i tried out the recipe for country apple dumplings that i posted a few months ago. my results didn’t look nearly the same as the one i had at r&a orchards, but they were still super tasty! – ryan r&a orchards 5505 highway 52 east ellijay, ga 30536 706-273-3821 country apple dumplings recipe: ingredients: 2 [...]

it’s groundhog day! unfortunately punxsutawney phil saw his shadow this morning, so we can expect six more weeks of winter. lame! anyone else get up early and watch groundhog day? – ryan & gub UPDATE: this just in, looks like georgia’s own general beauregard lee, who is 94% accurate, didn’t see his shadow today and [...]

clementine’s new best friend, herself! – ryan & gub

artwork by: esther bee chapman

we’ve had lots of reading time with clementine recently! dr. seuss and home for a bunny, gub’s old favorite, have been in heavy rotation. do you remember this psa! – ryan & gub

we bought a food chopper and started making some baby food for clementine. we have this great book called super baby food, which has been a big help in preparing and storing the food, as well as when everything is age appropriate. so far we’ve made apples, bananas, sweet potatoes and carrots! – ryan & [...]

we had quite the southern new year’s day! we cooked some greens and black eyed peas, grabbed takeout from fox bros. bar-b-q, including their amazing fried ribs, and managed to stay in our pj’s all day. what a treat! it was probably our best fox bros. experience to date. we aren’t the biggest fans of [...]

happy new year! – ryan, gub & clementine