Our state flower, blooming right alongside the Monticello Trail, another great local hike.
Every Friday the RevGals post a play-along Friday Five. (Have I mentioned we wrote a book?) This week’s is wide open: “share with us five experiences of renewal that you have recently enjoyed, or would like to launch this Easter season.”
Happy May Day, everyone, and here are my five…
- Hiking. We hiked Crabtree Falls with company in town a couple weeks ago, as the forest was just waking up again and trillium were blooming. My calves were so tight afterwards I had to use a rolling pin on them to get them to relax – which means we should be doing this one again and often.
- Crêpe fest. A few years ago for my husband’s May birthday I declared it “Crêpe fest” and we made both savory (gruyere and mushroom) and sweet (Nutella, honey and cinnamon, lemon and sugar) crêpes. It’s time for the festival to return.
- Visit my grandparents’ house. My dad owns it now but I will always think of it as theirs. I’ve been working on a longer piece about home and being southern. It centers on this little spot on the map in the flat red-clay tobacco country of Virginia and how I’m connected to family and traditions and people there.
- Enjoy a real, decadent brunch. Atlanta is the brunchingest town I’ve ever lived in and I have missed this in every other place I’ve lived. To find a good restaurant that does both Saturday and Sunday brunch is a treasure (and a necessity for those of us with Sunday obligations). I love lingering over a third cup of coffee and the sprawling feeling of morning merging into afternoon, in both time and cuisine.
- Writing retreat. I had one planned for the exact week we got ten inches of snow in February. The kind proprietors of the cabin I booked allowed me to reschedule and it’s coming up soon. I’m looking forward to being offline, out of touch, and deeply absorbed.
The crepes sound delicious. I’ve never mastered the art (or the patience) for making them! Enjoy your writing retreat.
First: I LOVE your header photo. Could stare at it for a long time in any season. The dogwood photo is also a gem (I’m partial). Each of your choices is delightful for different reasons, and I’m so glad you took the plunge and played this ff. The writing retreat sounds especially heavenly!
Thanks! My husband took the header photo right around the time I was starting the blog and settled on the name, Snow Day. He said, “I have a picture that might work.”