Community Events, Events In Nevada County, Lifestyle, The Arts, Uncategorized
Nevada County Arts
Nevada County Arts – Artists Studios are open October 8 & 9, and 15 & 16 from 10am to 5pm! #fallcoloropenstudios
Nevada County Arts scene is one of the great delights for those of us living, working, or just plain visiting here in Nevada County is the fall celebration of many talented artists, sculptors and artisans who generously open their studios to us art lovers. Visit more than 75 local artists in 47 studios to see how and where art is made and purchase directly from the artists themselves. The tour includes painters, printmakers, photographers, ceramicists, illustrators, jewelers, woodworkers, and sculptors.
The Art Tour is sponsored by our fabulous CENTER FOR THE ARTS! (openstudiostour.org) Of the numerous Nevada County events, this is a favorite of many art lovers in Northern California.
Nevada County Arts In GRASS VALLEY: Check out Katie Wolf’s Oil and Acrylic works, Jay Gordin’s Custom Knives, Carin Brook’s Fine Art Gourds, Karel Vendee’s Textile/Fiber Art, Martha Jones’ Mosaic & Fine Paper Collage Reuse Art, Candy Ekstrom’s Functional Ceramics, Rosemary Stokes Jewelry, and Dori Greenbaum’s Watercolors. Also in Grass Valley discover Johathan Lyerly’s Photography, Adrian Hyman’s Digital Photography, Tamara Unger’s Ceramics, Len Moles’ works in Graphite and Color Pencils, Chantelle Goldwaithe’s Mixed Media, Valerie Messervy Birkhoff’s Oil Painting’s and Sculpture, Brett Schrieber’s Wood Burl Tables and Sculptures, Dugan Essick’s elegant Wood Furniture and Mindy Osborne’s Ceramics, Photography & Purses. More Grass Valley studio’s show Caroline Courtright’s Acrylic Paintings & Jewelry, Della Heywood’s Watercolor, Pastel, and Oil Paintings, Chic Lotz’s Ceramics, David King’s Collage, Drawing & Painting, Rebecca Bleau’s Printmaking, Thomas daddy’s Stone Vessels, Kathryn Wronski’s Oil Painting, Michael Larson’s Sculpture, Virginia Ray’s Assemblage’s of Vintage Objects, Linda Galosh’s Acrylic, Watercolor and Drawings, Jude Bischoff’s Painting. Grass Valley’s riches include Mixed Media by Marylou Falstrou, 2D & #D Fine Art at ART WORKS GALLERY on Mill Street downtown, Mixed Media at the Neighborhood Center of the Arts, Mixed Media Fiber Art by Spencer McClay, Rustic Sculpture and Earrings by Tim Wilson, and at the Curios Forge check out Metal, up cycled Art, Jewelry, painting & Wood works. Just when you think you’re done in Grass Valley you are not. Barrocult Ceramics for Sacred Spaces, Tony Machado Oil Paintings David Wong Photography, Jan Pellizer Mixed Media, Eileen Blodgett Mixed Media, Jill mahana Oil Painting, Mark Wilcox Oil Painting, Denise Wey Acrylic River Pinting and THE ENCAUSTIC ARTISTS GUILD OF NEVADA COUNTY offers Encaustic painting.
Art Tour In Nevada City
Not to be outdone, NEVADA CITY offers open studios by Ron Kenedi Oil Painting, John Bridge Photography, Katy Hight Watercolor & Mixed Media, Kris Johnson Silk Abstracts, Lucy Galbraith Fine Art and Photography, Lil McGill Acrylic Painting, Delo Rio Fine Art, Illustration & Mixed Media, David Mckay Photography, Kitkitdizzi Mixed Media, The Alexander Gallery Mixed Media, Bill Juhl Wooden Bows & Vessels, Leeann Brook Fine Art, Ron Jermyn Painting & Sculpture, Judi Robison Mixed Media, Juliette Morris Williams Mixed Media & Jewelry, Thomas Devine Graphite, Oil & Mixed Media, Miriam Morris Ceramic Sculpture, Alex Henderson Acrylic Painting, Martin Arkenstone Stone Sculpture, Susan Lobb Porter Contemporary Landscapes & Abstract Painting, Liz Collins Mixed Media Painting, Betsy Lombard Oil & Watercolor, Catherine Allen Mixed Media & Collage. Continuing your adventure in Nevada City are Nadine Enderlin Exotic Wooden Salad Bowls, Gail Lipson Photography, Ante Dormeyer Jewelry, Jane Markham Tibetan Style Incense Boxed and Treasuer Boxes!
