SELF-LOVE SKINNY DIP FALLS“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” -- Buddha
WHO IS FAMILY? LOOKING GLASS AND MOORE COVE WATERFALLS“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” —Jane Howard
CRAGGY GARDENS“Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.” Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
NATURE’S BREADCRUMBS AND DIAMONDS“Normality is a paved road; it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.” Vincent van Gogh
DASHING BETWEEN RAINDROPS“The sun after the rain is much beautiful than the sun before the rain.” Mehmet Murat Ildan
BILTMORE ESTATE OPENS TO LOCAL PASS HOLDERS "Stop every now and then. Just stop and enjoy. Take a deep breath. Relax and take in the abundance of life." Anonymous
JOY!“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." Henri Nouwen
YEAH, THE ARBORETUM IS OPEN! RHODODENDRON BLOOM!“A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds!” David Beard
NEIGHBORHOOD SURPRISE“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” Ashley Montagu
WHAT THE HECK IS NEW NORMAL?”Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.” Whoopi Goldberg