May | 2016 | Arthur in the Garden!

Why if conservatives like a hands-off approach to governing why do they want to prevent local government from establishing their own policies for citizens – read the entire bill people! It’s more than bathrooms! It takes away all local protections for women.

Why did they call a special overnight session if they were not trying to be sneaky?

The governor and the others in the republican legislature at not even native North Carolinians!

This past weekend OutRaleigh had over 50,000 attend on a beautiful day! I think all the news and attention brought many people out? I am just glad there is some sort of festival almost every weekend downtown!

And why can’t I get a Chinese dogwood to live more than a season or two? Below is a variety call Greensleaves at JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University. It blooms in May and the fruit resembles a cherry and is eatable.

And why do I love sweet potato fries!!!! So good but greasy!

Oh well!

I will drink my iced mocha latte and keep asking “why”?

April’s shower brings May’s flowers…so the saying goes. The end of April saw the garden full of German irises and the yellow water iris.

My birthday is May 1st so a trip to the coast was on order. About an hour East of Raleigh is Greenville. It’s a small city where East Carolina University is located. It is a great small town and I enjoyed living there while I attended ECU.

We stopped in Greeville at a Mongolian Grill Resturant. You fill a bowl with veggies and such from a buffet. Hand it to the cook and he cooks it on a flat grill while you wait. Served with a flat bread of which I would like to make some day.

I felt as if someone was watching us as we ate!

Another hour and a half drive East and you are on the central coast of North Carolina. I grew up in Morehead City and spent many summers in Salter Path which is on Bogue Banks, one of the string of islands that separate the mainland from the Atlantic Ocean.