TEMPUS FUGIT…and does it ever! How can it possibly be October already??? I remember thinking…sometime just as summer was creeping…
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VA Bowen’s, Gillespie’s and WV Hamrick’s
We had a lovely Saturday, full of family, deep roots, good food and great fellowship. Dave’s Mother is a Bowen…
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Life At Thistle Cove Farm
“All the best part of experience consists in discovering that perfectly trite pieces of observation are shiningly and exhilaratingly true.”…
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Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon
Since mid-June when I started preparations for my MIL’s 95th birthday party, it’s been a roller coaster ride. Her birthday…
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Spring in The Cove
In order to get anywhere we have to leave our valley, affectionately and simply called “The Cove” but, officially called…
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Phoebe
~ Phoebe ~ We have a new family member; her name is Phoebe and she’s about eight months old. A…
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Happy 90th Birthday!
Aunt Esther celebrates her 90th birthday this month and she’s looking great! Walks without a cane or walker, still drives,…
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The work of many hands
My studio is in disarray and empty – as in complete, total and devoid ofevery thing! The floor was painted…
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Happy Birthday, Morels
This month Dave and I celebrated his birthday at Town House Grill in Chilhowie, VA. It’s a fabulous restaurant, the…
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Sheep Shearing is Finished!
Hurrah! We finished shearing my small hand spinner’s flock yesterday and today I can barely breath. It’s a ton of…
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