I'm A Slacker!

It certainly seems so, at least! Where does the time go? The older I get the less time I have to do things I want/need to do! Like keeping up with my blog posts ~ sorry I've been such a slacker lately, but I promise to do better starting today! So this will be a rather short post, since I'm trying to get some new things made for the shop and to have with me tomorrow at the "Transylvania Tailgate Market". Tomorrow will be my first time setting up there and I hope to have a great turn out. If you live in Transylvania County, please come out to see me. But if you don't get by tomorrow, I'm planning on setting up there on the 3rd Saturday of each month.These awesome "Rock Candy" earrings are the give away for next Wednesday {May 20th}, which is also the day of the American Idol Finale' ~ whoo hoo ~ go Adam! Of course, Kris is awesome too, so this time America actually got it right! All you have to do to win the earrings is comment on this blog post! Ozzy will pick the winner Wednesday. Good Luck!

This is from our hike this week up to "Big Rock" ~ it was awesome! We are going to try and go on a hike at least twice a week, since the weather is just gorgeous right now and before it gets to hot. Wayne is turning into quite the guide lately :)

Have a wonderful Friday!
♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"A smile takes but a moment, but its effects sometimes last forever." ~ J.E. Smith

Spaghetti Legs....

...from hiking down to the base of this awesome waterfall today! It's "Rainbow Falls" and I'm sure at different times of the year/day, etc., there would be some awesome rainbows to be seen! I have to say that, although this hike was really, really awesome, it's by far the most treacherous one we've done so far:

Even though this picture is not that great, you can get the idea of what the "trail" was like! Parts of it actually had rope that you had to use to "hoist" yourself up and down! But what a treat when you get to the bottom:{if you click on the picture you can see Wayne & Tom}

So after stopping at a quaint little Mexican Restaurant on the way home {where we grazed like cattle that hadn't eaten in a week}, we stopped at the lake to gaze in awe at the marvelous colors of the trees, water & sky! It just don't get much better than this...ahhh....so Happy Halloween Eve! I'm off to soak in the hot tub, so we can take another hike tomorrow! Gotta take advantage of this awesome weather & gorgeous colors.

♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"It's not the years in your life, but the life in your years that counts." ~ Adlai Stevenson

Friday Post!!!

I know! It's Saturday, but THIS is the "Friday Post". And little Miss Lita picked #3 today, so Noura is the lucky winner of the fab earrings from last Friday's Post. Congratulations, Noura {aka Whirling Kaye}. I sure do miss all of my little "whirling friends". Our Friday nights around here aren't near as eventful. So I looked back at all the winners from my Friday blog posts and it looks like everybody that has commented has won something. With that being said and done, I'm going to stop the usual Friday post give away and just randomly have a give away here and there. But, since next Friday is my Birthday *yay me*, I will be having the last Friday give away then. And the lucky winner of my Birthday give away will win this awesome little Buddha bracelet:

And, of course, all you have to do to win is post a comment on this blog. Good luck everybody!! I know you will love this little fellow.

Now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, I just have to share a few things that have made me smile lately {besides Jonas the goat}. One of them is these awesome Duck eggs that I got from the farm the other day:

They are just sooooo yummy! And the best part - they are only $2/dozen and they are fresh from the duck butt, or chicken, if you prefer. If you've never tried them, I think you should. And if you ever come visit me, I'll be sure and have some on hand.

We went on another awesome hike Thursday and I do believe it was my favorite one so far. The hike started @ "Buckhorn Gap Trail", went up to the "Twin Falls Loop" and then back down the "Avery Creek Trail". The total hike was 4miles and just breathtaking. All of the wildflowers are starting to bloom and the creeks are full of gorgeous rocks and rushing water. I made a little video of the creek, so turn up your speakers and enjoy:

All along the trails these awesome little *Trillium* flowers {among lots of other little flowers} were popping up all over the place. If you click on the picture below, you can take a look at all of the photos of our hike on "Flickr" – I hope you enjoy them:

Off to make breakfast & enjoy the rest of the day. We have to get all of our little bird houses hung up today, so they can start being homes to the little birds we have here in the forest ~ Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!!!

Xxoo & peace always ~ Kathy

"If you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor; if according to the notions of humankind, you will never be rich." - Seneca