Oh, my. It has been almost a week since Candy Central, and I still have yet to post about it. I honestly don’t have much […]
Sand Castle Princess
Pine Lake is bustling with Lakefest activities today! I can hear the music from our house (finally cool enought to have windows open!) and love […]
Pine Lake Saturday
Saturday we had the kind of day that reminds me of why I was so desperate to move to Pine Lake 3.5 years ago. In […]
pine lake memorial day
Despite the dire forecast, the stormy weather held off, and we had a wonderful Saturday of festivities and remembrances with our Pine Lake neighbors. We […]
wanderlust
i am so torn. I love our little Pine Lake hamlet. We’ve spent the past month exploring the new wetlands, watching the ducklings grow. We’ve […]
DIY Public Works
a few weeks ago, Rob was debating what to use his REI dividend on. My answer: a new bike for Camille! Chloe learned to bike […]
blue sky, white ground
yesterday morning, as soon as I saw the blue sky, I headed right out to enjoy the beauty of our hamlet. It was wonderful to […]
snow in Pine Lake
we spent much of the day yesterday waiting. anticipating. and then finally, it came. and dumped a whole lot of snow very fast. the girls […]
progressive dinner
last night we joined the annual Progressive Dinner here in Pine Lake. While I was disappointed that we did not get to host this year, […]
pine lake pageant
on saturday, we joined our Pine Lake neighbors for the Cookie Exchange and the Lighting of the Lake down at the beach house. Both girls […]
election day in Pine Lake
Have you ever been “out here” to Pine Lake? When we lived near Brookhaven, I thought Stone Mountain was SO far away. And I had […]
seattle? atlantis? where are we?
What’s that bright orb up there in the sky? For a while there, we felt that we had been transplanted to Seattle. Day after day […]
Memorial Day, Pine Lake Version
Pine Lake celebrated Memorial Day in its traditional manner yesterday. Around 11:30am, we gathered at the clubhouse to decorate our bikes, our scooters, our wagons […]
Pine Lake Easter Egg Hunt
While planning our trips to DC, the girls were insistent that we not head to DC until we had participated in the Pine Lake Easter […]
St. Patrick’s Day
As the “religious conservatives” that I know don’t celebrate Halloween, the “pagans” don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. At our house, we take any excuse to […]
snow!
Yes, it really did snow here in Georgia! Around noon yesterday (that would be March 1st!), it started to snow, and kept snowing all afternoon. […]
It Takes A Village
The first Saturday of December in Pine Lake is one of the many reasons why I love this place so much. As with every first […]
Life in the Village
I stopped in to talk to the postal person today when I went to get the mail. We ordered something form Amazon, and the site […]
Voting in the Village
41 percent of DeKalb voters already cast ballotsBy TY TAGAMIThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMonday, November 03, 2008 One precinct that may prove a refuge on Election Day […]
The Candy Season has Begun
It’s been a whirlwind getting back from DC and getting back to “normal”. New tires on the car is a good thing, but the engine […]