Hello, everyone !
I have been feeling an unexpected burst of energy as late - enough so that I dare hypothesize that I have been depressed, and that it has lifted..... whatever it is, I will take it ! I am sleeping better, eating more fruits and veggies, too ! wow.
We celebrated our first anniversary of being in North Carolina this summer, and we are more and more happy with the choices we made.
For the past year, we have wondered what mountain we were looking at from our front porch - but we just didn't know. Now, thanks to a local, it has a name.
Originally, it was called "Elseetoss", by the Cherokee, who owned all the land in the area. Later it was purchased by the Vanderbilts, and finally, now it is owned by the Forest Service. The Blue Ridge Parkway runs up the spine of the Pisgah Ridge.
And here it is from my porch. Our view is wider in winter.
The name Mt. Pisgah comes from the Bible - it was the mountain Moses climbed, and saw the proverbial "Promised Land" spread out in the valley below.
Like that mountain, the North Carolina Mt. Pisgah overlooks a beautiful valley - the French Broad River runs there. The French Broad is one of the very oldest rivers on the planet, and the area is fertile and beautiful.
Almost every night in the summer we get a beautiful sunset, complete with the babbling creek sounds and the bull frogs croaking.
More and more, this wonderful area seems like "home".
Now let me go quilt something !
Kathleen
