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Hey, I'm Alyssa. A Chattanooga photographer. Systems strategist. Boy mom. Recovering perfectionist (mostly with chai lattes and deep breaths).

Around here, you'll find messages from the heart, tools + resources that actually move the needle (no fluff), and — if you're a Chattanooga local — the guides and roundups I keep coming back to for my own family.

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Like everyone else and their mother, we started a home garden during the COVID-19 quarantine. I’m not one to jump on bandwagons, but we’d been talking about it for some time, and with food shortages and other concerns during the pandemic, we decided to go for it! Gardening is foreign to me. Thankfully, Jimmy’s family […]

Our Home Garden in Southeast Tennessee

home garden in southeast tennessee