rural academy theater

we love this...so much. horse-drawn wagon + performance...we wish their horses could get down closer to our way here in georgia! check out the rural academy theater's site for their tour dates...

tomato & potato frittata

my go to meal when i need a quick dinner is a frittata.  it is one of those meals that you can throw in almost any veggie, and it will taste great.  it has become a comfort meal around our house. 

last night i threw together a frittata with tomatoes, red pepper, and potatoes that we had on hand.  i served it up alongside some sautéd kale.  a perfect meal for family movie night!

ingredients

8 farm fresh eggs

1/2 milk

1 Tbsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic, chopped

4 small red potatoes, cooked and sliced

2 fresh tomatoes, sliced

a handful of fresh basil leaves

1/2 diced red pepper 

salt and pepper to taste

directions

-pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

-beat eggs and milk and set aside

-heat up olive oil on med/high heat 

-layer the sliced potatoes let cook for 3-4 minutes

-sprinkle garlic, basil, red peppers, and salt and pepper

-pour over egg mixture 

-carefully lay tomatoes on top

-cook for 5-7 minutes undisturbed

-cook in oven until the center of frittata is cooked

Piney Woods Road

this one , like so many, has boards on the windows,but,as usual, someone has already found a way in. i carefully crept in ( looking out for rotten floorboards) and saw some makeshift corner shelves with a bird’s nest on each shelf.

photos and words by rebecca wood

tree bark

photograph by rinne allen

pickens county

my family regularly spends time in a special place not far from athens. nestled in the georgia mountains, near the beginning of the appalachian trail, this place has woods, meadows, streams, and lakes. some days it is sunny, some days it is foggy. on a recent visit we had both extremes- clear blue sky one day and grey fog the next. we explore all day long when we are there. woodland walks reveal huge mushroom outcroppings; along the lane we see butterflies and snails. we love the old hand-hewn bridge, rope swing, boathouse, and the diving tower. we love it here.words and photographs by rinne allen.

moth

photograph by rinne allen

seasonal bloom, another way

it is the time of year when there is alot in the yard, but there is alot in the yard that has dried out from the summer heat. making bouquets is still fun, but, as we wait for the true fall flora to come in, i thought i would share another way to bring in beauty from outside. i have been making these light drawings for almost ten years (really 20, if you count when i learned in college). i coat the paper with light sensitive pigments, then place specimens from our garden on top of the paper, and then i wait for the sun to work its magic. i make them in cyan and sepia and love how each is one-of-a-kind. these light drawings act like a garden journal for me- they help me keep track of what bloomed or leafed out when. here is a sample of some from this time of year...figs, ferns, flowers...

words & photographs by rinne allen