Treasures (and fears) for me

 

By Susan Seddon Boulet

The Mud buddies...maybe in 2012  - Betty, Barb,  Cathy, Marsha, Pat. The pottery here is Barb's, each of the other potters also had their works on 2 other tables.

If you don't know the story of Leonard Peltier, I encourage you to look it up. A Native American who was/is imprisoned after fighting the FBI about the second Wounded Knee, if I remember correctly.

Members of the Great Mother's March.

Going with the flow doesn’t mean we don’t know where we’re going; rather, we are open to other ways of getting there.

Sharing with Tom's Tuesday Treasures - and Don't Miss his post of Fiber Artist, Bisa Butler today!

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Personal update on breathing from this 83 year old with COPD...I didn't use oxygen at all on Sat, Sun or Monday. Did a short walk several times, and was only a bit out of breath. It's there if I need it!

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From the second Sunday's back yard at 3175 feet trip, I have an unidentified blooming plant. Anyone have any ideas? There weren't any tendrils like witch hazel has.

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Also wish that several nearby wild-fires are soon put out. Our plan to drive to Little Switzerland in a week for a day trip means driving right through the current smoke of the Jumping Branch Fire in McDowell County, which of course we'll decide to just not go there that day if it hasn't been put out.

Monday it was posted on FB as 0% contained around noon. 20% by evening!

And tthere were photos. It closed Hwy 80 which goes up to the Blue Ridge parkway.

A chinook at the Asheville Airport. We saw a smaller helicopter with a soft bucket slung below it going across the ridge Sunday from our perch on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but didn't see any smoke. 

Highway 80 is a winding road that follows creeks up to Little Switzerland and the Blue Ridge Parkway on 3/30 about 185 acres 

Aero-Flite Tanker 260 Bombardier CL-415 (Super Scooper) aerial firefighting airplanes scooped up water from Lake James to help battle this wildfire northwest of Marion.

Flight paths on March 29, 2026

Unidentified remains from a wild-fire.