September Note Card Party

Vee at A Haven For Vee is hosting her monthly Note Card Party.  It's always fun to see the pretty and creative photos people have chosen for their "note cards."

This month, I'm doing a selection of four note cards entitled "Jan Karon's Mitford."  The photographs previously appeared in these two posts:  "Finding Mitford" and Finding Mitford, Part 2.

 "The Lord's Chapel" 

"Baxter Park" 

"The Offering"  

"Sadie Baxter's Home, Fernbank" 

Jan Karon's fictional town of Mitford is based on the town of Blowing Rock, where the author was living when she first began writing this series.  The Episcopal Church in the first photo is actually St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church, but it is so obviously The Lord's Chapel from Mitford.  The statue entitled "The Offering" depicting the Virgin offering her son to the world, is located in the Mary Garden beyond the east church wall.  Baxter Park is actually the Town of Blowing Rock Memorial Park.

The final note card I have titled "Sadie Baxter's Home, Fernbank."  This is purely speculation on my part, but if you've read these books, you might agree this house really fits the description of Fernbank.  This house is not actually located in the town of Blowing Rock, as are the other places I've shown.  It's just a couple of miles away, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway.  The house is called Flat Top Manor, and it's in Moses H. Cone Memorial Park.  You can read more about Flat Top Manor Here.

I had so much fun searching for all these places when I was reading Jan Karon's Mitford series.  To this day, "Finding Mitford" is still my all-time most viewed post.

Thank you all for visiting my blog and I really love when you take time to leave a comment.  :)  I'm always honored that you read my posts.  I hope you have a wonderful week and enjoy the beautiful September weather!

Denise