A Fond Memory

One of my favorite memories from childhood is of my grandmother's drinking bird. It sat in the window, bobbing up and down 'drinking' water. It was absolutely mesmerizing.

I found my own drinking bird this past summer at the Mast General Store in Valle Crucis, NC. Now it happily bobs up and down in my kitchen window and hopefully my son will remember ours as fondly as I remember my grandmother's.

What fun memory do you have from your childhood?

August Break #15

Aren't these the prettiest eggs you've ever seen?

And they are naturally colored that way!

I don't remember what breed of chicken laid these pretty eggs,

but they were some of the yummiest, prettiest eggs I've ever had.

You can't get any better than true cage free,
yard roaming, bug eating chickens to lay
the best organic eggs! 

Go organic. You'll be glad you did!

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and speaking of food...

My mother had a cookbook that included some
really 'wild' recipes to say the least!

for example...


I think we all need to know how to cook raccoon, don't you?

And if you've ever wondered how to prepare that possum,
look no further....

Aren't these a hoot?

I guess way back when people needed to
know these kinds of things.
And for today's survivalists, these would come in handy!

August Break #14

Blue Dragonfly

I've missed a lot of days during this August Break due to coming back home from the mountains and then getting things ready for school to start. Now that it's back in session, hopefully I can do better about updating my blog with pictures from this summer (and jewelry too hopefully).

It was a great summer and we had a blast.

And we hated to leave...



...as always.

(more high country summer pics to come)

August Break #13

My Appalachia...

I wouldn't trade it for anything.

August Break #12

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

August Break #11

Creeks are a lot of fun in the summertime. :)

And they make great refrigerators too!

August Break #10

Crab spiders

August Break #9

Tigger, the indoor/outdoor cat.

He's always on the prowl.

When he's not on the prowl, he's sleeping. 

And he sleeps in my mom's lap almost every day.

Personally, I like him best when he's asleep.