Day Two – June 19, 2018 – Atlanta


Day Two – June 19, 2018 – Atlanta

Easy morning!  I go out to the sunroom to stretch and Betsy and Roddy are there checking their email.  Eventually Ginger joins us and after a while we think about breakfast.  Ginger hasn’t been here for a week and has no idea what might be in the fridge or cabinets! We wind up with flavored oatmeals and some biscuits and sausage that showed up in the freezer!  And lots of tea!!  It’s going to be a relaxed day, filled with planning for meals and travel and lots of laughter!

This is where we'll be staying!


Eventually Ginger and I go to Kroger for lunch makings, dinner makings, and supplies for tomorrow evening’s Solstice celebration.  I’m so disappointed that we’re going to miss it!  We met Erin and Ellie last night and today we get to meet Jazz, the mom of the family that is living downstairs.  She is creating an Earth Loom!

While we’re at the grocery we notice three firemen in their uniforms.  There is a mom with her young son who has been wanting a strap that goes across their body and when she tells the firemen, one of them lets the boy wear his.  He’s elated!!  I suggest that the mom take his photo with it on and then the firemen jump in, too!  Then another family says they need a photo, too!!

We ran into the mom later and she thanked us for suggesting the photo.

Back home we begin working on dinner.  Ginger is making a root-vegetable salad and I’m peeling veggies and making the chicken.  Soon Randy, Ben, and Liz join us.  Amy will be along after work. I just learned that Liz is going to Iceland!  I’ll be quizzing her when she gets home!

Dinner is great and afterwards we inspect Jazz’s handiwork and check out Ginger’s Meadow.  Watermelon for dessert and the wine is flowing.

Jazz's Earth Loom

Blackberries growing in Ginger's Meadow


You have to drive a blue car to park here!

These grow in Ginger's back yard.


Amy finally makes it and now the kids are all present and accounted for!  Yay!


Comments

  1. GingerJune 21, 2018 at 9:29 PM

    It was a nice relaxed visit and made for a very pleasant transition from Mexico to the States to Chautauqua.

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    1. mama dragonJune 22, 2018 at 5:51 AM

      Your travel schedule - and life - are even crazier than mine!

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