It’s that time of year again, when the scarecrows invade the Atlanta Botanical Garden. More scarecrows than before!
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ABG 2015-10 – Scarecrows in the Garden
Brew at the Zoo 2015-05
Photos from this year’s Brew at the Zoo event. Not a lot of animal pix. We spent most of our time in line, or at the VIP section drinking. So, the animals didn’t get a lot of attention this time around.
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Wolf Mountain Vineyard 2015-09
We visited Wolf Mountain Vineyard in Dahlonega on Saturday. Sampled six of their products, and brought six bottles home. Later in the evening, we finished off one of the dessert wines we purchased last year.
Here are a few pix from our visit.
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ABG 2015-09
Congratulations, America!
Marriage Equality! June 26th, 2015
Hummingbirds 2015-05
Last year we picked up a hummingbird feeder from the Old Fourth Ward Arts Festival. We haz hummingbirds!
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Carnival Valor 2015-05
We recently returned from an 8 day cruise aboard the Carnival Valor. Port of calls were St. Thomas, St. Maarten, San Juan, and Grand Turk.
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Beer Carnival 2015-03
Photos from The Beer Carnival at Atlantic Station
We had great fun with our friends!
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St Patrick’s Day
For the past few years, my husband and I have had this little tradition. On St Patrick’s day we have a somewhat “traditional” Irish dinner: corned beef, roasted cabbage, Irish soda bread, and, of course, green beer.
I’ve been buying the soda bread at Whole Foods. Last year, they ran out and we had to do without. Yesterday, I stopped by the store and they didn’t have any. Again.
Unsure if they were going to have any by the weekend, I looked up a soda bread recipe on the web.
I made a batch, and it was awesome.
It was way easy. Our KitchenAid stand up mixer doesn’t see much action, so it got a five minute workout. I didn’t use orange zest nor currants. But it came out great and I can’t wait to serve it to our friends who are coming over for dinner.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/irish-soda-bread-recipe.html
RANT: Cameras bring out the worst
I was really disappointed at this year’s Inman Park Festival parade and the Atlanta Pride Festival parade.
Not by the parades themselves, but by the hordes of inconsiderate on-lookers who crowded the streets, crossing barriers, and even blocking the parade routes, so they could take pictures and selfies with their cameras, cell phones, and tablets.
It is unfortunate that these “photographers” have to act in such a way. Their behavior directly impacts how less-casual photographers are viewed. Most photographers will do their best to not be so obvious, to not get in the way of others. We try to be respectful of our surroundings so that everyone can enjoy the events that are unfolding.
It is sad that the proliferation of photographic equipment in so many hands demonstrates how many people are so self-centered and oblivious to others. As if we really needed evidence of those awful traits