It is less than three weeks from the turn-in day for entries to the Mountain State Fair, and I am in the process of getting it all together. This year, the turn in day is September 1, the earliest it can possibly be. The first thing I did was to register online for all the …
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Busy Week
This past week we had our drive to Mt Mitchell. The route took us around winding roads, then up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and then to Mt Mitchell. I posted about the pre-drive a couple of weeks ago on my post A Drive to Mt Mitchell. Since I've already talked about the drive, I …
Sunday Chat – Garden and Trying a New Seasoning Blend
From time to time, Milk Street sends me products to test. This week I received a jar of Flavor Jolt. This is a blend of vegetables and seasonings to give dishes more 'umami' flavor. It has dehydrated tomato, carrot, shiitake mushroom, onion, garlic, corn and miso. Add some marvelous flavors in seasonings like turmeric, paprika, …
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Mountain State Fair Final Prep
With all the entries I'll be doing in the fair, I have quite a bit of preparation to do. I pull things out I have made in the past year, go through my blog posts to make sure I have included everything I can, and maybe whip up a project or two for other categories. …
Sunday Chat
This week, we had two drives with car clubs going up to the high country in the northern mountain area of North Carolina. One drive was a history tour starting in South Carolina and ending in Banner Elk, with the leaders telling us about Revolutionary War sites. We had 17 MINIs on that run. Our …
In the Sewing Room and the Garden
I had all good intentions of getting some sewing done this past weekend, but you know what happens sometimes to best laid plans. Friday was spent entirely on Shop Hop, visiting four stores over 90 miles apart, plus lunch with a group from our guild. The promised rainy day on Saturday canceled a car club …
Sunday Stitching, Making Plans, and More Wildlife
Over the past few weeks, I've finished up all the Zoom contracts that I had for my Scrap Dancing program. On the last two, I mentioned that I would be doing a tutorial on Pin Weaving. I thought I could just link the Moda Bake Shop post, but their website update appears to have dropped …
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September in the Garden
The growing season is fairly long here in western North Carolina, and even more things are blooming now. It is the last of summer, with some bloomers hanging on, and new ones coming out. On the veranda, about half the pots still have something blooming. These yellow bidens just keep coming. My pink geranium gave …
Fun at the Mountain Regional State Fair
With the prospect of Irma coming into the mountains, my friend and I decided to hit the fair on opening day rather than wait until Monday as was our original plan. The forecast on Thursday night was for Irma to end up here with an 80% chance of rain all day increasing to 100% later …
From My Carolina Home 