Elfinlady's Photos

Day 168

2009-07-11T17:01:00.000-07:00

Self portrait at the Shenandoah concert. DD and I had a great time. It was a free outdoor concert. I got to enjoy the music, she got to have her face painted, jump in a bouncy castle, and eat a Pink Panther ice cream. Oh, and I think she enjoyed the music too!

Day 167

2009-07-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

Make up pic. DD models her new to her tap shoes.

Day 166

2009-07-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

DS's new to him dance sneakers. Free is a most excellent price. Thanks Ms. D!

Day 165

2009-07-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

Pretty purple flowers. Pansies I think.

Day 164

2009-07-07T16:19:00.000-07:00

Missed taking a photo again. That seems to be more common lately. :( Make up pic of the gazebo in Woodstock City Park

Day 163

2009-07-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

This was an attempt to photograph a lightning bug. You can see it slightly to the left of center.

Day 162

2009-07-05T16:13:00.000-07:00

Cute and colorful wolf I purchased on our trip to Mexico a couple of years ago.

Day 161

2009-07-04T16:09:00.001-07:00

We celebrated the 4th by taking a trip to Medieval Times. It was a blast, and we intend to return for my birthday on the 18th. DD had an extra special time, as the Yellow Knight chose her as his Queen of Love and Beauty.

Day 160

2009-07-03T16:04:00.000-07:00

DD colors her menu at dinner.

Day 159

2009-07-02T15:58:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize this pic was turned on its end until it was already uploaded. Bent Creek's Liberty Zipper. I left off the border. Would have enjoyed stitching it much more, but they shorted me on a couple of colors of thread.

Day 158

2009-07-01T15:54:00.000-07:00

Missed again, so you get an extra pic from our trip to Medieval Times on the 4th. DS likes his slushy, but apparently doesn't like me taking pictures of him liking his slushy. :D

Day 157

2009-06-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

DS suited up for go cart racing at Andretti Speed Lab.

Day 156

2009-06-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

DD at Camp Imagine art camp.

Day 155

2009-06-28T15:48:00.000-07:00

Need make up pic

Day 154

2009-06-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

DD with her freshly earned Senior Brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Day 153

2009-06-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

The Big Chicken, major Marietta landmark.

Day 152

2009-06-25T15:32:00.000-07:00

DS towering over his classmates at swim.

Day 151

2009-06-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

A French bracelet made of 5 cent pieces, World War II era.

Day 150

2009-06-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

DD swims (sort of). She's the one with the instructor.

Day 149

2009-06-22T15:22:00.000-07:00

Methinks that even on clearance, this ruler is awfully pricey...

Day 148

2009-06-21T15:19:00.000-07:00

DD's new curtains. They are apparently based on artwork by Mary Blair, an artist who did lots of work for Disney, including art for It's a Small World.

Day 147

2009-06-20T15:16:00.000-07:00

DH and DS at dinner.

Day 146

2009-06-19T15:13:00.000-07:00

DD with the rocket she made at Camp Cosmos. DH helped her launch it, and it went really far.

Day 145

2009-06-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

I forgot to take a picture today, so you get a make up. I took a picture of this order number because the 90 made me think of Master Li from the book Bridge of Birds. "If only I were ninety again!"

Day 144

2009-06-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Yummy salad for supper.

Day 143

2009-06-16T15:03:00.000-07:00

This is a crappy pic I took through the car window, but the signage highly amused me!

Day 142

2009-06-15T15:01:00.000-07:00

My favorite place to buy clothes for DD!

Day 141

2009-06-14T14:55:00.000-07:00

DS rockin' his new 10 Things You Should Know About Chuck Norris shirt.

Example: Chuck Norris has no doors in his house, only walls he walks through

Day 140

2009-06-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

The Carlos Museum at Emory University. They have three actual mummies on display. Also some rather nice Greek and Roman things.

Day 139

2009-06-12T14:45:00.000-07:00

DD as Little Red Riding Hood in her ballet camp performance.

Day 138

2009-06-11T14:42:00.000-07:00

Bookstores are dangerous!

Day 137

2009-06-10T14:36:00.000-07:00

A train passing by downtown. Not a great photo, but the only one I took today.

