So pleased that you decided to drop by my Victorian home!
Won't you rest for awhile?




Won't you join me for some coffee or tea? And I truly love to bake...could I entice you to some of my goodies?
Let's see...I keep an array of dessert breads on hand. Pumpkin bread, cranberry and banana bread.
Since my daughter isn't here I have them all lavished with nuts! But, if you prefer I can take some from the freezer to thaw without the nuts.
Please just help me to remember and replace them before Lady Pattricia (Swan) comes home.
She is a pistol that one and she'll be rolling those eyes, waving her hands and saying,
"Now you brought me into this world and you can't remember what I like?" LOL:)
Oh, yes...I have some peach, apple and blackberry cobbler as well...
or if you prefer a slice or two of hot baked bread with an assortment of jams or jellies.
Just sit back and rest!

I guess that you couldn't help but notice I LOVE to garden as well. I have some of the prettiest roses around.
Then of course all my butterfly bushes, hollyhocks, Rose of Sharon's, hummingbird vines, native passionflower to your right there.
Growing on my arbor trellis are several varieties of clematis...I can't ever decide which is my favorite! "S"
Then I have all my hosta's, peonies, star-gazer lilies, lilac bushes and to your left a spearmint patch...
Swan likes it in her water when she's here. When she's home in the summer you can't find her in the house.
She'll be at the river or sitting out here on the gazebo or one of the porches looking at the flowers.
Ask her what's she up to and..."Well, I'm waiting on the hummers!" I often wonder and think
she's trying to get out of work in the house! "G" But, I suspect it's truly both.

There's one now! Oh..they are pretty little things aren't they?
Lord knows I have plenty for them to drink from here. I haven't even mentioned all my other pretty plants and flowering bushes...but,
my best of all are my prize collections of Irises. What a breathtaking show they put on in May and June!
People come from miles round to see my collection each spring. They stand in awe and wonder!
Yes, the good Lord made a real beauty when He designed these! Perhaps you will come to visit in the spring as well.

And of course my home is really Victorian circa 1800. It's housed many a business along the way as well.
The first telephone office for this small quaint town was here in my home.
The room is now a bedroom but, the original door is still up and reads "TELEPHONE OFFICE" .
Plus downstairs in the burgundy room it's been home to a barber shop, beauty shop,
clothing shop and a sporting good's store...to name a few. We've since restored the old home and I have it
decorated with fine Victorian antiques with many of my crocheted pretties around and some are for sale...
when I can get myself to part with them! You will also note I have many fine Victorian prints and cobalt glass some vintage and some reproductions. I retired from Postmistress several years back and now I've found myself Innkeeper to this small but beautiful B&B.

Our small town is one that sleeps in the winter but, being in the Heart of The Ozark National Scenic Riverway's
it explodes with activity from spring until late fall. Nestled in and at the bottom of the hills on two clean clear flowing rivers..
The Jacks Fork and Current river.. it draws people from many states. For canoeing. john boating, fishing, hunting, trail rides,
hiking and visiting of all the beautiful springs. We're known for our springs and caves. Every year there's the arts and crafts festivals as well.
And during our huge trail rides and rodeos we are host to some fine country and western stars. Since Branson is only a few hours away many like to come on a little more southeast and visit. So the tourists love it you know. And during the spring and fall the hills are prettier than any picture on canvas! The only way to describe our setting...God painted this picture! And it's something you can carry only in your heart and mind.




I have two children, Donald David and Pattricia and no matter where they roam in their hearts they know when HOME is putting on a breathtaking show...like a clock ticking you know! And the ole teley begins to ring on a regular basis..."Momma, I guess the hills are looking pretty"...I think when it's spring, fall and Christmas they get homesick. They both left twenty some years ago...but, it seems to get harder for them instead of easier. This place kinda gets in the blood and you always want to wander back home. Life here isn't so rushed and it's a bit gentler and kinder than the rest of the world!

Ah, so ...
Brandy's getting Married!