Don’t miss ARTIST’S LIVE DEMOS in both Nevada City and Grass Valley or the NEVADA CITY CRAFT FAIR Sunday, December 11 at the the historic Miners Foundry (miners foundry.org)!
Johnson & Geare’s SIERRA LIFESTYLE TEAM celebrates the vibrant arts and culture of Nevada County! Contact us for any information about Nevada City, Grass Valley, Penn Valley, Rough & Ready and South Nevada County living.
Community Events, Lifestyle
Living in Nevada County
Fall is one of my favorite times to be living in Nevada County! If you are one of the lucky ones that live near Grass Valley or Nevada City, you get to experience the fall color changes on a daily basis. From green,
to yellow, to orange and even sometimes a deep red our beautiful area offers a wide variety of colors this time of year. In addition to all the colors there is so much to do during fall.
From fall leaf color walks, to hiking to exploring pumpkin patches, apple orchards or even a quick trip to Apple Hill. Looking for the perfect pumpkin for Halloween? Grass Valley, Nevada City and Penn Valley offer tons of options from parking-lot pumpkin patches to family owned and operated farms. We have hay rides, petting zoos and more.
For a nice day trip you can head over to Apple Hill. What an experience this is; an entire hill side of apple orchards. Each offering it’s own apples and other unique items from crafts to candy to donuts and more.
Getting There
Directions from Highway 50 to the Apple Hill® Ranches
The ranches are located just northeast of Placerville, CA … about half-way between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. https://www.facebook.com/applehillca/
East on Highway 50 from Sacramento: Recommended exits are Exits 48, 49 and 54. There are signs on Highway 50 to direct you.
West on Highway 50 from South Lake Tahoe: Recommended exits are 54, 49 and 48. There are signs on Highway 50 to direct you.
From Highway 80 in Auburn: Take Highway 49 South to Highway 50 East. There are signs on Highway 50 to direct you.
So this fall take the time to enjoy the great outdoors and all that Nevada County and surrounding communities have to offer. There is so much to see and do!
Community Events, Important News and Info, Lifestyle, Real Estate
Fall Season is upon us!
Fall Festivities in Placer County
Finally Fall Season is here. So what are the traditional activities that the locals of Placer County enjoy. The Sierra Lifestyle Team is here as not only your local connection to the Real Estate market but to the local lifestyle. So here’s a brief run down of the Fall festivities that are not to be missed.
As the Auburn fair has come and gone there are many events still to attend for quality family fun. The Forresthill heritage festival is coming up. Our close neighbors across the bridge enjoy a day full of history with many long standing traditions that include, a logging completion, a chili cook off and a good old fashioned pig roast. The center of attention for this festival is the the time old tradition of gold panning. A highly recommended experience for the whole family.
Also coming to town is the Auburn Spirits and Wine festival. This exquisite event features numerous local vendors that come together to showcase their highly desired products and services. Restaurants, breweries and wineries come together to pair up their best. These business owners are experts in their trade and are eager to expose their talents. Some of the best foods and top rated cocktails are sure to entertain anyone’s appetite.
The Auburn community festival better known locally as the harvest festival is one of my personal favorites and kicks off the fall season with a bang. The Auburn Recreational District is home to the infamous scarecrow competition, giant pumpkin contest, followed by a costume parade. As if this wasn’t exciting enough the festival is home to great food, bounce houses and cool crafts. For me this truly is the start of fall.
These are just a handful of the fall festivities that Auburn and Placer County are proud to put on. For more info on all that’s happening this fall give us a call. Here at the Sierra Lifestyle Team we are here to ensure you experience the best in our community.
