Mother Nature Always Wins

This, my friends, is why I HATE raccoons and squirrels --

A Different Kind of Post

Happy June, everyone!  I hope you're ready for hot weather.  It's definitely arrived in our area, dragging all that humidity with it.

I've been doing a lot of thinking, and that can be a dangerous thing folks.  ;)  I recently joined the legions of people on Facebook (not my blog Facebook, but Facebook for me personally).  This was something I had shown no interest in for years.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was kind of fun to reconnect with people, many of whom I hadn't seen in at least 30 years.  You don't realize how much time has passed while you were in the process of raising children, having a career, etc., etc.  What I had failed to consider was that while I had been changing, maturing, and growing older, amazingly enough, so had all the people I used to know.  ;)

A Productive Weekend

Hi everyone!  Can you believe it's the last day of May?!  I want to thank all of you who left such nice comments on my wedding anniversary blog post -- I appreciate you so much!!  You all are the best.  :)

I hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend with family and loved ones.  

A Wedding Anniversary

Today is my wedding anniversary.  Twenty-nine years ago today, Mr. Forest Manor and I got married at our local Methodist church, where we also held the reception.

The French Huguenot Church in Charleston

Today I'm sharing a bit about the church we visited while in Charleston a few weeks ago.  We didn't attend the service there, but we were walking by snapping some photos, and I noticed the front doors were open.  We walked around to the steps and were met by two church members who greeted us and invited us to go into the church.  They said we were welcome to look around and also welcome to take pictures.

What Are You Reading?

Hello all!  I hope you're having a good week so far -- we're almost halfway through.

Historic Boone Hall Plantation

Hi folks!  I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day yesterday; I know I sure did.  We are so blessed to still have both of our moms with us, and I'm so thankful to be a mom myself.  :)

We just got home Friday evening from four days spent in Charleston, South Carolina.  What an amazing city -- full of elegance, grace, mystique, hospitality, history, and good food.  If you've never been, I encourage you to put that on your list of places to see.

While we were there, we made a side trip to Mt. Pleasant, where we toured Boone Hall Plantation.  I believe I went there as a child with my parents and sister, but I really didn't remember it at all.  We spent the afternoon there, and it was a fascinating visit.