Kiva Loans #49 and #50

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

We’re happy to share that we reached a mini-milestone in our lending relationship with Kiva: our 50th loan. Since our last blog post, several of the small business owners whose microloans we helped to fund paid back their loans, and since we choose to re-loan the money rather than withdraw it, that allowed us to lend to two more entrepreneurs. We now have eight loans currently in process, including #49 to Fibrije’s shoe sales business in Albania and #50 to Alou’s bakery in Mali.

Beats, Burgers & Brews at Chimney Rock

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Chimney Rock State Park not only offers visitors “gorge”ous views of Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure during fall, but you can also catch live performances by local musicians on weekend evenings in October as part of Chimney Rock’s Beats, Brews & Burgers music series.

Folk Art Center 2013 Heritage Weekend

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville

One of the special features of Appalachian North Carolina is the
treasured tradition of handmade craftwork that carries on today through individual crafters as well as groups
such as the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Craft Guild will be sponsoring the 33rd Annual Heritage Weekend, celebrating the traditional music, dance and crafts of the
area, on September 21-22, 2013.

Blue Ridge Parkway Open between Asheville and Mt. Mitchell

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

In July of this year, a large crack formed on a stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Asheville, NC. This is a popular portion of the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway, especially for guests of the Inn on Mill Creek B&B since the closure was near the Parkway entrance closest to the Inn (just 20 minutes west of us).

North Carolina Mountain Birds: Eastern Phoebe

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Eastern Phoebe at the Inn on Mill Creek says, “get my good side”

Csaba the Innpug isn’t the only cute creature at the Inn on Mill Creek with a tail that wags. With its constantly wagging tail, good looks, and social butterfly attitude, the Eastern Phoebe is one of our favorite birds at the Inn. The Phoebe is also a longtime resident of the nest above the back porch door at the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast, having constructed the nest in 2008. The Phoebe (we’re not sure it’s the same one, but we like to think so!) has made several upgrades to the mud and grass nest over the years, and we have helped a little as well…you might remember our blog post about the Extreme Makeover Eastern Phoebe Edition.

Recipe: Apple Butterscotch Brownies

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Apple season has begun in the mountains of Western North Carolina! We have our own little private orchard here at the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast and we knew when the awesome-smelling apple blossoms came out at the end of April and looked this beautiful, that we were going to get a decent crop:

Inn on Mill Creek Receives Glorious Garden Award from BnBFinder

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Exciting news to share: Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast is one of BnBFinder’s 2013 Glorious Garden Award winners!

Our latest three Kiva loans

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Business owner Cosmas in Zambia

Back in May, we set a springtime goal to help fund loans to two or three small business owners through Kiva, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps connect lenders and borrowers of microloans, helping entrepreneurs to improve their local economies and lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Many of the borrowers are from developing countries, albeit Kiva has borrowers from the U.S. as well.

Counting Down to Fall in the North Carolina Mountains

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

When our Autumn Clematis starts blooming at the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast in August, that’s generally when we start thinking ahead to the fabulous season that is Fall in the North Carolina mountains.

North Carolina Mountain Birds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Inn on Mill Creek

Lovely little hummer at the Inn on Mill Creek

The speedy little Ruby-throated Hummingbird is our July pick for this year’s 12 Months of Birding at the Inn series on the Inn on Mill Creek blog. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird has the distinct honor of being the eastern United States’ only breeding hummingbird, so if you see your hummers disappear for a few weeks in the summer, no worries, they’re just starting their little families and will be back soon.

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