Appalachian Mountain Dreams

2023 Festival & Event Guide

“Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.” Blue Ridge Country I was spending some time on Facebook today and saw a post about NC Mineral and Gem Festival. The post had a copy of the cover of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine 2023 Festival & Event Guide. For over a

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Eastern White Pine

It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian Mountains and upper Piedmont to northernmost Georgia and perhaps very rarely

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North Georgia Mountains Video

This drone video gives a glimpse of the north Georgia mountains, particularly, This drone video gives a glimpse of the north Georgia mountains, particularly, Blairsville Georgia. It features footage of Vogel State Park, Rivers Edge RV Park, Walasi Yi and Mountain Crossings at Neels Gap, a sunrise at Nottely Dam, the Blairsville town square, a beautiful flyover Greenberry Farm subdivision,

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Stargazer – Cabins in North Ga

Come to the North Georgia mountains to see what a million-dollar view really looks like! The Stargazer is a beautifully decorated, one-bedroom, one-bath log cabin for two that sits on the second-highest privately owned mountain in North Georgia. It captures the pure natural wonders of the Blue Ridge Mountains from every window. Stargazer is luxuriously appointed and features lots of

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Let It Snow

When I sit looking out my Texas window these days, this video fills a spot in my mountain dreams…Mountain snow. December 26, 2010 Blue Ridge, Georgia – Let It Snow! Donna Yates, Associate Broker, Blue Ridge Real Estate North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains www.move2northgeorgia.net

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Foxfire 2

I discovered the Foxfire series of books back in the 1970’s. Just recently I started reacquiring them last year to add to my Mountain Dreams Bookcase. If you haven’t seen these for yourself, go check it out… Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin’s, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living

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