field peas

i picked up some field peas at the farmers market this week.  i tossed them with some olive oil, end of the season peppers, garlic, and onions.   a perfect summer side.

VOTE for the idea shack!

the selby

and CBC2 have teamed up on a contest and are choosing the next

selby

place.

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here

!

the green window

one thing that has struck me in the idea shack this past year is the wonder of the green window.  the idea shack is basically dark brown inside because of all the old wood.  in summer the pokeweed and morning glories grow right outside the windows.  when the sun shines through the leaves, it makes a glowing chartreuse rectangle framed by warm dark brown wood.  i find myself staring at this wonderful color and the patterns of the leaves, studying the exuberance and chaos on the other side of the glass.  i marvel at the life pressing in on my ordered, quiet world.

tiny farm

i am always amazed...and inspired by how much food can be grown on a small plot of land.  recently i visited my friends maggie an lacy out at their farm that they appropriately call tiny farm.   they have 2 garden sized plots of land where they grow food for their 11 person CSA and local restaurants.  every tuesday volunteers come out to help and be involved with the growing of their food.  take a peek at what i saw!

visit thier blog

here

for farm news and recipes and be sure to check out the weekly comic by member eleanor davis.

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the ripe thing

whenever we drive through greensboro, georgia i make a stop at their farmers market;  the ripe thing.  they have a little bit of everything there.  we picked up some fresh lima beens, fresh salsa verde, muscadines, and scallops.  i always love their old school signage too!

all things beautiful

southern belle, alena hennessy has started a new blog called '

all things beautiful

'.  i have always admired her artwork and i am sure her blog will be just as lovely.  enjoy and have a good weekend!

studying beauty

it’s good to study flowers.  even if i don’t draw them, sometimes i just stare at them for awhile, admiring their expression and gesture and colors.   just studying them brings some peace and calm.  try studying some flowers soon.

drayton hall

i recently made my third visit to drayton hall plantation near charleston, sc. you really can’t visit enough, because it blows your mind every time.  besides the fact of its natural beauty, there’s the fact that the last descendant to own it decreed in her will that drayton hall should never be modernized with plumbing or electricity. thus, the beauty of the natural light there. drayton hall is preserved, not restored, so it wears its age gracefully, through 250 years of hurricanes, wars, earthquakes, and tornadoes, for all to admire.