Sunday Smooth

Lizz Wright - very nice

ok, one more

Backyard Nature

Here's some backyard nature stuff.



This spider's web is in the Atlantic Blue Cedar in the back yard. The white zig-zag is part of the web. Bizarre.



To the right of my cheap outdoor lounge chair there were several ants trying to move what looked like a grub worm. It was fascinating watching them.



In front of my cheap outdoor lounge chair was this small iridescent creature. A skink.

There you go.

Sorry, It's too good to pass up

Paris for President is hilarious. A must see if you haven't already.

Obama's camp says, "whatever"

Back in touch

Mel and I took a few trips last month. Mel wanted to get away before he was laid up after his knee surgery. Our first trip was on the motorcycle to the Oregon coast. Yes, on the motorcycle. I enjoyed the trip more than I thought I would. The weather was perfect and the coast is beautiful. We drove through the Redwoods and came back and spent the night at Grants Pass. Mel grew up there so there was a little bit of nostalgia for him. Next, we drove up to Whistler, via Seattle, for a week. Boy, has Whistler ever changed since I was up there skiing many years ago. It is huge! We walked around a lot every day and still didn't cover all of it. Landscaping and hanging flowers baskets everywhere. Lots of people! We took the half hour gondola ride up the mountain and had dinner. It was awesome! Spent a couple of nights visiting in Seattle on our way back to Bend. We took another trip over to Grants Pass and down the Oregon coast to Brookings. This time we drove the car. No more travels for awhile. Mel had surgery on July 30th. He didn't complain much in the hospital. I think the cute, young nurses that took such good care of him had a lot to do with it. Most people are in the hospital for 4 - 5 days, but Mel did so well that they released him in 3. He had a walker at first, but isn't even using it anymore. He is a tough old bird. He has talked to the doctor about doing the other knee next year.

All for now. 'Hi' to all the bloggers.

Joyce

Mountain Garden

We went up to Blue Ridge, GA last night to see our friends Steve and Amado. Amado's a great gardener. Here is a picture of his garden. The vines are gourds and giant pumpkins. He always grows huge pumpkins. It's an organic garden.

Hockey Skates

Kathleen Edwards - A great singer songwriter from Canada

From Lucinda to George

Last Friday we saw Lucinda Williams. Last night we took Bill's niece, Lori, to see George Michael. She's a huge fan. I have always liked him. It was a great show. Better than I expected. Everyone was on their feet most of the time. That boy can entertain!

Colbert Apologizes!

Did anyone see the Colbert Report last night!!!!! He apologized to Canton, GA!

The Showroom - Pre-opening

Here's a short video shot by Bill on Sunday prior to the opening of the show.

Las Vegas Update

We are on our way back to ATL tomorrow. The showroom (designed by us) and rugs received positive reviews. They actually wrote orders today. Here are just a couple pictures. One of the showroom entrance and one of one of our rugs on the floor under the bench. You'll be able to buy that one in about 15 Costco California stores in August. I'll post some better pictures later.