Little Penpen

What a week! And it's already Sunday night... time to start another week. We had a very rough week at work this past week.... very emoti...

Who would think that a very tired willow bench could hold so many memories? When we moved to the mountains of Western NC eleven years ago, t...

I have a best friend at work who always remembers my birhtday by giving me a gift. This year she gave me a night shirt which sports a dog th...

Believe it or not, this is the first snake plant I've ever owned. This plant was part of an arrangement that someone gave to me as a goi...

I have worked and worked and worked the past couple of weeks. Now I'm off for a four day weekend.... yay, yay, yay! Daughter and I will ...

Do you remember how we, as kids, always looked forward to summer? No school; just many long days of playing, hanging out with friends, goin...

Happy Independence Day! I hope your day is full of fun and fireworks. One of the things I love about living in my current home is that we se...

I've had this quilt for at least 12 years. I bought it from a little flea market in a very tiny town in NC for $5. It is all sewn by han...

These pictures cannot reveal the true beauty of this recently cut hayfield near my home. This field seems to go on and on, but my camera cou...

Look at my baby birds! There are still six in the nest and look how crowded they are! I hope they can continue to live together as they gr...

This is what we saw on Sunday when we peeked inside the bird's nest. Lots of little feathers, with one egg not having yet hatched at thi...

Eastern NC is having a heat wave and boy, is it hot! I've been in and out of the car for two days, running errands, and the heat is unb...