After my trip home to help my family this past week I drove up to my oldest friend, Kris' house. She and her husband live on top of a big ridge that looks out over mountains. It's so wonderful up there, peaceful, beautiful. It was just the right place to land for a day and a half before I drove back to Tennessee.

She and her husband have taken what was a neglected property and turned it in to something out of Country Living Magazine. I so admire their resourcefulness as they did it with a small budget and lots of time on Craig's List. It's so authentic to who especially she is. I got inspired in so many ways while I was there. Everywhere I looked there was a photo op, so over the next few weeks I may write a bit more of my stay there.

Here's a close up of some coleus on her back porch.



They have a great dog, Ned. He's part golden retriever, german shepherd, and beagle, probably a few more thrown in too. He's not allowed up on the bed. But when they're out for the day and he's upset they're gone he takes one of his stuffed animals and places it in the middle of their bed, just to let them know he's been where he shouldn't be. That's Ned's great act of rebellion.