lovely maples

photo by Kristen Bach

dogwood beauty

photo and arrangement by Rebecca Wood

magentas

photo by Kristen Bach

African Peanut Stew

Much of Southern cuisine stems from Africa.  Collard greens, peanuts, sweet potatoes.....are all African Ingredients. 

This weekend was a bit cold and gloomy.  It inspired me to use up some fresh greens and make one of my favorite stews. 

Soul food, indeed!

Ingredients 

1 Tsp olive oil

1 large onion

4 cups vegetable stock

1 large sweet potato-diced

1 cup white beans

3/4 cup peanut butter

1 can of diced tomatoes or 2 fresh diced tomatoes

4 cups greens- cut into small pieces

1 teaspoon diced fresh ginger

salt to taste

directions  

-sauté the diced onion in the olive oil until translucent 

-add the rest of the ingredients and cook until sweet potatoes are cooked

-enjoy over a bed of rice or on it's own

photo and recipe by Kristen Bach

peeled wood

photo by Kristen Bach

kinfolk community gathering

we were very happy to discover kinfolk magazine when they published their first issue. we were even happier to be able to contribute, in a small way, to a few of their issues through our photos. so, now, we are equally happy to be hosting a dinner, here in athens, georgia, on their behalf...

on saturday, may 4, we will be hosting one of an on-going series of community gatherings- this one, a flower potluck. tickets are available here. there will be concurrent dinners happening all over the globe- athens is in good company!

we will walk through the garden, cut some flowers then have a simple flower arranging workshop led by rinne. we will also have food & drink provided by our friend nathan brand of the national and shotgun dinners. our friend hope hilton will be illustrating something special for each guest, and kristen and rinne will be talking photographs, so we will share them with you soon.

so, until then go grab some flowers, wherever you are and enjoy them.

words and photographs by rinne allen.

purple flowers

photo by Kristen Bach

Awesome Barn

On one of our country drives we came across this super awesome barn.  I've never seen one exactly like it around here.  Can't tell if it was to store cotton , or what, but it had an old wagon underneath.

photos and words by Rebecca Wood

field

photo by Kristen Bach

lou's flowers

our friend lou kregel has been painting huge chrysanthemums on walls, roofs, and doors all over athens (and beyond) for years. her flowers are a welcome burst of color, sometimes in the most unexpected of places. she has painted over 30 mums thus far. thanks, lou!

photographs by tami ramsay, chrissy reed, and sydney slotkin

spider's work

photo by Kristen Bach

Leftovers from a weekend wedding

photo and arrangement by Rebecca Wood

A Lovely Bloom and Sky

photo by Kristen Bach

sowing seeds

We just moved to a place with a big garden in the country.  I have been chipping away at planting it and yesterday I finally had an entire day to work on it.  We got most of our seeds from seed exchange places with heirloom varieties, many that are new to me.  We are getting excited for a plentiful season and making lots of meals from our garden!

photos and words by Kristen Bach and Josh Skinner

Spring Whites

photo by Rebecca Wood

spring

This is how spring happens sometimes. you go to bed with bare branches against the starry sky,but after a night rain and a warm night,you wake up the next day and everything is solid chartreuse!

photo by Rebecca Wood

A sea of Purple

photo by Kristen Bach

Details of an old house

These are some close ups of an old abandoned house we found.  I love the old doorways and the abstract quality of decay.

photos and words by Rebecca Wood

planting a garden

photo by Kristen Bach

green popping through

Yesterday I went for a walk in the woods and loved all of the green popping through the browns of winter.  A lovely sight that only lasts a couple of days until the entire forest is covered in green!

photos and words by Kristen Bach