every year, our friend lamar has a bonfire. he burns all of the accumulated brush from the past year and invites friends and family over to enjoy it. i love to see the house glow at night against the dark sky. it was a fun evening!
Posts Tagged ‘josh skinner’
tying flies
instant inspiration
this year my husband has taken up the hobby of fly fishing and tying his own flies. it’s like making jewelry and the flies are so lovely. take a peek.
the maypops
instant inspiration
our daughter’s name is maypop and nearly everyday, i get asked “where did you come up with that?”
so here it goes:
while i was expecting….my husband josh and rebecca were off on a little hike though her woods. rebecca showed him an area where the maypops grow. having never heard of this lovely southern bloom, it inspired him. josh excitedly called me up and told me, it’s maypop! we both imediately loved it. and thankfully we birthed a girl, one who beautifully wears her sweet name, maypop. i can’t imagine her called any other name….well maybe pops.
we have made a tradition to head to our friends pond that is lined with maypops and watch the sun go down.
buttermilk blueberry yumminess
garden to table
i set sail to try to make a blueberry upside down cake. not wanting to use the 2 sticks of butter that should have gone into the dessert i decided to use a little less. i figured that if anything i was really making a cobbler if the upside down part didn’t happen. as i suspected i ended up with a cobbler.
a small town auction, every friday @ 7p
instant inspiration
this past weekend we drove down to seale, alabama for the doo-nanny festival. we arrived friday night for the opening party and auction. the auction was great- it was filled with local folks who come down for the auction every friday, at 7pm. this particular day they were auctioning folk art from the doo-nanny artists. i would love to come back on again, on a random day.
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finding chanterelles
garden to table
this past year we have really gotten into foraging food. the thrill that you get from hiking through the land that surrounds you and finding food that nature offers is priceless. foraging has really connected us to our environment and seasons. it is really quite amazing how much food in our backyards, fields, and forests is edible, and quite tasty!
this summer has been a great year for chanterelle mushrooms. this fungi is easy to identify and there is not any poisonous look-a-likes around. not only is this mushroom beautiful but it is one of the more flavorful mushrooms out there. we have found so many this year that we have dried some so we can enjoy them all year long…..until next season.
click here to read an article in the month’s food and wine about an inspiring forager/chef in california
forest's fungi
homes and habitats
this past weekend we went hiking at one of our favorite places, . the brush is so thick and the floors of the forest are covered in moss, this park reminds me of northern california. we were hunting for chantrelle mushrooms and found a bunch of beautiful other mushrooms. 
are there any mushroom experts out there that know what any of these are?
