leaves and water

photograph by rinne allen

seasonal arrangement

it's the latest we've ever had leaves on the trees, and the colors are still so pretty! i decided to play around with some of my fave fall colors. . . 

words and photographs by rebecca wood

fall beauty

photograph by kristen bach

dreamy grasses

one of the things i love about fall is fields of orange broomsedge. its seed heads glimmer in the late afternoon light, like fairies roaming the air.

photographs and words by rebecca wood

fall leaves

photograph by kristen bach

sara parker textiles

i kept seeing these really great drawings on pouches, tea towels, and linens all over town. turns out it is the work of local textile designer, sara parker. i visited her studio recently to get to know her, and tell her how much i love her drawings!

sara was raised up in the country in thompson, georgia. after living in chicago and attending the art institute there, she and her husband moved to athens in 2012 and set up shop. she says she has always been a nature girl, and it shows in her simple drawings, distilled from hundreds of hours of 'looking'. i grew up a nature girl too, always observing colors, lines, and shapes in nature. i just love her drawings. sara has plenty of flora and fauna to work with since she and her husband moved down here in 2012. 

sara screen prints her fabric in her home studio. she makes all kinds of wonderful things from it, as well as notecards. you can see it all on saraparkertextiles.com.

photographs and words by rebecca wood

pinks

photograph by kristen bach

wreath inspiration!

we all love making our own wreaths around here...here is a little round up of some of the ones we have made over the years...enjoy!

wreaths by all offs, and mandy too!

sand beauty

photograph by kristen bach

twin tops fish camp

a few weeks ago my husband and i listened to a gravy podcast episode about fish camps around gastonia, north carolina. we were so intrigued.  so, on a recent trip to charlotte, we headed over to gastonia.  at 3pm twin tops fish camp opened and people flooded in.  by the time we left, nearly every table was taken!  our server treated us like family; i thought at one point she may sit down at our table.  

it was a treat for sure!  a southern homecooked meal with a dose of southern hospitality. you could tell it was a tradition for many families to dine here at their local fish camp.   

photographs and words by kristen bach

fall light

photograph by kristen bach

carvings

there are a couple of beech trees i pass on my nature walk. they are covered in carvings marking loves and feelings. i hope it doesn't hurt the tree. i love to wonder at the markings. how many of those lovers are still in love?

photographs and words by rebecca wood

sasanqua

photograph by rinne allen

before the frost

we had a looooong summer this year, and a short fall. i was out at 3 porch farm making some flower art and took a break to go shoot the flower fields before the frost. these pink celosias stole my heart! here they are before the frost….

photographs and words by rebecca wood

deciduous magnolia

photograph by rinne allen

colors of fall

we have had a funny fall.  the weather has been warm, weather has been ultra dry, our trees and plants don't know what is going on.   last week a friend told me she had iris' blooming! at any rate, i feel like the fall leaves have stuck around longer than usual.  i surely don't mind that!

this past weekend we went on an annual hike to take in all of the fall beauty.  we spent the weekend in charlotte, nc and went hiking at a local park.  the trees were exploding with colors that i had never seen before, it was breathtaking.  

if you haven't hiked around yet......don't wait!  those fall leaves will be dropping soon!

photographs and words by kristen bach

cacti

photograph by kristin karch

autumn orange

photographs by kristin karch

autumn botanicals

photograph by rebecca wood

herbed salt

we always grow a variety of herbs but you can only use so many fresh herbs.  this year we wanted to preserve them so we could use them through the winter months.  we decided to try making this herbed salt.  it was a really simple way to preserve them and will be a great gift to give throughout the holidays.  enjoy! 
ingredients
6  cups of fresh herbs (I used basil, rosemary, sage, and thyme)
4 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup sea salt
directions
finely dice all of the herbs with a chef's knife.  you want them to be diced very very fine!
-do the same to the garlic
-combine all of the ingredients
-spread the mixture out on a parchment paper lined baking pan
let dry out for a day or two.  if you have an oven that is cooling you can also stick in the oven when oven is warm, just to dry it out a bit quicker
-store in a closed containers when salt is completely dry

photographs and recipe by kristen bach