Moss Mountain Farm - An Early Spring Visit to P Allen Smith's Garden Home

Out working on the farm, P Allen Smith road his bike up to the house to greet all of us who came to visit his farm last week-end. I went with a group of friends gathered for a 30 year reunion.


P Allen Smith and lovable Angel welcome folks to their garden home.
This was my favorite room - the 2nd floor sleeping porch,

sleeping porch comes with a very inviting copper bathtub.
And the view from the porch will make you want to visit every season.
Coming down the front stairs
then I see THE TREE - glimpsed looking out P Allen's front door.
Lunch was served here, in the updated barn.Called there by
The lunch bell.
A glimpse into P Allen's art studio.





P Allen's containers - loved getting ideas from him.
The poultry shedsSo whaddaya lookin' at?!



Can't wait to come back in May for Garden2Blog2012!

Week-end Retreat

A couple of weekends ago I headed off to Montgomery Bell State Park for a few days of retreat with the girls. We had been there less than five minutes when we were all herded to the lodge basement because a tornado was heading our way.

There were, in fact, three tornadoes that made our Friday afternoon especially memorable, and that fortunately left the Park with little more than wind and some hail damage.Golf ball sized hail looked like a soft dusting of snow across the lake.

The following morning brought cool temps, a misty lake, and sun kissed trees

I loved how these trees' limbs framed the rising mist off the lake.

Calm after the storm - all that a retreat is made to be.