When we woke up on Friday, after a pretty heady and many houred Thursday, we were exhausted and used the day to catch up as it were and then later to hang out with Cindy, checking out the sets she's working on and then meeting her Atlanta crew. That night we caught up with pal/co-worker/lead extraordinaire Shane Reed at dinner.
Saturday
We all slept in, bravo!!!
Really chilled it out and then finally went out to see "Fame", the movie we both worked on recently.
I was less than moved, Cindy thought it was better than she thought she would, (low expectations, help out there) and Skye, the tweener and therefore target audience, loved it. I am not sure how much of it was the movie and how much of it was that both of her parents worked on it. ??????????????????????
Sunday
Again sleeping in sort of...
When finally ventured out to see the amazing Atlanta Botanical Gardens it was long overdueish.
It started out a bit slow, with a tired family and then we came upon some our favorites; orchids and carnivorous plants, as well as other fascinations.
Gorgeous varieties of pitcher plants
The infamous venous flytrap, in abundance.
And orchids......
And more beautiful orchids......
But there were other beauties...
Rain forest amazements, aerial root systems, oh my.
"Just" beautiful leaves.
At some point Skye announced that she wanted to be a botanist when she grew up and suggested we invest more time in studies relevant to that pursuit.
This lab gave her an insight to her future.
She gazed at it with mixed anticipation.
LOOK!!! A photo of the three of us, what a rarity.
In the background you might catch a glimpse of a Henri Moore piece. An exhibition of his was there and I have paid it little attention, but it was glorious none the less.
Look more Moore's and amazing Lotus plants in the foreground.
Oh befuddles, I don't recall the artist and am not so sure I want to, but it was something, yes, no?
After the gardens, we ventured downtown to the Martin Luther King memorials.
For me it was such a stark contrast to nature's beauty, I could hardly comprehend it. As well as we know its history, it seemed to shake us all to the core.
No photo ops on this one, despite opportunities and deservedness.
Monday
Maximus chillingnus, a bunch of school stuff in the room a trip to the hotel gym and thenthe movie, Little Women in the evening.
Tuesday
Today we decided to do the tourist thing and so glad we did.
First we headed out to the Cyclorama, one of only three in the US. Didn't get pics, cause they weren't allowed and seemed to trite to pirate it.
Amazing, still, a must to-do in my book if you happen by Atlanta.
Off to Stone Mountain.
Sort of like Magic Mountain and yet historical and then like Yosemite east as well. Funny bag of tricks.....
That's Atlanta in the background, in case you were wondering.
Getting out to nature to excercise is not a trend confined to the two coasts, the typical harbingers or trends.
No, across the US I have noticed people getting back to nature to get in shape.
Skye hiding out in one of the mountains many nooks and crannies.
And then a disheartening reminder of politics.
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Beautiful pictures.
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