Important News and Info, Lifestyle
Girl Scouts in Nevada County
When my daughter entered kindergarten nine years ago, I had this idea to start a Girl Scout troop in Nevada County. I was a Girl Scout as a young girl and wanted my daughter to have some of the same experiences. So I gathered information and started talking to parents. Before long I was hosting my first meeting with eight of the cutest little Daisy Girl Scouts at Alta Sierra Elementary in Grass Valley! This was the Beginning of Girl Scouts in Nevada County (Alta Sierra, to be exact)!
The girls participated in community service projects around Nevada County like passing out cards for Christmas at the retirement homes while Christmas Caroling. They also did pet food drives for Sammie’s friends, helped with clean up projects and even repainted the United State Map at Alta Sierra Elementary in Grass Valley. And of course the all popular Girl Scout Cookie season was an annual event for us in Nevada County.
As the girls got older keeping them interested and engaged was a challenge but a high priority to me. Our core group of girls that remain are all great girls growing into becoming amazing young ladies that support the community we live in.
The Girl Scouts offer a variety of badges and awards to earn. As younger scouts they completed the Bronze award with a community pet food drive for the animal shelter Sammie’s Friends in Grass Valley. And now as Cadette Girl Scouts some of the girls decided to take on community projects to receive their Silver award.
Karissa Johnson and Caitlin Royston attended Alta Sierra Elementary in Grass Valley for the K-5th grade and wanted to again support their alma mater. So they designed a plan to build activity boards for Alta Sierra Elementary School’s Pre- School/Kindergarten playground. The project involved all aspects from designing, creating and budgeting to building and delivering the activity boards. The girls learned skills like making a plan, developing shopping lists, recruiting volunteers to help and more. Karissa and Caitlin finished and delivered the project to Alta Sierra Elementary just hours before the first day of school. These activities boards will offer the students more variety of things to do on the playground while building fine motor skills.
Supporting the community and these girls is a passion of mine. Watching them grow and learn makes volunteering with the Girl Scouts in Nevada County worth every second!
Girls Scouts in Nevada County making a difference in our community!
For more information about The Girl Scouts in Nevada County, please visit the Girl Scouts Web Site. http://www.gssn.org/
Lifestyle, Nevada County Schools
Nevada County schools are back in session!
School in Nevada County is back in session! For my family, it’s the time of year that seems most busy. Between activities, homework, birthday parties, bedtime routine, and all the other things that go along with the 
beginning of the Nevada County school year, I find myself stretched pretty thin. I had to find a way to take some of the responsibilities off my plate but still make sure my kids had the things they needed. I decided lunches were a good place to start.
Save time by teaching your kids how to make their own lunches!
One thing in our family we have done since preschool was have the kids help make their lunch. They started out helping by doing things like taking foods like carrot sticks or grapes out of the bag and putting it in a container. Then we taught them how to make sandwiches. Last year was the first year my oldest (7 years old) became completely responsible for making his own lunch. You may be thinking,”that is a dangerous thing to put your child in charge of his or her lunch”. (Like sending the fox to guard the henhouse) and the mess… No way!
Guidelines
First of all, we had to set some guidelines when we started this. Since preschool they learned about the 4 elements that need to be in their lunch for me to consider it a complete meal. They need a fruit, a vegetable, a protein and a fat. We talked about what each of these are. We made a list of foods they like under each heading (Protein, Fruit, Vegetable and Fat.) When they make their lunch, I will ask them what their vegetable is or what their fat is. After all elements are included, they can choose an extra. This could be a granola bar or a fruit leather, tortilla chips, etc.
Cleaning up the mess
The other part of learning to make their lunch is to clean up. They have learned over the years that they need to put dishes in the sink wipe counters (and floors sometimes) and if they miss some of the mess, it’s not a problem because I’ll just call them back to clean it up again. I do let their teacher know that they are learning to make their own lunch so if it looks “creative”, they can praise them on their hard work and daring flavor combinations (and also not to supplement their lunch if he decides he doesn’t want to eat it) I also double check to make sure all elements and correct portion sizes are included (a sprig of thyme does not count as your serving of vegetable!)
Success!
All in all it has been a success. I have children that are learning life skills and I have one less job I need to complete every night.
