A Place Like This

Valarie Budayr

  • Junk shop/Vintage in Wales

    Bryn-Y-Grog is the local "junk" shop. Uh, I don't know about you but a junk shop that starts out looking like this might need to go by another name.   This fine shop is not housed in the manor but… Continue reading

  • Where are you ? How do you say that?

    I think I had a preconceived idea that I was going to the UK, therefore the language at hand would be English. Except for the differences between American English and British English, there should be no problem. All that changes… Continue reading

  • I Wore the Gauntlet

    The instructions were simple really……. Love and take care of the dog. Keep the home fires burning. "All you have to do is keep adding wood to the fire but not too much wood or the smoke stack will catch… Continue reading

  • Have Yourself a Happy Crocheted Birthday

    (Please sing the title of this blog post to the tune, "have yourself a merry little christmas." 😉 The entire reason for me going to Wales in the first place was to celebrate Emily's 40th birthday. So on a designated… Continue reading

  • A Foggy Welcome in Wales

    Ah finally home again to a very sunny Tennessee. There is something so wonderful about travel. I see things through such a magnified lenses, that the ordinary become extraordinary simply by being in different surroundings.   Emily was right there… Continue reading

  • A Traveller’s Tale

    It started off in a fish bowl. There I met many of the friends I visit and chat with daily. All of us creative mavens, but mostly, all of us live very far apart. As the years have gone by,… Continue reading

  • A Happy Friday Giveaway

          Thanks everyone for all of your wonderful facebook and email messages worried about our trip yesterday. I'm happy to say we made it safely in both directions. Over at the Rhythm of the Home blog, my other blog Jump… Continue reading

  • The Text Files

    Greetings Friends~ I thought I would update you to our status. We are still very cold, very snowy, and yes I must, have to, know matter what, get in my car today to take my daughter back to University. It's… Continue reading

  • Go to the Valley

    Yesterday started out white. When I went to bed it was a normal night and when I woke up I saw this lovely vision yelling loudly to come in.   I didn't really comprehend that there was a lot of… Continue reading

  • A Snowy Afternoon and Happy Three Kings Day

       Snowflakes By David Kuhrt   Snowflakes White as frozen light Where darkness dies And heaven lies Incarnate on the ground. Yesterday afternoon the forecast called for rain but instead fell the most lovely snow I've ever scene. The largest,… Continue reading