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Thursday, September 29, 2011

October

This sweet time of year reminds me of grapes ripening on the vine, scuppernong & muscadine,
leaves curling & fluttering along the green way & through the air,
mild weather,
clear skies,
bright stars at dawn,
pumpkin-colored sunrises,
brilliant orange sunsets at dusk.

Fall is in the air.
Summer seems noisy.
Fall is peaceful, still, quiet.
A coolness settles in, vanquishing clingy humidity.

Autumn, welcome back:)





Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hey Blog, it's September!




Dear blog,
It's been too long since I've been by. Life is slipping past & I get too busy to write down all that's happening. (Journaling is hard for me to maintain for some reason?)

Weekend before last Keith & I spent the Friday, Saturday, & Sunday in West Jefferson & Boone, visiting Skye & enjoying being in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains:)

Skye's been tickled to get back to Boone after a summer of interning with Appalshop in Whitesburg, Ky.-- says it's too small a town for a city girl:) She's now in her second year of Appalachian Studies' graduate school, & this fall is rooming with friend Rachel VandenEnde:)

The 3 of us loved listening to Boone's Friday night Outdoor Bluegrass Concert at the Jones' House, Saturday rode our bikes along the Boone green way & ate a delicious supper at Frasier's in W. Jefferson in the evening, & Sunday had brunch at the Boone Sunrise Grill.
A sweet time:)!!!

I love the mountains & am always thankful to spend time there:) Especially with my baby girl:)


(Photos: Skye reading as we listen to the Forget Me Not's concert, the view from Skye's room overlooking the Appalachian campus, & the mountains from the Blue Ridge Parkway)