With Friends, in Chattanooga

A few (or six) weeks ago, Brian, Anna, Dave, and Cherith made the trek down from Michigan to visit the lovely homes of Natalie and myself. Between the three of us sporting Canon DSLRs, we managed to take 0 pictures in Atlanta (I think), and probably 600 in Chattanooga. Why? Who knows. I guess Chatty is prettier than Atlanta. Anyway: here are the pictures from Chattanooga.



coming soon: time lapse video of a dandelion's life cycle. you're excited, I know.

the Smokies

Ryder and I went to Knoxville. One day, we went hiking in the Smokies. And that was pretty much all I took pictures of the whole weekend. But it was nature! and a waterfall! and lots of butterflies. see all the pictures (okay, not really all. I didn't post many of the water pictures because, well, after a while, all the pictures of water flowing and rushing over the rocks all start to look the same.)

The Georgia Renaissance Festival

Julie, Kate, Anna, and I spent a lovely Saturday morning looking at people in funny costumes. And eating turkey legs. Good times were had by all!



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Word of the day: ebullient

I wrote a while back about reading the news online and how the NY Times helps you look up definitions to words you don't know. Today I looked up ebullient:

1. Zestfully enthusiastic.
2. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.

And I decided that it is my word of the day, because that's kind of how I feel about life right now.

I’m growing mushrooms in my bedroom

For Christmas, my fabulous brother Dave gave me a mushroom farm.

This was the first harvest:

(some of the mushrooms were literally 3 inches across).

The instructions say the farm can continue to produce for 3-5 weeks under ideal growing conditions. Sadly, I watched my farm for several days after harvesting the first crop, and there were no signs of growth. Until 3 days ago. And now there are 7 or so mushrooms in various stages of growth, with more little babies starting to grow!

p.s. in case you're wondering, the mushrooms are edible. and quite good.