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Picnic on Seneca lake, Clemson South Carolina

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Located on the edge of Clemson, near the university, is a wonderful lake access park. That is a wonderful place just to chill out and enjoy the wonderful springtime weather.

I packed a picnic, okay, well, I used the McDonalds app to get a free chicken McNugget Happy meal with points, so they packed my picnic for me; it was yummy, of course.

An easy, breezy day with a tasty picnic is just what was needed!

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Old Pickens Presbyterian Church and Col. John Pickens–American History at the Revolution, South Carolina

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A local historical site and more! A cemetary crawl worth taking! Please, listen to the video to get all the information! It’s so awesome!

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A Walk along the boardwalk–a picnic in the evening sun at Larry W. Abernathy Waterfront Park, Clemson, S.C.

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A lovely and delightful way to enjoy Spring time in Upstate South Carolina–Clemson hosts a lovely waterfront park, just off of Tiger Boulevard (parking is easily done at the local Wendy’s and the trail head is just a 1/2 block away!)

The trails are all marked and either paved or done with a board walk style, offering many picnic tables and benches and hanging swings over beautiful docks and more! I witnessed many couples and groups of friends using the lovely accomodations along the trail!

I walked a total of 40+ minutes, taking a little break in the sunshine to get some sunshine on my very winter white legs, while I enjoyed a picnic that I purchased at Wendy’s-I chose the $5 grab bag (with a slight upcharge for a larger drink!)

The breeze was blowing lightly off of the Lake while I enjoyed watching the fishermen ply there talents and skills from their boats, thoroughly enjoying the light refreshing days of Clemson, S.C.

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Pesca-Veggie Curry–Feeds 2-4 people for Cheap-Homemade for the Win

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A super easy meal to make–with very common, often in household ingredients (and if you purchase ingredients, the items not used can be used in other stuff easily!)

1 large yam, washed and coarsely chopped

2 big carrots, peeled and shredded/chopped

1 medium purple onion, peeled and chopped

1/2 cup natural peanut butter (creamy or chunky, doesn’t matter)

1 tablespoon Curry Powder

1 tsp each, dried ginger, black pepper, Garam Masala, sea salt

1 tablespoon coconut oil

3 Tilapia Filets (I like the frozen ones from AlDI)

4 cups of cold water

Put everything in a large, deep skillet or medium sized pan, except fish

Simmer and stir for 10 minutues, put the fish on top, cover and let simmer for 40-45 on medium heat until fish is done and veggies are soft/cooked through. Mix well to break up fish and incorporate everything together.

Can be eaten as is or served over cooked rice. If eaten as it, serves 2-4, if served over rice, served 6-8.

+Can be altered to be vegetarian or vegan by eliminating the fish!

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A little way to share some love–10% of all Sales Go to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado and help support An Adventuring Artist

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Over 80+ items are available for sale on my eBay! Free shipping on all pieces shipped to the USA but able to ship worldwide with a small shipping fee (depending on location!)

Each items helps supports the rescued carnivores at the Wild Life Animal Sanctuary in Keensburg, Colorado–Lions, Tigers, Wolves and Bears, OH MY! All items also include a “Make An Offer” tab, so, shop happy and make me an offer!

Here is the link to all items on my items, and more items are coming!

https://www.ebay.com/usr/apotthoff

Hand Knitted scarf
Hand Knitted scarf
Hand Knitted scarf
Original art, hand paintd canvas of autumn, halloween/withes
Flower cake painting with original art by Anna Potthoff
Potraits of ancient man at Rosemarkie Firth
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Hand Knitted scarf
Hand Knitted scarf
Hand Knitted scarf

Day Light Savings: Springing Forward with a Picnic on the Twelve Mile River, Cateechee, South Carolina

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The days are growing longer and springing forward with the time change today extends the sunshine, albeit cutting an hour of sleep off. What’s a person to do but to catch the rays on the riverbanks and perhaps rock out to the humms of the rapids.

While seeking a different venue (my digital map wasn’t working properly) I came upon the river and it’s idealic location, simply because Lay Bridge Road is closed/blocked off, allowing a pseudo parking area to be created and locals/adventureres to enjoy the serenic setting. Catechese Dam on lay bridge road is also a minor historical site as well.

I stopped by the local store and chose a few items for a picnic, sticking my purchase in a re-usable small shopping bag as I don’t currently own an actual picnic basket and the durable bag makes it easy to carry my food items to and from the site (plus, the handles don’t dig into my fingers, especially important when carrying items on an adventure!)

While I am a fairly skilled person I realized that hunting and gathering for my food isn’t really conducive for feeding myself, packing a picnic is a very affordable way to eat well without breaking the bank or spending a small fortune on take-out (my entire picnic would have easily fed 2-3 people for less than $8 total.) I usually pack a bit extra–in case I stay out a bit longer than expected, meet a new friend, etc-one may never know what excitement adventures lead too and who doens’t like good snacks and food to eat and share?

The weather has been dreary, grey rainy skies lately and with a clear, sunshine filled cool day, it was a lovely adventure to enjoy the river and lay on the banks and soak in the sun, eat my picnic and enjoy the sounds of nature serenade me with their melody. A special treat? A group of 4 kayakers paddled by with their colorful paddles and head gear on!

A little video I snapped of the river, about 1/4 mile from the historical damn sign
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Easy Homemade Chicken and Rice soup

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Hot homemade soup is great for any occasion and why not make it easy on yourself and your wallet?

2 cups of leftover chicken, diced (or 1 large can of chicken breast)

2 chicken boulion cubes

1/2 cup of dry white rice

2 carrots, peeled, and diced

lemon zest (dried or fresh)

sea salt and pepper

1 tsp dry basil

1 tsp minced garlic (I like the jar stuff)

1 small green bell pepper, cored, and diced

1/4 tsp ground cumin

1 small onion pealed and diced or 4 green onions, snipped, and diced

a few white mushrooms, washed, diced (optional)

Large Pot, filled with 2-3 quarts of good, clean cold water

Dump all ingredients in the pot and let simmer for roughly 45 minutes. Enjoy!

*on a side note, instead of using canned chicken and boullion, my sister boils the whole leftover rotissiere/baked chicken, saving the broth for the base of chicken soup and cleans the leftover meat off the bones once removed from the pot after boiling. Either method is easily used!

Easy Chicken and Veggies pot–a quick, hot meal for a cold day

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Super easy and takes very little time!

1 small can of chicken breast, drained

1 medium bell pepper (I used a green one), seeded and chunked

2 green scallion, cleaned up and chunked

1 tsp of flax seed

1 tsp of Tony Satchere’s seasons (or any season of your choice)

1 large can of yellow kernal corn, drained

Put everything in a medium sized pan and simmer for 10-15 minutes on a low-medium heat and enjoy! Serves 3-4 people. It’s less than $6 for the whole pot, pretty darn affordable to feed people!

Send a sweet note to someone–staying connected is easy with pretty postcards!

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Sending a little note to a loved one, friend, collegue or someone special is a great way to send a little love or thanks with great ease! Each postcard is made in American, local artist and cook (Me!) made all the postcards and had them printed here in the USA!

Free shipping to USA addresses but available to be sent world wide!

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