Category Archives: Brevard Project 365

… poster taped up outside City Hall downtown…  hope he finds his way home…  :-(

… hours of fun can be had with these fake parking tickets… (I know!)…  :-)

O.P. Taylor’s
2 South Broad Street, Brevard NC 
(828) 883-2309

… Marlaine is in the hospital (who’s going to keep me organized now?)… and Brevard Animal Hospital called to say that Lucas’ ashes are ready to pick up (“Lucas is here for you to pick up” is what they said)… not sure *when* I’ll be ready to do that…  :-(   ….. definitely, definitely a Brazilian wedge day today…

… got a peek at Tammy’s Santa Claus-in progress during our reality series meeting today…  :-)

… not only can she make Santas and basket-weave, but she’s one heck-of-a producer, too!… yep, together we’re going to make TV history!  :-)  xo

… the Biltmore mansion at dusk…

… and wine tasting at the Biltmore Winery…  :-)

… yes, I love my Shellie Lewis-Damax… xo… didn’t even know who painted it when I got it… thank you, Tom & Ann!

… just found out today she has a web site:
www.shellielewisdambax.com

… window of Red Wolf Gallery today… :-)

… the old saying “nothing good ever happens in a dark alley” is definitely not true here tonight… I found a wonderful chocolate-covered Oreo screaming for me to eat it….  okay, two…  :-)     Thanks, Marlaine! xo

… of all the things in Brevard Matt could take a picture of?…. trees in our front yard… I like it!  :-)

… Happy Halloween, beautiful people! :-)  … the view this morning at the top of the hill in Gillespie Cemetery off Country Club Road…

… it’s almost Halloween!  :-)

(Halloween morning update: incident regarding the pumpkin… Louie bit off the ear.)

… I love waking up to Saturdays… :-)

… Gallery Walk tonight… met Jim here at Red Wolf Gallery… he’s a St. Louis Cardinals fan (gee, I wonder what he’s doing right now as I type this!)… his wife Lois introduced herself and said she reads the blog… hi, Lois! :-)

… saw this t-shirt while walking around…

.. dang it… skull….

(for those of you who saw this post and asked: “Crab Creek  Road”)…  working on three projects in bed tonight… bible study homework, the latest issue of Southern Living, and a song…

… at Walgreens… a musical Justin Bieber toothbrush for only $9.99?!… GET OUT!!

.. this is why I love sporting dogs… they actually DO stuff like bring in the newspaper!  :-)

… the next time you pass by St. Philip’s Episcopal Church at 317 East Main Street, take notice of the white cross (called Van’s Cross) above the front entrance…. here’s what I’ve learned about this cross (from a history fact sheet available at St. Philip’s):

Van Breese, age 18, son of Major William Edmond Breese and Mary Motte Hume Breese, was tragically killed while running to mail a letter at the mail depot.  He slipped on some cinders and his legs were crushed under the train.  Though they put him on the train, which left immediately for Asheville, he died before reaching the hospital. 

After St. Philip’s burned down in 1925, the white marble cross on Van Breese’s monument was removed and, with the family’s permission, was placed above the doors of the present church.

His tombstone reads:
Stuart Van Vechten Breese
Dec. 26, 1888
July 19, 1907
He died a gentleman unafraid with his face to God.

…. Jeanna left today… so the guest room will sadly be lacking her laughter and energy… until next time!  :-)

 …. took Jeanna to the Tobacco Barn in Asheville… and as I suspected, she went crazy…  :-)

… if you’re in the market for a vintage hot-air balloon basket, this one is priced at $1695…

… some more random stuff I saw…

… for that person who has everything…

… nothing better than dinner-in and a home-cooked meal on a Friday night… thanks, Girl!  :-)

… now that’s a purse… wow!… (in the window at Theophilus on the way to dinner at Falls Landing)

… Jeanna dragged me out shopping to get camping attire this afternoon… here’s my idea of camping attire… yep, I’m happy with my purchase!  :-)

… tonight by the fire, surprised Jeanna with Brevard’s official dessert… s’mores… yum!

… took Jeanna to ScreenDoor in Asheville today… she loved it!… funky chair that caught our attention….

… so surprised to see this old bar game in the back room… my family sold it for $40 to Uncommon Market in Brevard just to get rid of it, and now has a $345 price tag…  :-) 

ScreenDoor
115 Fairview Road, Asheville NC
(828) 277-3667

.. after an afternoon of ziplining at @EarthshineLodge, pizza and movie night at home with Jeanna and Matt… xo

… Jeanna arrived in town for a visit (yay!)… we kicked around downtown… look at the cute carload of whippets we saw in the post office parking lot… so cute!

Louie (sans cone.. yay!) bringing in the mail today… xo

… eating “cooked stuff” (not sushi) at Sora with the Fly Lady, Marla Cilley…  :-)

Sora, Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
91 Forest Gate Drive, Hwy 280, Pisgah Forest NC
(828) 883-9808

… the player piano at McDonald’s in Biltmore Village… spent the afternoon kicking around in shops there… fun!

… cool iPad app (Pocket Universe) made star-gazing tonight loads of fun tonight out on blankets in front of the house…  :-)

… flowers at Brevard’s 9/11 memorial today…

… great fun with a group of talented and beautiful women today at the Women’s Business Conference!

… apres dinner sweets at Downtown Chocolates… mmmm…

… new recipe… in the mood for comfort food!

… sign outside Pure Pets… :-)

…. rocks outside the front of our house… pretty when you stop to look at them…

… hurray for Youtube instructional videos on how to start your gas fireplace… I couldn’t remember the steps the gas people told me… anyway, it’s supposed to get down in to the 30’s tonight, so a good time to get it started up for winter… Saturday night home by the fire…

… uh, this was a first…

… meet Mojo… next to Steve Martin, he’s about Brevard’s biggest celeb… I just about got run over meeting him today…

… we had a family of deer come visit this morning… a daddy, mommy, and two babies… so cute!

… spent the morning in Highlands with Girl and Matt… I adore Highlands…

… Acorns… my favorite store…

… I sure hope the guy at the recycle place doesn’t think these were all from me… they were from all of you at last week’s “End-of-Summer Soiree” party