Day 136

2009-06-09T14:33:00.001-07:00

DS examines a weapon at Curator Camp at the museum.

Day 135

2009-06-08T14:24:00.000-07:00

I love how Bunny's head is to the side, like he's trying to figure something out!

Day 134

2009-06-07T14:18:00.000-07:00

A really bad picture of DD's treasured lovey, Draggie.

Day 133

2009-06-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

I missed taking a picture today, so you get a make up photo of the lovely flowers DH sent me for our anniversary (June 3, though the flowers arrived a day late).

Day 132

2009-06-05T14:12:00.000-07:00

DD on the diving board.

Day 131

2009-06-04T14:08:00.000-07:00

DS receives a trophy at chess camp.

Day 130

2009-06-03T14:05:00.000-07:00

DS and swim instructor.

Day 129

2009-06-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

Lemon Curd and Amaretto Cream at a local tearoom.

Day 128

2009-06-01T13:57:00.000-07:00

DD mixes muffins.

I would really have liked to have posted a picture of DS at chess camp. Other kids were in the pics though, and names were clearly visible on name tags.

Day 127

2009-05-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

DD and I went to the American Girl Bistro to meet the brand new doll, Rebecca Rubin from 1914.

Day 126

2009-05-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

My pathetic tiny start on Mirabilia's Emerald Mermaid.

Day 125

2009-05-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

This statue of a cat and an old woman sits outside the art building at a local park.

Day 124

2009-05-28T13:36:00.000-07:00

DS at 6th grade graduation.

Day 123

2009-05-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

DD and swim instructor.

Day 122

2009-05-26T13:27:00.000-07:00

All ready for the first swim lesson!

Day 121

2009-05-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

A bit of vanished Atlanta. Rich's opened in Atlanta in 1867 as M. Rich Drygoods Store. The name became Rich's in 1924. In 1994, the parent company of Rich's bought out Macy's. In 2003 the stores became Rich's-Macy's. On March 6, 2005, the name became simply Macy's, and an Atlanta institution was no more.

The Macy's store at Northpoint Mall was once a Rich's. I had no idea this plaque was still there, high up, until DS pointed it out to me. I immediately whipped out the camera to get the pic. I still miss Rich's.

Day 120

2009-05-24T05:17:00.000-07:00

This is DS's haul today. Crocs (for the child that didn't want Crocs, he couldn't find any flip flops he liked), dress shoes for 6th grade graduation (although I think it's silly to make such a big deal of leaving elementary school), and a Georgia Tech shirt that he saw and immediately coveted.

Day 119

2009-05-23T04:01:00.000-07:00

Jellyfish at the Georgia Aquarium. I believe these are moon jellies.

Day 118

2009-05-22T05:12:00.000-07:00

I forgot to take a picture today, but this is the picture I would have taken. Kids signed up for the summer reading program at the library. Also pictured are Barnes and Noble sheets to keep track of books you've read. When you've reached 8, you earn a free book. DD is halfway there already!

Day 117

2009-05-21T03:57:00.000-07:00

Rehearsing Irish dance for recital. There was a whole line of kids in this photo, but I cropped them out and left just my two. Note that DS is dancing in his socks. He forgot to bring his dance shoes.

Day 116

2009-05-20T03:52:00.000-07:00

I went to Williams Sonoma in a sort of upscale strip mall to purchase DD an apron. They have statues scattered all around, mostly of kids. I found this one right between J. Crew and Ann Taylor. Seemed sort of random to just have a pig sitting there, and it amused me. :) I have named him Wilbur.

Day 115

2009-05-19T03:50:00.000-07:00

My husband's tie collection. Note the really bright red flowered one.

Day 114

2009-05-18T03:48:00.000-07:00

China Dolls rehearsing their recital dance.

Day 113

2009-05-17T03:42:00.000-07:00

Flying biscuits from the Flying Biscuit Cafe. We had to wait a long time for our food, so they brought us biscuits to munch. Since most of our meals also came with biscuits, we ended up have some left over to take home. DS has discovered a love for these. This was his first time eating one, since he always orders the organic oatmeal pancakes, which don't come with a biscuit.

