No, I didn’t disappear from the blog scene, just seems I took a summer break. Well at least from writing, not from cooking and redoing some spaces at The Inn. It has been a very busy summer season at Serenbe and not just for me.

Kara (daughter #2) and Dallas (another Serenbe resident) had their 4th year of Serenbe Day Camp. The camp was open for 5 weeks and had great response. Some kids came for all 5 weeks and one said,”this is the BEST camp ever!” I loved seeing all the little ones running around and I even visited a few events- a Bird’s of Prey show and the reptile visitors from Cochran Mill Nature Center.

This was the inaugural summer for Serenbe PLayhouse-www.serenbeplayhouse.com. What an amazing job Brian Clowdus did!!! We had 3 different plays performed at Serenbe- Jungle Book, John and Jen, and R&J. Steve and I saw all 3 productions( some 2-3 times) and kept pinching ourselves that this was actually happening in “our woods.” 

A new store opened called Bloom – www.bloom-shop.com - by 2 sisters and it is filled with all kind of fun gift items and hip clothes and jewelry (I know this because all the dresses are way too short for me!!). Our daughters love to shop there- Kara just bought a great dress for her trip to San Francisco. I must say she looked very beautiful in it.

And then of course the Farmhouse. Fried Chicken Sundays have become very popular. There is something very Southern- well ok Southern from a generation ago- about taking a Sunday drive to the country and visiting Grandmother to have Fried Chicken and all the fixins. So as most of my guests do not have relatives in the country they can come to the Farmhouse now for that Southern experience.

I am always happy to fill in as a Grandmother for my littlest visitors when they become fussy at the table. As there are no grandchildren in site for me any time soon, I can practice at least.

We opened the Nest house model this June. It is our newest Serenbe Housing product- a very energy efficient small foot print house located in Grange. The house is filled with lots of the newest technical and energy features. I worked on the interiors with Dana and David Widmer who will be operating Serenbe Design Studio to help new buyers with their Nest house purchase.


We wanted to show that a small house-1074 sq.feet- could feel spacious and beautiful. I feel we did a great job. I’ll do a separate piece on that and write about all the environmental features in the house.

Then the press!
We have been very blessed to have some great pieces written about us this summer. Again- another posting on that is to come and I’ll give links to those pieces also.

AND, I tried out for a spot on the Food Network- “The Next Food Network Star.”  It was quite an experience and though I have heard nothing back I had great fun putting together all the pieces for the audition.

So as I said, it has been a quite summer season here. We have all been busy bees at Serenbe. Though I can still find the serene part here when Pudge and I take our morning walks. I just love the mornings here. Maybe that is another posting- pictures from my morning walk.

Writing this posting has gotten me enthused to share more of life at Serenbe with you.

I hope all of you had a great summer. For those of us in the south, we are ready for Fall. These 96 degree September days are just too much!!