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On a Dime

My wonderful mother use to say that your life can turn on a dime.

This is a picture of Buddy and I getting ready to head out to Charlotte. Nicole and Chuck gave us tickets to the NASCAR Coca Cola 600 for Christmas. We have waited 5 months to go! Look below and you can see, I even did my nails in glitter!

Pretty fancy, huh?

Well, this how we ended up 20 minutes after I took the top photo.

We didn’t even make it out of Hendersonville. A young 17 year old boy passed a stop sign and T boned us on my side of the car. I passed out because the next thing I knew, we were turned around, my headband went flying across the car and my glasses were knocked off my head. The EMT’s used two Jaws of Life to open my door and get me out. At the hospital they did xrays, and ct scans. I did not break anything but I’m pretty banged up. Because I am on coumadin I have bruises on my chest and abdomen. I have a huge lump on my right neck . It is just going to take a lot of time to heal. Buddy is banged up. His neck and back are hurting. We are very lucky nothing was broken. Buddy’s poor new car looks so sad. I don’t think it can be fixed, neither does anyone else. Buddy, however, loves that car and wants to get it fixed. I think he will be very sorry. His son in law, David, use to fix cars and he told Buddy that a year could go by before anything major could happen. It could take a year for the stress to break something. There’s no talking to Buddy. He has his mind made up.

We went back to Buddy’s house and just hunkered down for the weekend. Sterm (his cat) was happy to see us.

He loves to sleep with us.

He really is a sweet, loving cat. However, he has claws and he doesn’t always know to use them.

Took another picture of my nails just for the heck of it.

So that was our big Memorial Day Weekend. Our lives turned on a dime. I am very thankful that Buddy and I are alive and will heal. I’m thankful no one else was hurt in the accident. I am just very thankful!

Many blessings!

Saturday in Saluda

Three weeks ago, Buddy and I took a trip down to Saluda. I asked him to go the old route that I had to take when I was at school here in Carolina. The road was just as I remembered. All twists and many turns. I was scared then, and it was still kind of scary. When we got to Saluda, there was a craft fair going on which we knew nothing about. We went because an Art house was having an open house with several vendors. The house is just charming. They also teach classes and I hope to sign up for several in the Fall.

This was the view of the charming bungalow as we parked the car.

The porch was so charming and inviting. I just wanted to sit down and swing.

They had all kinds of neat things hanging from the porch.

Inside was fun. Lots of things to look at and lots of things I wanted to buy. I was a good girl and only bought one thing and that was a gift for Buddy’s daughter and husband.

This is the owner. She was a delight. She gave me a list of classes and we talked books for quite a while. She, too, is a book maker. Some of her books were just beautiful!

After we left we went up town to find some lunch. Some one suggested the Purple Onion. When we got there the line was out the door and around the sidewalk. The wait was too long so we went to the place Allison and I went to last Fall. We even sat in the same booth.

The picture in back of Buddy is different, however, they do change art every so often to give budding artist a chance to display their art. T he food was good. We finished up and hit the road back to Asheville. We did not go back the way we had come. Too many twist and turns, and we would be going up hill. We took the express way and we were home in no time.

Until next time,

Blessings!

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