Archive for October, 2011
athens apple festival
garden to table
this weekend rinne’s family space; arrow, hosted a little party in celebration of georgia’s apple crop. it was fun to see all the families gather and participate in the apple sauce making demo and pie baking contest.
early saturday morning i woke up and made my pie from the apples that we picked up in the georgia mountains. i decided to make an apple crumble pie which have always been my favorite.
click below for recipe
fun with flowers
instant inspiration
i had an idea for a new kind of flower arranging…….
get a big leaf, like an elephant ear or a castor bean, and cut a little hole in the center and stick an awesome flower through it, then float the whole thing in a shallow bowl. i have an assortment of aluminum pans that i used. a really big party size one would be awesome, but i don’t have one yet. anyways, here’s some pics- lots of fun with close ups, too!
signs of fall
in the country
i went for a walk at the botanical gardens this week to look for signs of fall. there’s an overgrown part that just has a path mowed through it. it’s my favorite part because of all the wild, overgrown glory. here’s a peek..
dahlia farm
homes and habitats
this weekend’s weather was about as perfect as weather gets. i crammed in so much into one day including breakfast out, junk store hopping, rwood sale, dahlia farm, and we ended our day at the elberton fair. not too bad for a lovely fall day.
my highlight of the day was the dahlia farm. with the dry summer and fall that we have had i wasn’t expecting the dahlias to be too impressive but boy was i wrong! i didn’t realize it but i was really in need of some floral therapy. thanks mimi for letting us enjoy your beautiful gardens, year after year