Day 112

2009-05-16T03:36:00.000-07:00

Crocs! DD's first pair. She's taking swim lessons this summer and needed something to wear to the pool. She chose a cotton candy pink mary jane style. And of course we got jibbitz. She received a Hannah Montana guitar one free with the shoe purchase, then she chose ballet shoes, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and Blue from Blues Clues. She wanted a Miss Piggy one, but they were all out.

I offered DS crocs as well, but he didn't want any. Says he'd rather have flip flops to wear to the pool.

Day 111

2009-05-15T03:33:00.000-07:00

The clouds were pretty this afternoon, and I thought this shot was nice.

Day 110

2009-05-14T03:31:00.000-07:00

A small plaque on the wall of our bedroom. I believe it was a wedding gift.

Day 109

2009-05-13T03:28:00.000-07:00

Working on a rainstick at the last Brownie meeting of the school year.

Day 108

2009-05-12T03:26:00.000-07:00

Fabric hanging up waiting to be stitched on. But somehow I never seem to have the color I need.

Day 107

2009-05-11T03:23:00.000-07:00

The odometer in my car at about 2:23 this afternoon. We bought the car new, so we are the ones that put all those miles on it!

Day 106

2009-05-10T05:07:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day card and magnet made for me by DD. I love butterflies!

Day 105

2009-05-09T05:04:00.000-07:00

New cell phone! Lavender Motorola razr.

Day 104

2009-05-08T05:00:00.000-07:00

The fountain downtown.

Day 103

2009-05-07T04:56:00.000-07:00

Yummy licorice flavored candy. A box lasts me awhile, since I only eat a couple a day.

Day 102

2009-05-06T04:53:00.000-07:00

My new treadmill. Now I can walk even when the weather outside doesn't cooperate.

Day 101

2009-05-05T04:49:00.000-07:00

Homemade yogurt! I was pretty jazzed that I could successfully make it, even if it was a bit runny.

Day 100

2009-05-04T04:36:00.000-07:00

Orange chocolate chip muffins. They didn't come out quite like I'd hoped, but they got eaten.

Day 99

2009-05-03T04:32:00.000-07:00

Peach ice cream! The first peach cone of summer from Bruster's. Unfortunately, my preferred Bruster's didn't have peach yet, so I had to settle for a peach cone from the other one. Their ice cream doesn't taste nearly as good as my preferred location, and sadly, that goes for the peach as well. Oh well, I have four months to eat it from the good location!

Day 98

2009-05-02T04:29:00.000-07:00

The local post office. I was bored waiting on DH, and I thought the architecture was a bit unusual, so I snapped a pic.

Day 97

2009-05-01T04:22:00.000-07:00

Mini Moon Pie! DS asked me what Moon Pies were. I couldn't believe he'd made it to 12 years old without encountering one, but then, I don't buy them. I got some for the kids to try, and the minis were what I found. They want to try the banana flavored ones next...

Day 96

2009-04-30T04:18:00.000-07:00

DS rehearsing his dance for Irish.

Day 95

2009-04-29T04:12:00.000-07:00

Logo of my local independant bookseller, on a bookmark. The book that's background is The Language of Bees by Laurie R King.

Day 94

2009-04-28T04:08:00.000-07:00

Blueberry pancake batter. DS liked them, DD not so much. I think she prefers chocolate chip.

Day 93

2009-04-27T04:05:00.000-07:00

After rehearsing their tap dance, the girls watch a ballet class's rehearsal.

Day 92

2009-04-26T04:03:00.000-07:00

The marvelous shelf o' snacks, where all the yummy treats are stored.

Day 91

2009-04-25T05:15:00.000-07:00

Ooops! For the first time, I missed taking a picture! You get a makeup picture taken early the morning of the 26th. Since we played Munchkin, here is the Munchkin bobblehead guy.

Day 90

2009-04-24T05:11:00.000-07:00

DS getting his books signed by author Deborah Wiles. He participated in a writing workshop run by her, and really seemed to enjoy it. He's also going to go to a kids book club meeting to discuss her book The Aurora County All-Stars.

Day 89

2009-04-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

This is the project that got me seriously back into cross stitching. I'd played around with it as a teenager, and fiddled with it a little after DS was born. When this came out though, I really wanted to do it. It probably took me over a year, off and on, but I finished it. And I'd become addicted to stitching.

