Monthly Archives: April 2015

Dear Reader: We are down to our last “speaking scarf”…along with the correlation to the famous quote from Aristotle “Moderation in all things.” I know exactly where I was and who said the quote when I heard it for the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I certainly hope that statement is true when people drop in and visit me. I am always so delighted to have a distraction from me! So if you ever feel like dropping by….just do it! If I am … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We continue with the week of the speaking “scarves.” I hope  you are enjoying the messages on each one as I much as I do… while walking past my “wall of scarves” in the kitchen. I find this … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You might have noticed a pattern lately with these sayings…they are on cloth material (which is hanging over my kitchen window on the B&B side) so that is why the letters seem a little “off.” I am photo’ing … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: The “little” things we remember are usually the things that don’t go as planned. All of us were hoping, Easter Sunday, for some pictures that are hard to get in daily life with everyone running in different … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I searched around the yard for the flower that should symbolize Easter this year…my white petunias (who popped out in vivid abundance in both hanging baskets by the fence yesterday morning)…won the coveted award. Recently I have … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This was the last scene I saw before leaving Rutledge’s home last evening. Walsh had just gotten in from work and was playing with Rutledge in the yard…Mollie had come outside to share some news that their friend … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a girl’s day out….Cinderella Day…to be exact. While Mandy was on spring break we planned a girl’s day to take Eva Cate to see Cinderella, go the nursery and look at the plants and animals at … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This is my first time and season seeing a passion flower (vine) bloom…and oh, how beautiful it is! I can hardly wait to see the vine climb over the fence with these beautiful blooms accompanying it. When I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The stream that flows softly and gently with a tinkling sound as it passes over ancient mountain rocks ( located behind St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope in Trust, North Carolina) is simply named Spring Creek. ( It flows … Continue reading →