Fancy Nancy: July 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Crisp it's what's for lunch

Today Mom, Christopher and I met for lunch we went to Crisp. Mom could live on veggies and fish if she had to. What did we all order? You guessed it-salad-. Mom and I even had leftovers. Thanks Christopher for treating us to lunch!

Paracentesis only 2 liters

Mom went for her usual paracentesis Thursday and they only removed 2 liters from her stomach. They gave her albumin and she's back to her old self again.

4th of July

Mom spent time with Christopher on Wednesday and really enjoyed herself. He took her out to lunch boy she had her heart set on a hotdog, but had to settle for pizza.

She took a couple naps to prepare herself for the evening's events.

Come evening she visited one of her dear friends Jo Ann and Tommy Townsend- and brought the 4th of July in with a bang with pretty fireworks and great camaraderie. Not to mention walking up and down steps on four different occasions.

Home sweet Home Sunday evening

After a full day of eating, shopping, and site seeing we headed home. On our drive we hit some bad rain, luckily it only last a bit and we arrive in Charlotte Sunday evening. Charlotte got rain shortly after we arrived it was a good thing because Mom’s plants needed it!

Have you ever.....

This is just one of the spectacular houses Charleston has to offer for the gardener and architecturer’s delight. So much effort went into all visible parts to this house.

Shopping who does it better?

Mom and Kerstin are at it again…luckily they were just window shopping today!

Poogan's Porch

Brunch Sunday morning, our hotel is right behind us in this picture. Poogan’s Porch doesn’t take reservations for brunch so you should have seen the people coming from all over when 9 am came. Crazy… I guess they thought Giada De Laurentiis was in the house!?

Three happy ladies after dinner.....

We had some of the most wonderful seafood while dining at Blossom this evening. We didn’t have a way to keep the food/leftovers cold overnight so we split two main courses and two desserts. Let’s just say fantastic! Three very happy ladies returned to the room for some relaxation!

Boone Hall Farmer's Market

After all the fun that was had on the Boone Hall Plantation we headed to their farmer’s market for a quick snack before dinner tonight. The farmer’s market contains fresh produce and other products produced on the plantation!

Last glance while exiting...

The house slave quarters for the plantation were located at the front of the estate. Look at the view as we were leaving Boone Hall plantation.

1,000 years old and still kickin' !

It was such a scorcher of a day…mom was pooped and stayed in the car for this photo opt. This tree posted is over 1,000 years old! I hope I look that good when I’m that old.

Couldn't get any better!

I don’t think Mom could have been any happier than in the butterfly pavilion surrounded by all of the butterflies and beautiful flowers!

Natural beauty

Natural beauty at its peak. We couldn’t get enough of the scenery.

Flowers

If you guessed the butterfly pavilion you know Mom very well. Look at all of the pretty flowers we saw during our visit!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Coach tour and butterfly pavilion

We participated in a plantation coach tour and visited the butterfly pavilion. If you know Mom you will know which one she liked the best! It was very pretty, interesting, and educational. The top picture is the cotton mill which has now been condemned, I wish we could have gone in there before it became condemned.