Ricketts Glen State Park – PA

Ricketts Glen State Park – PA

Every spring I make the trek to Pennsylvania to put flowers on my parents’ graves.  There is no other family left there so I make the most of the trip by visiting Ricketts Glen State Park.  I’m never sure how much of the trail around the 20+...
Finding Spring in Virginia

Finding Spring in Virginia

To me, there is no more beautiful season than spring and Northern Virginia has it all…tulips, bluebells, azaleas, even foggy mornings. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Gazebo on Lake Caroline Gazebo and azaleas at Meadowlark Gardens in spring Tulips @ Meadowlark...
Exploring Folly Beach, South Carolina

Exploring Folly Beach, South Carolina

Folly Beach, known to locals as “the edge of America,” seems to have its own sense of time and place–wide beaches, surfing, eclectic community of shops and restaurants, and a way of life not found anywhere else but Folly!  From Morris Island...
Exploring Charleston, South Carolina

Exploring Charleston, South Carolina

I so look forward to visiting Charleston in the spring.  The oldest and second largest city in the state of South Carolina, Charleston is a port city featuring cobblestone streets, antebellum architecture, fragrant blooming flowers, historical buildings, parks...
Exploring North Georgia

Exploring North Georgia

In the mountains of North Georgia near Atlanta, an incredible destination garden awaits — Gibbs Garden in Ball Ground.  Arriving at what should have been peak daffodil season in mid-March, we found the flowers had peaked in late February-early March....