Spring Time Fauna

May 5, 2015 Deby Ciui (Chewy)Leave a comment

We appear to have gotten past the pollen and dust that makes my life miserable every year and now the beauty of spring can be enjoyed. Flowers are beginning to bloom and strange observation, our rose bushes are blooming but only on the North side, if anyone has any insight to this do share. North Carolina is green and beautiful this time of year, not too hot, not too cold and an absolutely PERFECT breeze making it that much better. I’ve been in a chippy mood lately so colors seem brighter, beauty is gorgeous and happiness is overjoyed. I just hope that everyone reading this can feel the same way.

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Flowers in the Snow

February 24, 2015 Deby Ciui (Chewy)2 Comments

We had snow today in North Carolina, not the slushy ice NC usually gets when we have ‘Winter’ storms but real-life fluffy snow. This is a rare occurrence for us here, usually this time of year we are planting in our garden and have flowers already blooming. SO I grabbed some flowers.

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Grand Opry Hotel

January 17, 2015January 21, 2015 Deby Ciui (Chewy)2 Comments

Have you ever been to a hotel that has a mystical fantasy like forest in the middle of it? I haven’t, or at least I haven’t slept at one but to start of the wonderful new year I had the opportunity to go visit the Grand Opry Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It was absolutely exquisite with plants and decorations, shoot they practically have a small Venetian town in the middle of the hotel, complete with GONDOLA RIDES! That’s right they had a little river that went around and you could get a ride on a gondola. Keep in mind this is all INSIDE the hotel. Can you imagine what it would be like to spend a few nights there? Not that I could afford to do so but still it is definitely a ‘bucket list’ experience. They still had their Christmas lights decorations up so everything was lit up and absolutely festive. The only strange thing I noticed was that there were catholic monks, priests, and such absolutely everywhere! We couldn’t figure out if there was a play going on or if it was a Catholic convention, we didn’t have the heart to ask anyone.