Maybe some of you thought that I had dropped off the Earth. I have been to North Carolina during July to visit my family. I had such a great time! Usually I come back ready to be back. This time was different. I had so much fun, first off traveling down there with my daughter -Kora, her husband - Jonathan, my granddaughter - Korinne and Jon's mother - Nancy. We stayed together for the week in my sister's house (which once belonged to my parents). I loved it! At the end of the first week, they came home and I spent the rest of the time visiting my sisters and brothers. I'm homesick. When I hear my sisters talking about getting together to go to the pool, I am soooooooo jealous!
I guess that you noticed the holidays theme with the opening photo. Santa, shopper girl, a snowman bell and a little touch of glitter stars. Well, my friend Ruth and I were talking several months ago about how we can't get jazzed up to make Christmas crafts until after Thanksgiving. After that crucial time we both go at gift making like crazy. So I told her that on July 25, I am officially starting my holidays. I am playing carols and looking at Christmas stuff - ornaments, glitter, tinsel, etc. Which brings me to bears. For some reason, I am wanting to make some teddy bears but with a paper mache bear head. Here's a picture of where I'm at in the process.
And now for another North Carolina moment. I was walking up on the hill with my sister to check her water line for l
izards. She has a spring and a spring box but sometimes lizards get in the tubing and really stop things up. As we were walking back down the hill, I noticed what a great garden my brother has out this year. You should see his cabbages - my favorite vegetable!Anyone who knows me knows how I love gardens. So I'm including a garden view from the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains - my home away from home.
