Jerri McCombs Virtual Assistant Advanced Virtual Assistant

The Leaf Festival in Black Mountain May 12-15, 2001

The Lake Eden Arts Festival, also known as The Leaf, is back in Black Mountain this weekend. They have another great lineup of performers this year. Check the performers schedule to see what day you want to attend.

There will be Arts, Dancing, Events for Kids, and more.

Over the weekend I ran across a new find- Our Southern Community located 797 Locust Street just north of Historic Downtown Hendersonville. It was not open so I had to return on Wednesday.

What a find. They have a Bookstore, as well as a Resource Center. They are offering all kinds of great classes and have big plans for future educational events. The are also involved in planning the yearly SEE events.

They have been working on the building for several months, but just opened the doors to the public about a week ago.

I hope that everyone in the community will welcome this great new resource into Hendersonville, as well as take advantage of all of the learning potential they have to offer.

Spring in the Mountains! Spring has been going strong for weeks now and summer will be here in no time. We have seen many 80 degree days already, making me wonder if this summer will be unusually hot. BUt being the optimist I am, I want to believe that it will be as beautiful here as ever.

Here are just a few sites in my neighborhood over the last few weeks.

The Gold Finches have arrived in Western North Carolina!

When I lived in Iowa that meant that gardening was just around the corner. Now that I am in Western North Carolina it makes me want to get to it in the garden.

I planted some lettuce already and it has come up looking healthy. Now I need to thin it out.

Our cherry and peach trees are blooming all over town, the hostas and bleeding hearts are up and flowers are everywhere. The mountains are alive with spring flowers and it looks awsome. Here are some photographs of spring around town.

Come out to Western North Carolina while Spring is in The Air!

OK, I know I am gettiing kind of addiicted to these Eagles in Decorah Iowa, (this link shows you the first two hatchings) but now that the babies are out I just can't help it. It is a fascinating and rare look at this countries National Bird. The Live Web Cam is running 24/7 so that you can watch these cuties being fed by both the mother and father Eagles. I have lerned to much over the last month from this site and am continuing to learn the more I watch.

You can see the Live Feed by going here. There have been so many visitors that when the babies started to hatch out Satuday morning, they crashed the site. But no worries, it is going strong again. Once you get to the site you will have to endure a 30 second ad, but after that it is free sailing. Patience is the only requirement. The parents are still sitting on the two babies for extended periods of time, but they do feed the little ones pretty ofter, so just give it some time.

The babies hatched out on Saturday and Sunday. There is a third egg in the nest that has still not hatched out. It may not survive if it doesn't hatch soon. I guess we will just have to keep our eyes peeled for that one.

If you love nature and birds, this is a great place to go. Also, if you go to the second link and scroll down and to the right, you will see links to other live feeds of hummingbirds, owls and other eagles. This is a fascinating place for bird enthisiasts and a great learning tool for kids.

Enjoy!