Day 88

2009-04-22T05:04:00.000-07:00

A statue at the park where I've started to go walking every day.

Day 87

2009-04-21T05:02:00.000-07:00

I don't know what these flowers are, but they're pretty!

Day 86

2009-04-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

This pink stuffed doggie lives on top of DD's dollhouse shaped bookcase. Right now he's (I think of it as he even though it's pink!) wearing the flower headpiece that came with a recital costume a year or two ago.

Day 85

2009-04-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

The silver maple tree has leaves! It's always the last to start leafing out in the spring.

Day 84

2009-04-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

Ready for Girl Scout Badge Day to start at Red Top Mountain State Park. The shirt they gave her was quite a bit too big, but she can grow into it.

Day 83

2009-04-17T08:49:00.000-07:00

This has got to be the ugliest Spongebob I've ever seen. It was set up in a parking lot downtown for a family fun day.

Day 82

2009-04-16T08:48:00.000-07:00

Enjoying a milkshake on a nice day.

Day 81

2009-04-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

Playground of the new Primrose school being built a few miles from me.

Day 80

2009-04-14T06:43:00.000-07:00

I had not intended to share this picture, but it ended up being the only one I took all day. Mint masques are fun. I look like I'm trying to start a rival to Blue Man Group. Go Green Girl Group! LOL.

Day 79

2009-04-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

Oops, I forgot to flip this photo before I uploaded it! Recital costumes! The pink and blue is for ballet, and the blue and black polka dot is for tap. Irish costume to come on Thursday.

Day 78

2009-04-12T05:51:00.000-07:00

A mini battle set up on DS's bookshelf. I think a couple of the figures are ones he got at Kings Mountain.

Day 77

2009-04-11T05:44:00.000-07:00

Today was DH's birthday. We (well, not me, but everybody else) had lunch at Sticky Fingers in Greenville yesterday, since he wanted their ribs for his birthday. Today we decided we wanted to eat at Ted's Montana Grill, so we used his birthday as an excuse. Two birthday meals for DH! :) He had a bison steak, DS had a bison burger, DD had bison meatloaf, and I had veggies. Afterward, we had ice cream at the Coldstone next door. I've decided that I don't like them as much as I do Bruster's, which is good, since they are a lot pricier.

Day 76

2009-04-10T05:39:00.000-07:00

We stopped at Kings Mountain National Military Park on our way to Charlotte. At that point we saw the movie and walked the battlefield trail. We also picked up a Junior Ranger booklet for the kids to do. We didn't have time for them to finish it then, so we stopped back by on our way home for them to finish up. They earned certificates, badges, and water bottles. More importantly, they had fun, and learned something.

Day 75

2009-04-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

A robin sits on a monument at the Settlers Cemetery Park. It's the oldest cemetery in Charlotte, with graves dating back to 1776.

Day 74

2009-04-08T05:29:00.000-07:00

Discovery Place was probably the kids' favorite thing in Charlotte. We went three times (free admission with our Fernbank membership, yay!). This is on our second visit. They loved the Gizmotron and had to be pried away from it. The thing moves little plastic pellets around. DS is the one in the ballcap. DD is at the far right, partially obscured.

Day 73

2009-04-07T05:24:00.000-07:00

A scrimshaw on a whale's tooth of George III, done about 1759. The reverse of the tooth has a ship on it, as you can see in the mirror. This was at the Charlotte Museum of History.

Day 72

2009-04-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

Statue of Queen Charlotte outside the Trade Center in Charlotte. This isn't the statue that was pictured in the official visitors guide. That one was kind of scary looking, at least in the photo, and I never saw it in person. This one was much nicer, I think.

Day 71

2009-04-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

The falls at Falls Park in Greenville.

Day 70

2009-04-04T05:05:00.000-07:00

Leaving Georgia and heading into South Carolina on our way to Greenville, and then to Charlotte NC.

Day 69

2009-04-03T06:38:00.000-07:00

Closeup of my progress on Mirabilia's Stargazer. Note the empty spaces where beads should be. I started with a brand new package, and still ran out. It was not noted on the chart that I'd need two packs of these particular beads. Aaargh!