Year after year, I’ve wanted to join the crowds at Yellow River Game Ranch early in the morning on Groundhog’s Day to see General Beauregard […]
photo friday: arabia mountain
Generally, when people think of stone outcrops in Atlanta, they think of Stone Mountain. But our favorite outcrop? Much less famous, but one of our […]
photo friday: microcar museum
Over the past few weeks, a few different friends on Facebook posted photos from what looked like a very fun museum. In thinking to add […]
photo friday: waterworks
Last weekend, after our “birding trip” to Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, we then headed to Mason Mill Park and the Decatur Waterworks. With old crumblings […]
hometown saturday: nature preserves
This weekend, I asked my mom if she would take the girls on a short birding adventure for National Bird Day. On the suggestion of […]
photo friday: sweetwater creek state park
A few weeks ago, we took our new puppy, Phelix, out to Sweetwater Creek State Park. Despite having lived in Atlanta for over a decade […]
phelix goes hiking
This morning, after breakfast (and Phelix’s nap), we loaded up in the car and headed out to Sweetwater Creek State Park for a hike with […]
Dragon*Con Weekend
Rob and the girls headed off to the “big city” for a weekend of hanging out with a lot of enthusiastic sci-fi/fantasy fans and hopefully […]
photo friday: medieval times
Back in June, Rob, the girls and I spent an evening at Medieval Times. Rob and Camille had gone before, but this was the first […]
braves game: what game?
As a fundraiser, Chloe’s gymnastics team sold $10 general admission tickets to the Braves vs. Mets game last Saturday. While it complicated our travel plans, […]
magical wonderland
No, I’m not talking about Disney … despite our recent whirlwind. No, I’m talking about Arabia Mountain. We’ve “hiked” this DeKalb County Park outcrop a […]
instagram: sunday morning on arabia mountain
Today, not only did the girls and I get in a nice hike at Arabia Mountain, but Camille also helped me straighten out my Instagram […]
Photo Friday: Dragon*Con
Three weeks ago, we didn’t go out of town. But we traveled … to the alternate universe that is Dragon*Con. If you ever find yourself […]
Photo Friday: Mermaids at Fernbank
This year, we’ve decided that we will play Hometown Tourists whenever we are actually in town. Though we’ve been to the Fernbank Museum of Natural […]
Photo Friday: RenFest
For a few years now, we have made a tradition of heading just south of Atlanta on a spring weekend to attend the Georgia Renaissance […]
Photo Friday: Sheep to Shawl
Last Saturday was a very fibery day for Camille. She spent the morning at a spinning class at STITCHES South and from there, after a […]
Photo Friday: Butter Carving
Last Friday, Chloe and I joined Camille on her Latin class’s field trip to the Monsters, Demons, and Winged-Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World […]
Photo Friday: Panola Mountain State Park
On Tuesday, we went to Panola Mountain State Park, just east of Atlanta. While we spent most of our time in the area near the […]
Around Atlanta: Panola Mountain State Park
A gorgeous spring morning in Atlanta deserves an outing! With our new Georgia State Parks pass, we decided to head over to Panola Mountain State […]