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Exploring Nature: Travel Tips

Let me offer a bit of advice. Don’t wait too long to make trips to faraway places. True, you have to wait until you can afford the journey, but don’t put off traveling in the belief you can always go at a later date. That later date may never come – people die at all ages and there’s no guarantee you won’t be an early fatality.

Creating horse troughs of tantalizing texture
Creating horse troughs of tantalizing texture

Late afternoon light casts a glow on the cool season horse troughs planted with Cool Wave pansies and an assortment of high contrast foliage like Queen of Hearts brunnera and Double Play Candy Corn spirea and Dolce heuchera.

Creating horse troughs of tantalizing texture

The gentle cool season allows shade loving plants like Dolce Cherry Truffles heuchera and Queen of Hearts brunnera to be grown in full sun.

Creating horse troughs of tantalizing texture

The horse troughs at Old Town in North Columbus GA are indicative of a trend sweeping the nations. These have been planted for cool season color and interest. Photos by Norman Winter

Creating horse troughs of tantalizing texture

The Old Town Community of North Columbus is once again schooling us on the use of horse troughs for cool season color, and this year they are maximizing the use of texture. Since I retired from the University of Georgia, son James, the color design guru for Old Town, keeps me involved, making me feel as though this is my experiment station.

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Above, Martindale River Café's Chicken Banh mi sandwich — all-natural ground roasted chicken, fresh cilantro and basil, carrots, pickled onions along with a hoisin sauce chipotle mayo served on a French loaf.  Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Martindale River Café

If you asked me the first thing that popped into my head when someone mentioned the community of Martindale, I would have said ‘speed trap.’ That’s how I remembered it years ago traveling to class

River Realm Readers

Parker Dumas holds a tarot card reading with Shae Lewis at Stonebound Treasures. Photo by Celeste Hollister

River Realm Readers

The River Realm Readers reading space on 705 W. Hopkins is available for walk-in and by appointment. Photo by Jason Cook

River Realm Readers

Gregor Ælfweald is a San Marcos-based rune reader and seer with a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Submitted photo

River Realm Readers

San Marcos exists at the heart of its sacred springs, a place with a deeply-rooted spiritual connection that dates back for centuries. Within this cherished space thrives the River Realm Readers, a community of intuitive artists and healers dedicated to helping people realign with their higher purpose.

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