White Tail Deer

There were 3 white tail deer playing outside my office window this morning!

What a beautiful site!!!

Jade Flowers - Coming Soon!

These fabulous, hand carved jade flowers are on their way to my new Etsy shop!
http://www.beadkits.etsy.com

I've been looking for these flowers for years and finally found them in a
little shop in Hong Kong.
And they are
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
They are about an inch across and
the colors blend beautifully!
I'm waiting breathlessly by the mail box!

If you are interested in ordering these flowers, please let me know at
beads@bledsoe.net
as soon as possible.
I will have a very limited number of the flowers available and
20 of them are already sold.
The price is only $15.00 per flower.

Tea and Tidings!
Ruth Ann

New Ankle Bracelet from Lori

I have fallen in love with this new ankle bracelet from
Lori Anderson!
OK - It was supposed to be a bracelet,
but I mistakenly told her that my wrist was 8" around.
Poor girl must have thought she was dealing with an elephant!
Anyhow, the bracelet fits my ankle perfectly
and is absolutely stunning!

Thanks, Lori!

Signs of Autumn Are In the Air

I'm quite ready for the autumnal season,
but the weather isn't prepared to cooperate just yet.

Morning temperatures have been in the mid 40s,
but it's 79 degrees right now.

A few leaves have turned because of the dry weather,
but there has been no visit from Jack Frost.

Indian corn has been sighted at the farmers' market
and a few ears followed me home.
I learned my lesson the hard way about decorating inside the house
with these sumptuously colored ears.
Mice come scampering from the fields as the hay is cut
and corn encourages them to linger in the house.
So all corn will stay outside this year.

We plan to go pumpkining this weekend!

Fall Recipe from Susan Branch

I thought maybe you would like the recipe for this, so here goes: While sweet potatoes are cooking (see further along in recipe) cut off the tops of the pumpkins, hollow out cleanly and smear insides with a little softened butter. Put them on a cookie sheet. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. With an electric mixer (not a food processor) you whip together 4 c. cooked (boil them) and mashed sweet potatoes, 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1/2 c. softened butter, 2 beaten eggs, 1/4 c. packed brown sugar, 2 1/2 Tbsp. dry sherry, and 1/4 tsp. salt. Whip until light. Stir in 3/4 c. chopped walnuts. Fill the pumpkins, sprinkle each with nutmeg, put on the tops, and bake 40 min. until pumpkins feel tender when lightly squeezed.

Friendship

"Unto These Hills"

The Cherokees encountered their first white man in 1540, Spaniards searching for gold. 250 years later Tecumseh, a hotheaded warrior from the north urged the Cherokees to go to war against the white man, but Junaluska with counsel from Sequoyah decided it would be best to live in peace with the white men. The Great Eagle Dance - a dance of triumph from the past is performed to celebrate the victory the Cherokees and the white men claimed at Horseshoe Bend against other Indians that threatened the American Nation, but the victory celebrations were to be short lived.

One of the most compelling outdoor dramas, Unto These Hills, tells the tragic story of how the Cherokee ancestors were forcefully driven out of the Great Smoky Mountains and marched 1,200 miles to Oklahoma. You will never forget how Tsali gave his life as sacrifice, so that a handful of his people could remain on the land of their heritage.

Ticket Information Call:	Or Write:
866-554-4557	Cherokee Historical Association P. 0. Box 398 Cherokee, North Carolina 28719.

Visit the Drama website at http://www.cherokee-nc.com/unto_these_main.php