2012-07-16

More from our Atlanta staycation, though this was actually at the Tellus Museum in Cartersville, about an hour away. Nice place, lots of cool stuff!

2012-04-23

DH took me to see the 100th Anniversary Titanic exhibit here in Atlanta. the company that now owns RMS Titanic, Inc., the group who has done all of the artifact retrieval from the ocean, is owned by a parent company based in Atlanta, so we get a few more incarnations of the various Titanic exhibits than the average city. Got to see some pieces I haven't seen in years, and quite a few new to me pieces as well.

August 2009 Mosaic

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Two-thirds of the way through this project. Hard believe. The fact that I managed to take a photo every day this month is almost equally hard to believe! LOL


While we were waiting for DH to buy the tickets for the dinosaur exhibit, Luke jumped from letter to letter on this rug, saying each letter's name as he went. When I realized what he was doing, I had to hurry and whip out my camera before he was done.


This is Tigger with the two women who have worked tirelessly to try and get her healthy again, Kathleen and Dr. Hochel. Without the two of them, Tigger would not be so amazingly recovered today. In fact, we think that we'll be able to stop her steroids completely sometime in September.


Finally managed to squeeze in the summer version of this tree, as promised. Had to hurry, it's going to start changing soon. It is an "early turner" in the fall, which will be here before we know it.


DH and I took a grown-up day to ourselves. We took the child to school, then we ran off to the museum and the movie theater, plus we checked out a few houses for sale. Quite the busy day, but wonderful. There was a Monet Waterlilies exhibit at the High. They have these small reflecting pools outside the front door, which were decorated to resemble one of the paintings. So lovely! I just wish it had been less overcast, because the lighting doesn't do them justice.

2009-08-08

Luke and DH, standing in front of the brand new statues in front of Fernbank. We went to see the Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries exhibit, which leaves next weekend. We actually made it a full dino-mite weekend and took him to the movie theater to see Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in the afternoon.

2009-08-01

Both of my grandfathers were in the military. This one was in the army, stationed in India during WWII. (And before you ask, he is 6'3" (1.9 m). We hope Luke will take after him in the height department.) He worked at the airfield with all kinds of planes coming in and out, 24/7. When my father discovered The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, we made it a point to take my grandfather on a field trip of sorts as a family to see it. They also have a complete B-17 that they are restoring in the back of the museum. It's not even behind glass, just ropes and saw horses. It was really an amazing trip. This is all of us standing in front of an amazing mural. It wraps around two walls, and it is in credibly detailed. He said that the airfields looked *exactly* like they are depicted in the mural.

2009-07-31

We went to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island today. Luke was being rather uncooperative about the camera, for some reason, but he was absolutely fascinated by the crab in this tank. It was very active and kept walking the perimeter very quickly right next to the glass.

2009-04-11

More culture! We did the Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors this weekend (it leaves either this weekend or next), and it was great. Crowded and small, but I still loved it. We did the same Luke hand-off technique with my parents that we used for Tut exhibit. Luke showed a little more interest in this one than at Tut, but not much. ::sigh:: I guess he just needs to be a little bit older. Still, I hope the exposure is good for him. They had this cut-out in front of the building, since you can't take photos inside the exhibit. Yes, that is a flat cardboard cut-out! It looked pretty real in person, and it looks even more real in the picture. Cool!

2009-04-04

This month should be full of culture! (We're doing the Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors next weekend.) Today, we went to see the King Tut exhibit at the Civic Center (actually the old Sci-Trek museum right next to the Civic Center). DH and I went through first, just the two of us, at 1 PM. My parents followed at 3 PM with Luke (who got free admission since he is under 5). We met them at the entrance, took Luke on the tour at whatever speed he wanted to go (took DH and me an hour and 45 minutes; it took Luke about 20 minutes), and let my parents go through at their own speed. I don't think Luke was very impressed, but I hope that exposing him to things like this early will help him be more interested as he gets older. No cameras allowed, so this was taken with DH's phone.

2009-01-17

Luke's first trip to Fernbank Museum. I was at the top of this staircase, and I sent him all the way down to the bottom. Considering that the "symbol" of Fernbank for many years was a nautilus shell, I thought it was most appropriate. I have a better shot of Luke from the same angle (more of a close-up), but this one has more of the staircase in it and is more visually interesting.