Ah yes, the fun place I had the opportunity to visit today.  The Scrap Exchange.  It’s a place where scraps come together!  Industrial discards and donations of all kinds keep this place full of “stuff” to make art with.
 
How to shop:  You can buy a bag to fill up with bin items or just browse […]

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Day 3 of our trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains was really our last full day together.  (Papa Bear had to come home early on Day 4. )   Day 3 was pretty much a driving-around day.  My husband wanted to head in the direction of Zionville, North Carolina, because his mother had family there.

We found one set of grandparents up in Zionville Baptist Church cemetery.  He has […]

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Whenever we go to Boone, North Carolina, we have a rough plan already laid out.  One day of our trip will be spent at Tweetsie Railroad.  It’s just a given.  We’ll do one “adventure drive,” as Hubby calls it, which is driving up some winding mountain road that scares us all and makes the kids gasp a few times.  […]

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I tell you, our drive to the Blue Ridge Mountains this year was probably the best ever.  We took two vehicles.  Hubby rode by himself, leading the way, while I followed behind with three of our children.  I don’t know how your husband drives, but my husband is on a mission, from the time he cranks the engine until […]

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We had a special treat today!  I took my second son for his end-of-year testing, which took us very close to North Carolina State University. I checked on line to see if there were any Japanese gardens in Raleigh that we might see and found that the JC Raulston Arboretum at NCSU had a Japanese […]

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Welcome to the garden this morning, again all wet from a heavy rain last night. 

I’ve got plenty of things I want to do in the garden.  The garden is getting so overgrown in some spots, and there is a “lull” in some places, with nothing blooming right now.  I’m setting about this week to remedy that.  […]

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Today was a field trip day!  We went to see a Durham Bulls game at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC.  It was pretty fun.  It was the first time I’d been to a Durham Bulls game.  It was actually the first time I had been to any kind of large baseball game.  The […]

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Oh did we have a great field trip today!  Princess of the Universe got together with the Best Cousin in the Universe and they had a great day together at Hill Ridge Farm.  Actually, we all had a very good time.  If you’re a North Carolina resident, Hill Ridge Farm is a great place to […]

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Here’s an idea for a get-together that is both fun and educational.  It’s Book Character Day.  My daughter is taking part in one today.  Each child dresses up like their favorite book character.  With book in hand, each child comes dressed up and ready to view and review an assortment of books and costumes!
Games and snacks […]

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We really enjoyed our trip to the landscaping business that has the beautiful ponds and huge koi.  My daughter did not want to leave.  The owner gave her a big bunch of food to feed to the fish.  He was so nice.  We could have stayed on and on, but I had to get home and […]

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