Google+ Georgia On My Mind: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Have a Safe Trick-or-Treat


From my home to yours....have a safe trick-or-treat!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Georgia Carnival: Edition 47

Welcome to the Georgia Blog Carnival!

As you can see this edition is here at Georgia on My Mind. Due to my own snafu I erroneously reported that this carnival would be hosted by
Atlanta on the Cheap. Pardon the confusion…..

Also I’ve been somewhat lax regarding posting regularly here. Recovery from my surgery and famly demands have taken a greater portion of my time than I realized. I miss regular posting here and am trying to make that happen as soon as possible. Make sure you read the entire carnival as I have linked to a couple of new blogs as well and have combined the information within the carnival.

The next carnival will be hosted at
Georgia on My Mind on Friday, November 7th . Submissions will be due Thursday, November 6th .

If you maintain a Georgia blog and would like to host the carnival at your site e-mail me to set up a date. It’s a great way to put your own personal spin on the carnival.
The last edition of the Georgia carnival can be found
here , and the carnival archives are found here.

Now… on to the highlights of Georgia blogging during the past two weeks.

The folks over at the massive blogcarnival site has informed me they’ve chosen the Carnival for Georgia Bloggers to be their featured carnival on Sunday, October 26th. You can see it splashed on their homepage all day. They also tell me they have recently added featured carnivals to highlight and acknowledge carnivals they really like. Wow! I appreciate the nod.

Steve Williams, The Georgia Road Geek. presents New "ROADGEEK-CAM!!!" From The Knoxville Area.

William Cotter, better known in the Georgia blogosphere as Paw Paw Bill, states, “Now Obama himself cautions against overconfidence, which is another way of saying don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Polls show Obama with more than enough electoral votes, some estimates as high as 330, a comfortable margin over the 270 needed to win.” Check out the rest in his post Unhatched...

Also when asked to take on a social interaction role Paw Paw Bill is also having to Get Over Myself…a post where he states the deer frozen in the highlights is none other than himself.

Felicia over at Fluffy Flowers provides small waterfalls and more water.

Marcus Smith from MarcusASmith.com shares The Silent Treatment Works Every Time saying, "Public speaking is a necessary skill. The silent treatment is a weapon you can use to hone that skill. Read further to find out more."

Jamestown had a sister colony? The English had a colony in New England prior to 1620? Yep! Check out my post over at History Is Elementary here.

Laney Pottery has a contest going on! Find out all about it here.

Dave O'Brien's Braves Blog has been added to the blogroll. Check out his current post Jake Could Make for J-Heavy Rotation.

Have you heard of Community Radar? It allows people to maintain their own civil news sharing site. Kim Gokce is doing it….Check out his page here titled United We Know.

I received an email from Elegant Image Studios this week. They are an Atlanta company specializing in webdesign…..check them out!

Well, that’s it for this edition of the Georgia Carnival. Please support these fine Georgia bloggers by letting them know you have visited them with a comment. Your continued support with your links and shout-outs at your site helps to alert others to what we Georgia bloggers have to offer:

The next edition of the carnival will be found here at Georgia on My Mind on Friday, November 7th. Posts can be sent to gamind@mail.com or use the handy submission form. Submissions are due by Thursday, November 6th by 6:00 p.m.

Thanks for your continued support of the Georgia Carnival!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Georgia Carnival: Edition 46

Welcome to the Georgia Blog Carnival!

The next carnival will be hosted at
Atlanta on the Cheap on Friday, October 24th . Submissions will be due Thursday, October 23rd .

If you maintain a Georgia blog and would like to host the carnival at your site e-mail me to set up a date. It’s a great way to put your own personal spin on the carnival.


The last edition of the Georgia carnival can be found here
, and the carnival archives are found here.

Now… on to the highlights of Georgia blogging during the past two weeks.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kim Hatcher from Georgia’s State Park System about places to see in Georgia. Learn about the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Okefenokee Swamp, rural Georgia and some of the lesser known state parks and historic sites here.

The Guru presents Watch Heroes Season 3 Episodes Online and Frank provides How to Save a DVD to Your Computer posted at Satellite TV Guru.

Over at The Q Family Adventure Amy gives us 13 Fall Activities I love to do. If you are wondering what to do around Atlanta then this post is for you.

William Cotter provides an interesting life view of the recent Stock Market woes titled Don't Bet On It posted at Paw Paw Bill.

Fall is the time for apples so it appropriate that I include a recipe for Easy Tasty Baked Apples Recipe using Pottery Apple Bakers. This recipe comes to us via Laney Pottery, an upcoming new addition to the blogroll here at Georgia on My Mind. Make sure you check out all of the great pottery as well.

Over at Online Video Hacks. Frank explains How to Save a YouTube Video and tells us how to Watch Lost Season 4 Episodes Online.

From his post Heartbeat over at Paw Paw Bill William Cotter states, “Vice-Presidential candidates do not usually swing elections. They should. They are a heartbeat away from being President.”

The latest issue of Moonshine, a magazine of the southern arts is available online (& free) in its entirety at here.

Jen presents Fall Fairs, Festivals, & Concerts in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia posted at Jen's Genuine Life, saying, "Looking for something to do this fall in North Georgia? Look no more. This post has lots of activities for you."

Following my post over at History Is Elementary titled Bailout Bill: 13 Examples of Pork I decided to look into the issue of pork-barrel spending to see if I could find out when it began. Eating Up the Bread of Our Children shares a little of what I discovered.

Sarah Scrafford presents Green Gears: 50 Great Green Blogs for Car Lovers Organicasm posted at Organicasm.

Felicia provides “Something cute to put you in the fall mood” over at Fluffy Flowers with her post Emotionals Autumn Portrait

Well, that’s it for this edition of the Georgia Carnival. Please support these fine Georgia bloggers by letting them know you have visited them with a comment. Your continued support with your links and shout-outs at your site helps to alert others to what we Georgia bloggers have to offer:

The next edition of the carnival will be found at
Atlanta on the Cheap on Friday, October 24th. Posts can be sent to gamind@mail.com or use the handy submission form. Submissions are due by Thursday, October 23rd by 6:00 p.m.

Thanks for your continued support of the Georgia Carnival!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Wordless: Chateau Elan


Ah, the chateaus and wine growing areas of France. Beautiful, right?

I agree. This is a beautiful scene, but this image is NOT France.

This 16th-century style French chateau sits on 3,500 acres 40 minutes north of Atlanta and is fondly known as Chateau Elan. It is the largest winery in Georgia and also serves as a great destination for weddings, corporate retreats and meetings, golf and spa weekends as well as romantic weekends.

The property offers 11 different meeting venues, four golf courses, a European spa, an art gallery, eight restaurants, an equestrian show center, and a wine market.

You can visit Chatea Elan’s homepage Chateau Elan.

This is my fourth Wordless Wednesday foray here at Georgia on My Mind. You can visit with other Wordless participants here.
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