Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Here’s the third installment of our Great American Road Trip, this section through Kentucky and North Carolina along the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. Come along for the ride by clicking the link below. https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2016/05/15/great-american-road-trip-kentucky-and-the-blue-ridge-parkway/ Final installment still to come! Hope you enjoy. 🙂 Susanne
For those of you who may have missed it the first time, and feel like traveling from your armchair, here’s the second installment of our great American road trip, from Seattle to Virginia through the heartland, and Kansas! 🙂 See story below! https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2016/05/12/the-great-american-road-trip-and-kansas/ Hope… Continue Reading “The Great American Road Trip – and Kansas”
I’ll be taking a break the next week or so and thought it would be a good time to reblog the story of a wonderful road trip we took across the USA a few years ago. For those of you who missed it the… Continue Reading “Hooray for Road Trips!”
I love to retrieve a place again whenever the need arises. And so as we enter the dark days of winter, it’s time to revisit the land of the Sun, where palm trees reach high into clear blue skies. And the heat is almost… Continue Reading “Those Sunny Days of Arizona”
I was raised in West Seattle and rarely ventured into other parts of the City, save for the occasional trip downtown or jaunt to the Zoo. And so I’d never been to Green Lake until we moved to the north end rather unexpectedly (at… Continue Reading “Fall Walk around Green Lake”
I’m not sure what I was looking for by returning. It was years and years ago when I attended Frank B. Cooper school, kindergarten through 6th grade. But it was the school’s 100th anniversary and the building, now the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, where… Continue Reading “Frank B Cooper School Refrain”
Last week we visited beautiful Sedona, Arizona, where Oak Creek runs through majestic red rock in the midst of trees ablaze in yellow and gold. Â All was peaceful and serene. And so for this week’s Photo Challenge I thought it only fitting to… Continue Reading “Serene Sedona”
First of all, my apologies to the Grand Canyon. When I did a story a year ago on Favorite National Parks it didn’t even make my list! (See that story here ) Boy was I wrong! Honestly I’d only been to the Grand Canyon once… Continue Reading “The Grand Canyon”
Having just returned from the Grand Canyon, it seemed fitting to present this rugged landscape, transformed by the river flowing through it, for this week’s photo challenge. Transformation More stories and pictures to come from the Land of the Sun, the beautiful state of… Continue Reading “Transformation by a River”
Spending Thanksgiving week in Arizona and will have much to say upon my return. But until then, I hope you enjoy this postcard from Sedona where all is red and orange and gold. Susanne