This new year will find Saludians thriving as they continue to cherish Saluda's history while building toward the future.
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December, Vol 79 -Tis the Season: Excitement abounds in Saluda with anticipation of the holiday season. The town is decked out with lights and holiday decorations. Saludians will gather together and share good wishes at Hometown Christmas, the Christmas parade, and the Saluda Tailgate Holiday Market. Children will make holiday gifts and ornaments at the Children's Christmas Workshop.
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November, Vol 78 -Giving Thanks: Fallen leaves are blanketing a patchwork quilt of brilliant colors over the mountains, and there is a special quietness in the air. With the first glistening frost, comes a smell of wood smoke and the sound of black birds echoing through the bare tree limbs.
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October, Vol 77 -Time is on Your Side: Morning fog rolls down from the mountain top into the valley, meeting the dawn of a new day. As the sun rises, birdsongs break out to greet the morning. A jet stream trails across the clear blue sky and an eagle soars overhead.
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September, Vol 76 -Subtle September: Tall sweet joe pye reaches to the sky and purple kudzu flowers dangle to the ground. The sweet aroma of Autumn clematis wraps around fences and trees gracing mountain roadsides.
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August, Vol 75 -Awesome August: Cool mountain breezes, refreshing mountain streams, rivers, lakes, and waterfalls draw people to the mountains every summer as the dog days of summer set in. Saluda is one of these summer destinations as folks from the low country escape sweltering heat, annoying bugs, and long humid days. Common sights in town are colorful kayaks and bikes riding atop cars as vacationers make their way to nearby Green River, trails, lakes, and waterfalls.
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July, Vol 74 -Saluda Summer Festival: The ultimate invasion of mountain natives, summer folks, visitors, and dog lovers! This is Coon Dog Day month in Saluda...no, not a national holiday but don't tell anyone in Saluda!
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June, Vol 73 -Sweet Saluda Summer: How sweet it is...sweet ice tea, flickering fireflies, blue hydrangeas and bright orange daylilies, delicious scent of honeysuckles...all signs that it's summer time in Saluda.
Restaurants and shops are on longer summer hours and the town fills with summer folks, vacationers, and day trippers.
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May, Vol 72 -Saluda Arts Festival Historic Downtown Main Street: The Saluda Business Association is proud to invite you to the ninth annual Saluda Arts Festival. Visit Saluda on May 19, 2012 and see over 80 fine artists and skilled craftspeople from all over western North Carolina and South Carolina. They will exhibit and sell oil, water colors, acrylic paintings and drawings, wood working, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculptures, stained glass, metal working, and more. Rain or Shine!
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April, Vol 71 - Ah, April: Peering up into the blue crystalline sky to follow the shriek of a soaring red-tail hawk, I noticed the wounded tree tops from past harsh winters. Through the bare tree limbs, just fringing with new buds, broken tree tops are a grateful reminder of how gentle Mother Nature was to Saluda this past winter. Budding trees will soon burst with green foliage, obscuring these wounds and the mountain views seen through bare trees.
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March, Vol 70 - Swing into Spring: It's time to stop anticipating that first big snow that never came this year. Forget about sledding, building snowmen, skiing, snow tubing, and that magical feeling you get from the first glistening snowfall of the year!
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February, Vol 69 - "All You Need Is Love": This Beetles song expresses sentiments of Saludians in February. As one of the lyrics says, "Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy," is felt by Saludians, both natives and those who got here as fast as they could. continued...
January, Vol 68 - A Difference A Year Makes: The beauty of winter was different this year compared to last year. Instead of white, flaky snow as the backdrop like it was last Christmas, the landscape was peppered with evergreens. Even a few blooming flowers and salamanders made an appearance this Christmas. continued...
December, Vol 67 - Holiday Time in Saluda: Lights and garland are hung decorating Main Street as Saludians get ready for the holidays. The giving spirit is alive and well, and it's a great time of the year to renew, reflect, and reward each other with love and friendship. continued...
