A post-vacation vacation opportunity to rest for a day between our annual family visit and business as usual back home – May 19-20, 2016 CYPRESS HOUSE INN AT KILL DEVIL HILLS We stayed at a comfy B&B on a cold, breezy day not far from the very spot the Wright Brothers made their historical […]
Tami and Lyle’s Memorial Day Invitational – May 28, 2016 PERFECT DAY, PERFECT VENUE, PERFECT HOSTESS It was a perfect day for Tami and Lyle’s first party without Zafer. Some would say Zafer conspired with the weather gods. SIGNATURE FEATURE The design and placement of this house was Lyle’s brainchild. He built beside the
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A month that started out beautifully and ended badly, April began with the best neighborhood party of the year, Haruka’s birthday and a visit from Margie and ended in tragedy. SWEET SIXTEEN TRAIL CRAWL The best, most funnest event of the year, Trail Crawl involves eating, drinking, walking and talking. See the whole
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Trail Crawl Sweet Sixteen The best neighborhood party of the year involving food, drink, walking, talking and fun for all ages – April 3, 2016 DESTINATION #1 – TROUT’s FARM We hosted the first stop and there were soon nearly thirty neighbors relaxing in our yard. Trail Crawl often falls on a rainy day but
Tragic in every sense of the word, the accidental death of a child is unimaginably difficult to bear. This unforeseen and untimely death hit too close to home and left us reeling, our hearts broken for our bereaved friends – April 15 through 23rd. HALE AND HEARTY THE WEEK BEFORE The week before his untimely
A fruitful month in many ways. We helped birth a conference, Amy came to visit with her new pup, young Nolan continues to flourish and we’re pushing the garden beds and bedding plants into frame for a new season. AMUSE BOUCHE The ladies of Abundance NC hosted Amuse Bouche, a little taste of
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With winter nearly over Bob and Jason dig into Spring projects, Haruka tests out a new bridge, Malcolm and Dashel plant tulip poplars at The Plant, Alisa and Chris throw a tea party, Camille makes cheese from cashews and Amie paints her Boston terriers’ nails yellow and red. TEA PARTY When Chris and Alisa returned from
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A big month of short, cold days featuring our Hoppin\’ John party, some heavy lifting at The Plant, a memorable trip to a local museum and getting snowed in with our neighbors. SEASON’s GREETINGS Just had to share these two milestone photos from our Christmas cards. Catherine and Babe Armantrout celebrated 68 years of
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Our 5th annual open house bean fest – January 1, 2016 We threw our first Hoppin’ John party in 2010 and host annually with the exception of 2013, when we were living overseas. OFFICIAL TROUTSFARM GREETER Everyone gets their photo taken with Spot, our life-sized zebra mascot. Haruka’s sisters Erika, Nodoka and her niece
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We had a shed that we wanted to move from one end of the property to another. An idea was hatched. If we had enough help, we could cut it loose and pick it up. After weeks of preparation, we set out to prove that “Many hands make heavy work possible.” – January 8, 2016
