Semi-local peaches, good family time and commemorative

- These peaches from Pearson farm in Fort Valley, Georgia were delectable.  And what makes this such a good thing?  I was able to buy them at the Thursday afternoon farmers' market held in my little suburb of Atlanta.  Click on the red link - they'll ship them to you, if you want.

- Peaches and blueberries on top of plain yogurt and granola.  So good.  Peaches just say "summer" to me.  My family used to drive to Fort Valley, Georgia, from our home in Milledgeville, Georgia, to pick peaches when I was growing up.  The orchards would allow you to pick them yourselves.  We had so much fun doing that and always brought at least a bushel home. 

- Georgia is known as the "peach state."  I've always loved this poster, hanging in my home office.  I worked as a volunteer on the floor of the Democratic Convention, when it was held in Atlanta in 1988.  When I was leaving on the final night, someone handed me a rolled up poster at the exit, which I didn't look at until I got home.  Here's what the text on the lower left says,

"Your participation in the 1988 Democratic National Convention Recycling Project made possible this commemorative poster.  
     The poster is printed on recycled paper produced from waste paper collected during convention week in Atlanta July 18-21.  Several tons of waste paper were collected each day of the convention and recycled to illustrate the valuable role recycling plays in transforming waste materials into usable products.

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This recycling project was sponsored by Recycle America, a Waste Management, Inc., Company, in conjunction with Georgia Clean and Beautiful, the Georgia Conservancy, and the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club."

I did remember all of the big recycling bins around.  I was delighted with this poster and had it framed.  As someone who now works for a commercial printer, I can't imagine how they pulled this off in time to hand them out at the close of the convention, but anything's possible, I guess.  They must have pulled an all-nighter!

Have a lovely weekend, friends!