![Saluda & Tryon, North Carolina – April 2019](https://leslieabbott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_7377-1080x675.jpg)
Saluda & Tryon, North Carolina – April 2019
What a lovely day, all around. We walked the two blocks of Main Street in Saluda, shared wonderful conversation and a meal with the very engaging Scott Derks and Hank Stallworth, enjoyed the stroll up to Pearson's Falls, and popped over to Tryon to see the statue of...
![Botanical Gardens of Asheville, North Carolina – April 2019](https://leslieabbott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_7170-1080x675.jpg)
Botanical Gardens of Asheville, North Carolina – April 2019
Botanical Gardens sounds too manicured and fancy! This is a lovely, wooded park that is free and open to the public. Very chill. I don't want to misrepresent myself as actually knowing much about wildflowers. My nature-loving Daddy-o helped me caption these!! [gallery...
![Tot Shabbat Passover, Asheville, North Carolina – April 2019](https://leslieabbott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_7104-1080x675.jpg)
Tot Shabbat Passover, Asheville, North Carolina – April 2019
It was SO INCREDIBLY DELIGHTFUL to celebrate Passover at the Asheville Jewish Community Center’s weekly Musical Tot Shabbat. My friend Penny White, who I met when she was singing and playing guitar when *I* was a kid, has made a career out of the transformative power...