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Most of the cotton was ready to be picked when we traveled through Georgia.
Keep in mind that these were taken driving down the road at 60 mph!
Sometimes the cotton is a blur but I still click away.
Hubby pulled over for this close up!
I love seeing the crops in the field.
Imagine your life with a country house set in the middle of a field of cotton.
But what beauty!
I’m thankful for the farmers in our country, aren’t you?
Americana : things produced in the U.S. and thought to be typical of the U.S. or its culture
definition by the merriam-webster dictionary.
We love traveling the back roads of our beautiful country through small towns like Ridge Spring, SC.
And it’s especially pretty in the Fall when the harvesters are in the fields.
(and on the roads!)
I wanted to share a few photos from our trip from Florida to NC.
Have to include Claxton, Georgia.
(I didn’t stop and buy a fruitcake this time but it was tempting! lol)
And Piggly Wiggly! I grew up shopping at these stores and still get excited when I see one!
When you see this kind of beauty, it makes you proud and blessed.
I’m joining Coastal Charm ,
Brenda at the Cozy Little House
for Tweak it Tuesday and
and Inspire me Tuesday .
Where do you call home
and do YOU like fruitcake?
We were here in NC last Spring and saw the cutest little baby ducks!
We took bread to crumble and feed them all….
we watched them grow…
they were ‘our’ babies.
Imagine our surprise when they all came running swimming to us this week at the park.
They remembered us!
Now if we can just remember to take the bread next time we go to the park. We’re BAD parents! heehee!
Aren’t they sweet?
…that’s what it’s called. Oh but I’m getting ahead of myself!
First let’s take a leisurely walk through the gardens at the NC Arboretum.
Hurry up the hill to see a buffalo in the pen.
Wow, there are still some pretty goldfinches here
and the weather’s nice enough for the gardener to be at work.
Maybe he’s getting ready to mow later.
Let’s stop at the koi pond next…
and look out at the Fall flowers.
EEEE!!! Something happening along this trail, too.
OK….
are you still with me?
Do you want to see close ups?
Did you figure it out yet?
Did you count up to five hundred thousand?
500,000 !!!
The buffalo….
45,143
goldfinches….
gardener…
lawnmower…
koi….
butterfly…
and my favorite…..
the Fox and the rabbit!
“The Arboretum's eight acres of formal gardens, exhibit hall and demonstration greenhouse are playfully decorated with twenty-seven sculptures created by LEGO® brick artist and renowned children's author Sean Kenney.
Inspired by gardens and nature these larger-than-life sculptures range in size from six inches to nearly eight feet in height and were created in total from nearly five hundred thousand LEGO® bricks.”
I’m joining Beautiful Sunday,
and Amaze me Monday!
On display at the NC Arboretum through January 5, 2014. It’s worth a trip!
LEGO bricks!
AMAZING!!!
We love to eat at our favorite restaurants while we are here in our ‘home town’.
We’ve eaten BBQ at 12 Bones already….oh and stopped in at Iannucci’s for lasagna and breadsticks.
Papa’s & Beer
Turn HERE!!! Turn HERE!!!
And what a fun surprise to see everyone in cute costumes!
Here’s our hostess….
and our waiter….
and everyone hurrying around serving big plates and platters of steaming hot Mexican food (Cali Style)
and I think this friendly lion came into eat! Hope he brought his appetite! heehee!
Did you dress up this year?
(we started looking at our bummy outfits and wondered if someone would think we were dressed up like an ‘out of style’ old couple! hahaha!)
And one more quick pic for Prudence HERE!
Cocoa traveled to the mountains on this trip. Wendy was needed in the doll room! Sweet hugs, Prudence!
We drove to the NC Arboretum one afternoon to walk through the gardens.
I have taken so many photos that I’ll never have time to share them all so these are going to be untouched, right out of the camera. I won’t even take the time to crop them.
You can drive right in with us….
do you have your seatbelt on?
OK….we’ll park in the parking lot!
Let’s check the temps to see if we need a jacket!
Ahhh….PERFECT!
Oh, and we’ll walk up on the bank and meet a visiting artist.
Sally Christiansen from Venice, Florida was painting with chalk. OH MY! Her art is breathtaking and she was delightful!
The Fall colors seem to be improving every day that we’re here. I took my camera and pointed it up into the spectacular color!
~~Happy November~~
