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 nature center, we did take a short drive to the other end of the park where the bike path runs. It is an area we hope to return to once
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 Park. Similar to Arabia Mountain, a DeKalb County park, the park features a granite outcrop. Unlike Arabia Mountain, access to the outcrop is limited to guided tours, mostly on the
Seeing: Dauset Trails
While camping at High Falls State Park just south of Atlanta last weekend, we decided to take a short side trip to visit Dauset Trails Nature Center, a “private, non-profit nature center based on environmental education”. We easily found the center. There were quite a lot of other families there, picnicking and enjoying the beautiful
Camping: High Falls State Park
We finally got Evie back from here week in the shop. Nothing was “wrong” with her, but there were a number of issues that needed to be dealt with, such as the non-functioning gas gauge and the windshield wiper fluid spraying off onto the car behind. Not wanting to travel too far from home, yet
Photo Friday: High Falls State Park
Last weekend we headed just a little ways south of Atlanta and went camping at High Falls State Park along the Towaliga River. Though the temperatures dipped below freezing the first night, we had a wonderful spring-like Saturday exploring the park. This is an entry for Delicious Baby’s Photo Friday.
Mondays are for Dreaming: Home!
So often am I dreaming of trips we have taken or trips I want to take, that I forget to live in the moment and cherish the sweet little hamlet we call home! As I had written in a previous Monday Dream (White Christmas), I was dreaming of snow. And snow we have. Not because
girls – 4 jan 2011
I worked during the morning, and the girls went to town with my mom during the afternoon. I realized, as it was getting dark out, that I hadn’t taken any photos yet … Here, the girls were watching Jeopardy on my mom’s computer (via Texas)…
Photo Friday: The High Museum
This week, the girls and I took advantage of our light work/homeschool/activities schedule and headed to the High Musuem of Art to see the Dali exhibit before it leaves! When Camille was little, we managed to get to the High almost weekly for the Toddler Thursday events, and we both have fond memories of our
Around Atlanta: Arabia Mountain
As I walked out the door to head down to the lake to welcome the sun back from the longest night, I immediately had to strip off some layers. For pre-dawn on December 22nd, it sure was hot and humid!! I had planned on taking the girls to the High Museum that morning, but after
Photo Friday: Over the River and Through the Woods
As we’ve done for the past 10+ years, we headed up to Blue Ridge, Georgia, to my parents’ cabin for Thanksgiving. I do love getting out to the woods and taking long walks along the (sort of) country lanes down to and along the river. Camille came with me on many of my walks, and
Cirque du Soleil: OVO
The girls and I logged quite a large number of miles in our car last month. As usual, we spent quite a large part of our time tuned into Sirius/XM Kids Place Live. One evening, Robbie Schaefer interviewed a number of performers and other folk involved in Cirque du Soleil’s OVO. Chloe was so excited
Light Up Blue Ridge
The finale of our Thanksgiving celebrations last weekend was “Light Up Blue Ridge”. Each year, the celebration has grown and grown. I suppose there is no surprise there. That’s what happens. My mom went down early to practice with the tubas. When the rest of us arrived, we had to park in the new auxiliary
Turkey Trot, er, Walk
On a whim last week, I suggest that we participate in the 2010 Blue Ridge Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Despite no training or even no desire on my part to actually run, I thought it could be a fun way to kick off Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving morning, we headed to town earlier than the girls
Photo Friday: Fun Fall Traditions
Each fall, my mom, the girls and I have a tradition of spending a few days up at the cabin in Blue Ridge, GA, and participating in “fall fun” activities such as corn mazes and pumpkin farms. Last weekend, my mom, the girls and I spent a couple of days in Blue Ridge, and after
Photo Friday: Stuck in the Mud
Our anual tradition of heading to the cabin on Columbus Day weekend with my mom for visiting a corn maze was disrupted this year by our trip to Texas for Austin City Limits. Luckily, we were able to fit it in this weekend instead. I had been planning to make my Photo Friday post about
Atlanta Botanical Garden: Scarecrows
At last! With all the traveling we did in September and October, I had been feeling terribly behind on everything. Everything. This past weekend, I managed to conquer my to-do list and wrestle it into a manageable size. Feeling less frenetically anxious, I decided that we could try to fit in a few outings this
Fernbank Museum: WATER
A few weeks ago, I requested tickets to the “VIP Preview” of the new exhibit WATER at Fernbank Museum of Natural History from Atlanta: 365 Days, 365 Things To Do….and we got them! Not only did we get to see a preview of the new exhibit, we also were able to see the IMAX film
Fall Family Fun
While just about every fall we head up to north Georgia for a weekend of fall fun, we had not been apple picking for years. Ironic, since our cabin is in Blue Ridge, just about twenty minutes from Ellijay, the Apple Capital of Georgia. Doubly ironic since my girls each eat about two apples a
World of Coca-Cola Photos
Photos from the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA:
Days 3 and 4 of the Staycation
I think I’ve been non-sequential in my recording of days, but who’s counting, right? On Wednesday, we continued with our “hometown touring” by heading down to the Fox Theatre to see “The Sound of Music”. I put on a skirt for the first time in two years and was please to see that it has
GBK Gwyneth
