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Winter Waterfowl
Winter holds its own special avian delights in and around our local wetlands: lakes, ponds, flooded fields and estuaries. At Mirror Lake in Highlands, for instance, you can often spot any number of Wood Ducks, Black Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser and Mallards. Nearby Lake Junaluska, which offers both scenic vistas and a slightly warmer climate than the lakes …
Knee High Naturalists
Due to the amazing feedback we received about our Knee High Naturalists program this past month, we have decided to extend it to keep the fun going! Families with young children (suggested age three to five years) can join us every Friday morning from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at the Highlands Nature Center as we combine stories, walks, and …
Winter Pansies
With a real name like Viola x wittrockiana, the pansy sounds like she’s got a split personality. The word pansy comes from the French word, pensee, meaning thought, or remembrance. A very sweet looking flower, delicate, diminutive, and some people tend to see it as a weed. But bring in its Latin name wittROCKiana, and you may understand why this …
Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls is an incredible 150-foot waterfall that’s located in the Pisgah National Forest but visitors reach the trailhead through Gorges State Park. The 7,500-acre park in Lake Toxaway is known for long-distance trail hiking, biking, and horseback riding along the Horse Pasture River. However, the trail to Rainbow Falls isn’t long distance and makes for a perfect day trip, …
Beginning Angler Question
Welcome to January in Western North Carolina. Cold temperatures, lots of precipitation, and more cold temperatures. Not what one thinks of as the ideal time for fly fishing. It can be especially frustrating for the new angler, as you probably just got a bunch of brand new equipment for Christmas and, short of a trip to warmer climates, nowhere to …
The Beauty of the Bears
During the past 10 years my wife, Cindy, and I have spent a considerable amount of time photographing wildlife in many areas of the United States and Canada. Our favorite subjects have always been Black and Grizzly Bears. At one time, Black Bears existed in every state in the union. Today, their present range is a fraction of what it …
Chef’s Spotlight
Winter has settled in here on the Plateau. While there are sure to be a few people daring enough to brave the bitter cold to explore the mountains and waterfalls, the rest of us are looking for something a little warmer and cozier to while away the long nights. Old Edwards Inn knows the best way to spend an evening …
Quick and Easy Rolls
Wilma Gordon, forever known to generations of Highlands children and their parents as Miss Wilma, the teacher/administrator/driving force behind Highlands Preschool, is a local institution. In fact, when she retired from Highlands Preschool, it was renamed The Gordon Center for Children in her honor, three classrooms for kids ages one to five. But Miss Wilma is also known around town …
Osteen Legacy of Learning
In partnership with the Culinary Institute of America, Highlands Food & Wine Festival has established the Louis Osteen Legacy Scholarship. This is a new scholarship at CIA specifically designed for students from the Highlands/Cashiers area that hope to follow Louis’ extraordinary culinary path. Louis Osteen, the James Beard award-winning chef, whose influential South Carolina restaurants elevated the Southern cuisine we …
Dive On In
“The Dive In” food trailer at The High Dive officially opened in November, providing concessions for the dive bar, which previously did not have a food option, and giving Highlands locals and visitors a late-night place to grab a quick meal. The Dive In menu was created by Kay Craig, owner of The High Dive and The Ugly Dog Pub, …
Ghosts and Grotesques
Highlands-Cashiers Youth Theater will be staging “Ghosts & Grotesques” on the last week of February at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. The show, a collection of staged stories assembled by Youth Theater Director Megan Potts, is a collection of stories and poems infused with a touch of the unearthly. Though its emphasis is the eerie and the unexpected, there’s nothing …
Paper, Praise & Promises
You may know Chrissy Picklesimer as the big-hearted, bliss-ciplined baker who can charm an apple off a tree right into the most delicious apple streusel buns that your tempted-tongue ever tasted. Streusel is just one of her many mouth-watering masterpieces to show up on the shelves of Bryson’s Grocery. But taste buds far and wide are currently in mourning, for …
