John Singer Sargent | Magnolias | 30.5 x 45.7 cms | 12 x 18 ins | Watercolor and gouache on paper The city of Atlanta is not coming. Your autumn leaves were removed by https://urbancommjnitylife.com They are being recycled into soil for food production. Call us next year and we'll do it again. UCLife
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Camp Cohutta
It's called double jeopardy. We must be the only summer camp on the planet to send our campers to another summer camp to play. A different campus life. Cohutta Springs Youth Camp is located on 800 acres, nestled in the beautiful mountains in North Georgia. Every summer, up to 1,600 youth, ages 7 to 18, … Continue reading Camp Cohutta
Stockyard
The livestock legacy lives on. Time tested and true, local auction markets and feedlots are still the most reliable, secure way for you to buy and sell livestock. Cattle coming through. On Thursday mornings, the Calhoun Georgia Stockyard is open with a variety of live animals for show and sell. Behind the scenes in the … Continue reading Stockyard
Edenesque
"A lot of people say that an octopus is like an alien."// Craig Foster (My Octopus Teacher) It's a little bit of a science lesson.My Octopus Teacher, is an implicit Edenesque documentary, set in a kelp forest full of vivid sounds and scenery, seaweed and sea anemones, in a place called Cape of Storms, West … Continue reading Edenesque
Old Fashioned Home Remedy
"Many old-fashioned remedies are going out of fashion, not because they are ineffective, but because an art is required for their management, and a sufficient degree of labor required that most people are unwilling to provide.// Agatha Thrash, M.D. (Home Remedies p. 143) Stored in the cabinets above my refrigerator are 20lbs of activated charcoal … Continue reading Old Fashioned Home Remedy
Nascar Speed Park
"Racers, on your mark," and then fires the starting pistol that triggers the race, a perfect way to emerge from the pandemic funk. Masked track attendant, Caiden, Keller, Deyanciss, Hugo All gas, no brakes. The brake is the red pedal on the left, the gas is the green pedal on the right, and around the … Continue reading Nascar Speed Park
Booming Blackberries
Blackberry Blooms, drip line and wire trellis I'm sharing expert gardening tips specific to blackberries to boost our brain power and to document the development of our small farm & garden. Blackberry madness started with three thornless varieties given to us by Duane Marcus at The Funny Farm in Stone Mountain, GA, where we spent … Continue reading Booming Blackberries
100 Blueberry Bushes
This last weekend of April, we engaged with a couple of our young campers, Deyanciss and Quan. Blueberry Patch From Atlanta to Alabama, our long weekend began with a full day of catch-up talk and travel and good-for-you grocery shopping along the way. An optional planting day of one hundred blueberry bushes into previously prepared … Continue reading 100 Blueberry Bushes
A Blush of Mushrooms
Shiitake Mushrooms Come down-to-earth with mushrooms! This year we are introducing some exciting new species from the Kingdom Fungi to our table of fare. bonanza Below is the incomplete inoculation walkthrough to grow Shiitake mushrooms on natural, uncontaminated logs, but I would also watch a tutorial video to demonstrate the process. If you like science … Continue reading A Blush of Mushrooms
Out of the City
Out of the City The notion of home and space has perhaps never been as coveted as it is right now. "Out of the city," serves as a reminder of the big-picture transformations the housing industry is now experiencing. The reshuffling of people from city centers to suburbs is a pandemic-fueled trend that’s unlikely to … Continue reading Out of the City