Tomorrow ~ Penland

hydrangea in Jim's garden

So, tomorrow is the big day....I head off to start my summer session at Penland.  I'm very excited, so very excited and have been doing everything I can to prepare, even though it's hard to know exactly what that might be.  Some of my preparing has looked like this....get supplies, do wash, but some has also looked like this...breathe, stay open, and like my dear friend Sue says, stay in my joy.    Thanks to everyone and their kind, thoughtful words that help me make the absolute most of this experience.

Trucker's chapel, complete with a neon cross, yeah buddy.

I've been staying in Asheville at good friends Paul and Jamie's home.  Thanks to them for the wonderful, relaxed time it's been.  So grateful for that.

Here are a few shots from the road trip down here from Michigan, and from my time in Asheville.

Apple pie for the road, which I thought was crazy,
but was Jim's idea....actually turned out fantastically fun
to have an old school "picnic lunch stop" and eat pie.Oh, pie, how I love you.

See how happy Jim and Daphne look after road trip pie!?

So many varieties of flowers, how
wonderful.

UNC~Asheville Farmers Market

Beets, just one of the many amazing vegetable
choices at the market.  So fab.

I've had some great times visiting with friends, some great food, including dinner at the new tapas restaurant Curate, some great local beer (yeah) and overall a super great time.  I can't wait to start my new adventure at Penland.  Please send me a card, a letter, a postcard, anything....snailmail rocks, people. And I'll do what I can to blog and share what's going on with me.

Hugs all around to good friends old, and new friends coming, to my girls and my family....I'm on my way!