Clairmont Drive – Druid Hills Historic District Walking or Driving Tour Starting from the log cabin on Meadowbrook Terrace, go left. Take the right fork, up the hill on Clairmont Drive. The historic neighborhood doesn’t start until the corner, but two of my favorite houses are not quite in the neighborhood. Odd numbers are on…
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This is a painted turtle by the brook in the yard of Meadowbrook Log Cabin. We don’t see them often by the brook. Painted turtles prefer slower moving water. But, in the Spring, when they are looking for love, they range. Later they will lay eggs. Painted turtles can lay just one egg or a…
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It used to be really unusual to see a wild turkey in Western North Carolina. More recently we are seeing them, sometimes even in town. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission started a restoration program in the 1950s. They trapped over 6,000 Eastern Wild Turkeys in areas where there were a lot and moved them to…
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If you see holes in a tree in a straight line, it’s woodpeckers. And believe it or not, it doesn’t usually hurt the tree. Around here it is probably a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. They are small woodpeckers that make rows of small holes in straight lines. This is one of the trees in the field where…
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These trilliums grow in early April along Upper Ridgewood Blvd. They are also called Wake-robins. But most people call them Toad Trilliums. They don’t smell good, so don’t sniff them. They look like they are closed, but this is what they always look like. They don’t really open.
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We have a Little Library near the log cabin. One of our neighbors has built this little shelf. Isn’t it cute?!? The roof is a book. The top has dog cookies. The bottom shelf is books and little gifts for kids. The middle shelf is a little bit of everything. People bring mysteries, romances, biographies,…
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This is a white squirrel on the porch at Meadowbrook Log Cabin. Druid Hills has quite a few white squirrels now. There seem to be more every year. I first saw white squirrels when my grandparents moved to Maple Street in Brevard in the 1970s. I was surprised when I moved back to the area…
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Muscadine grapes are native to the Southeastern United States. They are the state fruit of North Carolina. Muscadines grow wild around here. There are some around the little wetland area down Meadowbrook Terrace. They grow on the banks of the rivers in just about any disused land. We used to go pick tons of them…
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