Heading for the hills...back in a bit.

We're leaving in a few days to go to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, one of my favorite places on earth. I am always renewed spiritually and mentally by the place; the ancientness, the sheer loveliness, no matter what the season. Someday I shall live there.
We are also going to be attending the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, and meeting up with sweet friends from Scotland, Jim and Susie Malcolm. Jim is a very talented traditional singer/songwriter - check out his music.

We've rented a little stone cottage at the foot of Beech Mountain near Banner Elk, NC - with a "hot tub on the back porch, where you may rest, unwind, and listen to the babbling brook..." according to the leasing agent. I shall be doing just that at every opportunity. In between taking pictures.

In the meantime, make sure you take advantage of the bounty of the season, and have some corn and 'maters.

Absolutely delicious tomatoes courtesy of dear friend Tim, the Tomato King. We fried up the corn in some bacon - oh my. It was good. Add a little splash of milk at the end, it makes it nice and creamy.

So I'll be back in a week or so with lots of tales to tell, I'm sure. God bless and keep you all, and make sure you take a vacation of some sort this summer or at least do something you love. You NEED it!