Georgia Aquarium

Hello, lovelies.

I realize it has been quite a while since I posted, but life has been pretty sweet lately and I've been pulling away from documenting it in order to fully appreciate it. Does that make sense?

Hubs and I recently took a little mini-trip to Atlanta while we were on vacation. He had never been to the Georgia Aquarium before (and I have, albeit a few years ago) so I wanted to show him how incredible it is.

So, in lieu of an actual update (that'll come soon, I'm sure), you get some pretty photos.  I'm just posting my favorites; if you'd like to see the entire set, it's here on Flickr! ♥ Enjoy!

Happy little stingray.

Lionfish

Eel!

Jellyfish. Mesmerizing to watch.

Baby moon jellies. ♥

Penguin!

Another penguin -- with his "friendship bracelet" -- haha! These were J's favorites.

Scary-lookin' piranha. He was eyeballing us pretty fiercely.

Seaweed Seahorse

I had originally thought about cropping the photographer out, but I like him there for scale!

Aaand my favorite -- THE BABY BELUGAS. I could watch them all day.

This one was a little oddball and she swam upside-down. She was my favorite, naturally.

Beauties. ♥

Quiet. Peaceful. Perfect.

We decided to go for a drive Sunday evening.

We ended up at the park as the sun was setting.

We were greeted at first by only two little turtle dudes.

...and then all of their buddies joined us. See the little specks? Turtle heads!

We could only stay until dark, so as the sun was setting we started walking lazily toward the park entrance.

The sky was perfect.

We heard a flock of geese approaching us from a distance...

...and we lingered just long enough to watch them fly overhead before getting into the Jeep and driving away.

Christmases Past

Hi, loves.

It has been busybusybusy around our place lately -- we've been packing, moving, unpacking, and when we were aaaaallllmost unpacked, we had to scramble around to get Hubs ready for his flight to Florida for his management-in-training week of fun. It has been a hectic couple of weeks, for sure, but I am absolutely in love with our new apartment and I have every intention of posting photos here... but first, I must finish unpacking, clean it properly, and then decorate for Christmas.

So for now, in lieu of an actual update, you get some of my favorite photos from Christmases past, which you guys may or may not have seen around my favorite corner of the internet -- the Flickrverse.

Papaw, 2007

My adorable ham of a cousin, Emily, 2005

Dad & Mom, 1982, their first married Christmas.

Papaw & Granny's old house during a white Christmas in the 1980s.

Mr. Snowman, painted by Mom in her college ceramics class.

Me, wearing The Coolest Santa Hat Ever, made especially for me by the coolest Australian sister ever.

'Tis the season for bokeh and laughter!

So what about you, my lovelies? Are you in the holiday spirit yet? My Christmas spirit has been delayed by consistently above-average temperatures (we're talking 70-75 degrees here; I haven't worn a hoodie in two weeks). Cross your fingers that December temperatures arrive below the Mason-Dixon line in time for a white (or at least flurried) Christmas! ♥

Happy October!

Favorite. Month. Ever.

They Love Each Other

Merry run around
sailing up and down
just looking for a shove
in some direction--
got it from the top
it's nothing you can stop
Lord, you know they
made a fine connection
They love each other
Lord, you can see it's true

He could pass his time

'round some other line

But you know he 

chose this place beside her.

Don't get in the way

there's nothing you can say,

Nothing that you need

to add or do

They love each other

Lord, you can see it's true...

[The Grateful Dead]

Appreciating the little things...

...like the gorgeous weather we've had recently.











(taken by Jeremy)