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The Brown-Headed Cowbird
This bird is plentiful and wide ranging, native to the U.S. Look for it year round in the northeastern U.S. across the continent to the southwest, including Western North Carolina. Some migrate between Canada and Mexico. They were abundant on the Great Plains over a century ago, congregating around the great herds of bison that roamed the continent, breaking up …
Royal Guards of the Garden
This plant almost begs for attention, and deserves every glance. Liatris spicata is a member of the boneset tribe (Eupatoricae), a huge family of over 2,000 species. With a family that big, you have to be something different, or risk being one of the crowd. Also called Gayfeather or Blazing Star, Liatris is in the same family as the aster …
Nonnative Invasive Plant Management
The Coalition for Nonnative Invasive Plant Management, CNIPM, is offering a seminar for the public on Friday, August 2, from 9:00 A. M. until noon at the Highlands Community Building next to the Town Ballfield. The faculty includes Esther Stokes of Stokes Landscape Design in Atlanta. Esther is also Chairman of the Board of the Atlanta Audubon Society and on …
Summer Smallies
Here in the South, we are blessed to have a year-round trout fishery with relatively mild winters by trout standards. Our struggle though, is the dog days of summer when water temperatures rise and trout become lethargic. The silver lining is our other prized gamefish, the Smallmouth Bass. The Smallmouth Bass gets less attention than our cold water trout do, …
Zahner Conservation Lectures
The annual Highlands tradition of Zahner Conservation Lectures continues this month at the Highlands Nature Center. These lectures are free for all and a wonderful opportunity to get to know more about your local habitat. This month we have five lectures focusing on a wide array of topics occurring each Thursday at 6:00 P.M. On August 1, it’s …
Glenville’s High Falls
High Falls is a short hike off Pine Creek Road in Glenville. Hiking down the path sets visitors at the base of an approximately 150-foot waterfall cascading down the two-tiered cliffs of the Tuckasegee Gorge. The view is incredible and well-worth the effort to get there. The trail to High Falls, a.k.a. Cullowhee Falls, is less than a mile with …
Trunk Shows at Josephine’s
When Josephine McDonough opened her Josephine’s Emporium at 40 Burns Street in Cashiers, she promised that renovations would allow her to open her business to vendors of fine arts and treasures. She’s making good on that promise with the arrival of Donnie Grissom of The Grissom Collection of Estate and Fine Jewelry August 1-4. Grissom, based in Mt. Pleasant, …
Acorns Trunk Shows
For 14 years, Acorns has invited jewelers, clothiers and designers to showcase their work in their annual line up of trunk shows. Drop by their new location on 212 Fourth Street in Highlands and have a glass of champagne while you chat with your favorite designers and explore their lines. On August 2 through 4, Jan Barboglio returns with her …
From Tuscany with Love
Highlands Fine Art & Estate Jewelry Wine Shop Highlands Fine Art & Estate Jewelry has proudly been one of the areas premier estate and modern jewelers, in addition to providing the area’s most prominent art glass gallery. Now in their 21st season, Owners Joe and Claudia Lazow continue to bring their customers the most impressive jewelry. Jewelry is a very …
Shopping at the Corner
Main Street in Highlands is the shopping mecca of the Plateau. A good place to start is the corner of North Fourth Street and Main. Allison Diane Clothing has the latest in modern fashion and design. Featuring lines such as Able of Nashville, Unpublished Jeans, and Brighton, they have a fabulous selection of leather goods and denim. They have a …
Attack the Stack
The Scaly Mountain Women’s Club helps young people in the community continue their educations. This is why we pick, wash, and freeze the blueberries included in our famous pancakes. Husbands help and can be seen grilling sausage, flipping pancakes, and making the coffee for our Pancake Breakfasts on the fourth Saturday from May through September at the Old Scaly …
September is for Oysters
For many of us, September marks the diminution of days, when the pleasures of summer begin to fade into memory. But for a certain subset of seafood devotee, September is the harbinger of something wonderful – oysters are back on the menu! The Farm at Old Edwards has those people squarely in its sights when it welcomes Kimball House Owner …
