Times Gone By (286 of 365)

My Mom loves antiques. I found this old pull toy for her several years ago in a random, little antique store.

Monuments or Memorials (275 of 365)

I recently passed the Marietta National Cemetery on a super foggy morning. The staff was just beginning to place Christmas wreaths on many of the headstones.

Nostalgia (269 of 365)

A view of Cades Cove. The loop road, aside from giving you beautiful views of the Smokies, also takes you through a historical tour of early pioneer farms.

Heirloom (261 of 365)

It may not be your typical heirloom, but this one's special to my Mom and I. This was one of the first dolls I received as a baby. It was a gift from friends on my first Christmas.

Public Art (253 of 365)

A shot of Henry Moore's "Hill Arches" from the ABG's "Moore in America" exhibition. The garden's exhibition wraps up next month. I'm really glad that I was able to see it as often as I did.

Sunday Six: Week 41

This week, I had a chance to drive down into South Georgia for work. This week's Sunday Six is a Recap taken during my little morning trip.


Fog, fog, and more fog. I drove through this stuff the entire way!


It makes the lake look kind of eerie, huh?


Not sure what type of grass this is, but it was all over the place.

The last three pictures are from historic Greenwood Cemetery.






Until next week . . .

Sunday Six: Week 40

So, I'm a week late on this Recap Six, but better late than never, right?


I spotted several sunflower fields from the interstate while on my way to court one morning. I was determined to find them on my way back. Luckily, they were right off the interstate and I was able to snap a few pictures. I was too chicken to get out of the truck and walk through the fields.


Last Friday I took in the first game of the last Braves series. Derek Lowe was pitching against the Nationals. This was the first time I'd seen Derek pitch live for the Braves. It's just not the same seeing him out of a Red Sox uniform. :)


I was greeted by this on my way home from the Braves game. Usually, traffic isn't this bad late on a Friday night. For some reason, GDOT decided to close 4 lanes of traffic. Why on earth they would decide to close 4 lanes just as event traffic is picking up is beyond me!


On Sunday, I went for a long walk around historic Roswell. This is a broken headstone in the Old Roswell Cemetery.


The main street through the Roswell Square invites its businesses to create scarecrows for Halloween. I thought this one was pretty cute.


And, in case you were wondering, Elvis is alive and well on Canton Street!

This week's Sunday Six coming up in just a bit!

National Pride (220 of 365)

This is one of the many beautiful views from the summit of Pikes Peak. It's the easternmost 14,000 foot peak in the U.S. and was the inspiration for "America the Beautiful." After riding a carriage to the summit of the mountain, Katharine Lee Bates was inspired by the view and wrote the lyrics to the song in her hotel room.

Photograph (178 of 365)

Swan House, located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, is one of the most photographed homes in the city. It was built in 1928 for the Inman family and was designed by Philip Trammell Shutze. The home was named Swan House because of Mrs. Inman's love of birds.

Sunday Six: Week 24 (Little White House Edition)

This week's Sunday Six includes a history lesson! This past week work took me South of Atlanta to the Pine Mountain/Warm Springs area of the state. I'd never been there before, but remembered this is where the "Little White House" is located.


The "Little White House" was a small cabin built by FDR when he was governor of New York. After he became President it was used as a Presidential retreat.

FDR came to Warm Springs to explore hydrotherapy in the town's 88-degree warm springs. He ended up buying the town's resort and surrounding farm land. The former resort is now the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.


For himself, he built a small cabin out of Georgia pine known as the "Little White House." The entire area consists of the main cabin (center), servant's quarters (right), and a guesthouse (left).


Daisy Bonner was FDR's cook. After his death in 1945, she inscribed a kitchen wall with the words, "Daisy Bonner cook the 1st meal and the last one in this cottage for the President Roosevelt." Daisy's cookbook, with some of her notes, is on display in the kitchen.


This is the living room area of the cabin. The leather chair on the left is where FDR often sat working. It was this chair he was sitting in, during a portrait session, when he suffered a fatal stroke. The furniture and books are original to the "Little White House" and it is left nearly the way it was at the time of FDR's death in 1945.


This is the "Unfinished Portrait" of FDR which was being painted by Elizabeth Shoumatoff. Shoumatoff painted a second watercolor from memory several years after FDR's death. The two paintings are identical, save for the color of the tie. Both paintings are on display in the museum area of the "Little White House."


Finally, I had to bring some levity into this Sunday Six. How often will you see a sign pointing you in this direction?!

Until next week . . .