November, Vol 66 - Geese, Turkeys, and Bears: Losing an argument recently with a friend about how to tell the difference between a red oak leaf and a white oak leaf, I realized how hard it was to accept a change in something I was so sure was right. I apologize to all the people that I have misinformed about oak leaves. Even though I learned the truth about the oak leaves, it was hard to accept this profound change in my thinking. continued...
October, Vol 65 - Oh October: The echo of a hammering woodpecker breaks the quiet of the woods while the gentle, cool breeze whistles through the tall white pines. Only a few remaining hummingbirds skirt around feeders while watching butterflies has been replaced with watching squirrels running around gathering and storing food for the winter. Unusual migrating birds at backyard feeders make a stop on their long trip south. Days shorten as the autumnal equinox proclaims, "Fall," and the last of the lightning bugs flicker here and there. continued...
September, Vol 64 - Suddenly September in Saluda: A purple Kudzu blossom dangles from the vine and permeates the air with a grape soda-like aroma. While Joe Pye weeds stand tall, butterflies hover over the mauve-colored flower. The air is electrified by the high pitched hum of the cicada and delicate, orange Jewel weed graces the road sides. Rustling leaves dried out from the hot August sun blow across the road by the wind dipping down from the North while squirrels are scurrying around gathering the early fallen acorns. continued...
August, Vol 63 - The Heat is On!: Saluda mountains may be calling you. Are you longing for a cool morning breeze, luscious, green mountain tops, shady hiking trails, babbling brooks, and cool mountain rivers and waterfalls? Or sitting on a bench under the shade of a tree-lined Main Street and enjoying an ice cream.
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July, Vol 62 - Saluda's 48th Annual Coon Dog Day: Saluda's 48th Annual COON DOG DAY on Saturday, July 9--a homecoming and celebration for dogs and their people! Great food, live music, parade, crafts, street dance, and more.
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June, Vol 61 - Saluda Summer Heating Up: Summer is the time to hit the road and make a visit to the mountains. Once you get here, you will feel the cool mountain breezes, view luscious green mountain vistas, hike on tree shaded trails, and cool off at refreshing waterfalls, mountain rivers, and streams.
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May, Vol 60 - Flowers, Festivals and FUN!: April showers have freshened Saluda with mountain greenery, setting the stage for the Saluda Arts Festival and more events celebrating Saluda's 130th anniversary.
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April, Vol 59 - Spring has Sprung in Saluda: Blooming, blooming, blooming...cherry blossoms, daffodils, forsythia, tulips, red bud trees, Bradford pear trees, willow trees. And the sound and sight of birds singing...crickets chirping, frogs croaking...bees buzzing...butterflies floating in the air...spring has a firm foothold in Saluda.
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March, Vol 58 - A Welcome Change: Saluda was blessed with spring-like weather throughout February. Winter feels like it is over. Yet we all know ole man winter can creep in during March and even into April. As green shoots of daffodils and jonquils push through dead leaves, and early buds pop out on fruit trees, Saludians anxiously await spring. They are ready for the uplifting changes of hope and new birth that spring and warm weather bring to the mountains.
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February, Vol 57 - Saluda's 130th Anniversary: Reading Saluda's history and looking at pictures taken in the early 1900's can take you back in time. You can imagine hearing the sounds of the train puffing up the grade as it blows its horn pulling into the depot. Waiting to pick up passengers getting off the train, people have parked their buggies, wagons, and early model Fords along Main Street. While they wait, they are catching up on news and gossip. continued...
January, Vol 56 - Saluda's White Christmas: A peaceful snow blanketed Saluda Christmas morning, creating a storybook white Christmas for all Saludians. Snow totals were from 6 to 9 inches depending on your location. Saludians enjoyed a powdery snow great for sledding, building snowmen, and throwing snow balls. continued...
