we had our first apple festival this past saturday at arrow...we had lots of sunshine, friendly faces, yummy pies and more! thanks to everyone who came!
tabatha and family made a run to hillcrest orchards in ellijay for apples.
(thanks, t, t, t, and f!)
author liana krissoff led an applesauce making workshop:
we blocked off the driveway with haybales, and had cider and popcron:
there were crafts, with a special blockprinting one led by susan & her 6 year old daughter, bird:
we dyed playsilks for our little ones, but in the process we learned about immersion dyeing and some of us played around with some tie dyeing too. we had lots of fun, and will do this again sometime !
, we have really been getting inspired by the garden around the corner. we took a walk over there a few weeks ago and visited with karen who is the go-getter behind it.
this garden was carved out of a kudzu-covered vacant lot behind some houses and a church by the bare hands of many volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond. it is in its second year of growing. the garden was recently
