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One of the pretty tables last night at the Bascom, a center for visual arts in Highlands, NC, where Im speaking today. All the flowers were donated and done by volunteers. #thebascom #highlandsnc #summersoiree @thebascom

Charming guest room of my Highlands host. #blueandwhite #guestroom #vignette #highlandsnc

The beauty parlor at the Roaring Gap Club, present day and #throwbackthursday at its finest. #washandset #beautyparlor #roaringgap

Double rainbow in Roaring Gap!

Another lovely garden in Roaring Gap. #roaringgap #shadegarden #waterfeature #boxwood

Love this friend’s herb garden on a farm near Roaring Gap. #herbgarden #raisedbeds

Zinnias in a pretty vase, the Blue Ridge in the background, in our hosts’ pretty house in Roaring Gap. #zinnias #windowsill #roaringgap

Happy 100th Olivia de Havilland, great lady and great actor, beloved as #Melanie in #gonewiththewind, for which she won #bestsupportingactress #oscar, among her dozens of other womderful roles. I was lucky to meet her once in Paris, introduced by a mutual friend. She had to her house and we had chanpagne and smoked salmon. My cousin journalist Susan Myrick was technical director of GWTW and worked with the stars as dialect coach and with producers/director on getting the “Southerness” right – which to her and Margaret Mitchells’s chagrin, they didn’t always, but it was a great movie nonetheless. #oliviadehavilland

Getting ready to ride into the weekend. Love my #oldfashionedbicycle with 3 speeds (yeah baby), pedal brakes, and a basket, from#bermudabikes in #easthampton.

If real-world re-entry after the holiday has you frazzled–or even if it doesnt–go sit or stand with your back against a tree. Its energy will ground and calm you. Sounds woo-woo I know, but it works. This btw is a Norwegian maple, considered “invasive” here in New England bc isn’t native. So big and strong (those Viking genes) you can see how it might intimidate the local sugar maples et al. #trees #berkshires #metaphysicaltipoftheday courtesy #christelnani and #patriciakingdavies

A #pond in the #berkshires reflects #serenity on a Sunday afternoon. #lenoxmass #reflections #dusk

Just ran across this little vignette from #beecottage a few summers back. Love an #oakleafhydrangea a #treeconch and anything #johnderian The #leaf platter is by a ceramicist from Athens GA whose work I love but whose name I cannot recall. Anyone recognize? #iwanttopaintit