This Thanksgiving we were off to the mountains in North and South Carolina for a little R & R & R & R ( rest and relaxation and reading and rendering). With all our ‘kids” and their spouses off establishing their own new Holiday traditions – it was time for our new traditions, too.
Of course, a rather back pack filled with art supplies accompanied us on our journey.
The first few days we stayed at the Balsam Mountain Lodge in North Carolina, The Lodge has no TV’s or radios - just fireplaces and a library with about 5,000 books and a seemingly infinite supple of hot chocolate and hot cider. It was amazing!
We drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway to see what ice and snow look like (not much of that in Savannah).
We spent part of a day in Waynesville, NC. – which must have more art galleries per capita than any town I have ever seen. We ended the day at a furniture store/ café/ gelato shop listening to an evening set by a local singer songwriter. She was excellent!
The second part of the trip was to Greenville, SC. We stayed at a hotel and reserved tickets for the national traveling troupe of MY FAIR LADY at the Peace Center. Greenville is such a beautiful town- with a natural waterfall downtown and then there are the cafes, shops and galleries strewn about the city. The town featured an old fashioned Christmas Market and a Festival of Trees (decorated Christmas trees throughout the city). It was a great way to ease into Christmas Holidays.
More art on the way!
