the way home he got a phone call from the coordinator asking if he could help tomorrow. Guess that...
A little like the discrepancy between the way time flows in our world versus Narnian time, there is a discrepancy here known as Carolina time. When the tiler left last evening he told us, "See you tomorrow morning." We thought that meant that by this afternoon that...
Our diagonal set porcelain tile floor in the kitchen was grouted today. It looks so good. Tomorrow John the Tiler and Connor, his helper will be back to begin working on the downstairs bathroom floor. In other news, Joe the Tree Guy and his helper finished up the...
Needed to go into town today to get paint and supplies, drop off trash and recyclables, and check the mail. Since there are workers at the house we also decided to have lunch out for the sake of a little sanity (can't wait to get our kitchen back). We opened the mail...
The Dogwoods are in bloom. So are the Violets, and Trilium, and Bloodroot, and lots of stuff that we cannot yet identify. We have to get to know so many flowers and shrubs and trees. Everyday as we walk...
Today we took delivery of the reclaimed antique heart of pine that will become the new flooring and stairs. More than a hundred years ago this wood was part of a textile mill. For now it is sitting in our library acclimating to the environment of our home. Also...
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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James K Polk video This morning we spotted an interesting brown sign informing us that the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville, North Carolina was nearby. We made a quick decision to reroute, found parking for our rig, and headed inside to learn...
After one last errand, picking up a delivery at The UPS Store in Franklin, we hit the road and made our way to the Charlotte/Fort Mill KOA in Fort Mill, South Carolina. It's close enough that Bill & Dove could join us for a meal at the nearby Blacow Burgers.
This is definitely a hidden gem. Downtown RV Park is a private RV park located on the edge of downtown Franklin, North Carolina, only about ten sites. After getting ourselves organized and out of the house we headed here for a two night stay. It was a fun time getting...