Sunshine Through Fog -

I sat on the front porch this morning - my favorite hickory rocker, a hot cuppa in my Iceland mug in one hand.

Dawn arrived with much birdsong and the lovely Brigadoon feel of morning fog.

Oh, it will all burn away, but this is all thanks to the rain that fell yesterday afternoon and giving us much of the cool-down that we have been longing for after the past week of heat on the East Coast.

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While The Quilters Went Shop Hopping!

Wouldn't you know this would just be a lucky retreat group?
The Mississippi Quilters arrived right when our local shop, Quilts on Main in Galax, Virginia is having a 15% off fabric sale this weekend, and when I arrived at the inn, there were only a couple of folks left behind - that means that TEN Mississippi Quilters flocked on over to Galax before 10am.  Oh boy!
I hobbled on up the back steps and into the kitchen to first take care of Flash and Tula (Who demanded to know why they could see the bottom of their food bowls and didn't I know they were starving?) and in through the back hall to a completely quiet house.

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Lunch With The Mississippi Girls!

Where is the forecasted rain that is SUPPOSED to be falling and cooling us off?

It keeps moving further out.

Or it's falling in surrounding areas, but not here - because the mountains make their own weather patterns.

And while we are talking weather patterns, did you hear about the falling meteor pieces in Columbia, South Carolina yesterday??

I did not have that on my bingo card.....oops.  Another squirrel.

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Blooming Right On Time!

I'm sure it's a bit hard to see in this photo with the sunshine fully on the mountain rhododendron in our yard by Hubster Dave's shed -

But there are blossoms opening daily - right on time!

When folks ask me when the mountain rhodies bloom - my answer is "Near 4th of July."  It's as close to a seasonal pinpoint that I can get, and this year they are blooming right on schedule.

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