4th of July Fun

Mitch and I had a GREAT 4th of July. I had so much fun! We did a 5K at Lake Rabun, in the Georgia mountains. The race started shortly after dawn. It was gorgeous and only in the 60s, a big change from Athens' near 100 heat this summer.

View from Hall's Pavilion on Lake Rabun.


Us at the starting line.


Our fierce competition...


View from along the race route...


I was waiting to take Mitch's picture at the finish line, but I did not expect him to deliberately stop in order to make his time an even number!


Haha! He was having fun.


Every 4th, there's a wooden boat parade on the lake. We saw several vintage Cris Craft. Gorgeous.


Hall's Boat House.


Post race lunch in Clayton, GA.

Pickles!

My friend Beth Rene' gave me a big bag of cucumbers from her garden. So I made Bread and Butter pickles! They are GOOD.

Here's the sliced cucumbers, bell peppers and green onions after sitting in brine overnight in the fridge.



And then...pickles! It takes so long to get everything going, no wonder people tend to can large amounts all in one day and just get it over with. Wish I'd had more stuff to can.

Thanks BR!

Preliminary Walls

Mitch was kickin' it tonight! He slapped two coats of paint on in the living room. May need another coat, and then the trim. I better get to sewing the curtains!

Fun with Friends

Met up with some friends in an Atlanta pub this weekend. We had a great time!

Me with Beth Rene'...


Beth Rene's husband Hajro with my husband Mitch.

Old Friends, New Friends

Met up with an old friend from my summer camp days, who also lives here in town, and his sweetie. We had a great time! It is wonderful to reconnect.

L to R: Mitch, me, Chris and Lou.

My Maternal Grandparents

Violet Blanche Cowart (nee Huffman) and Durward Veston Cowart.

Mountain Friends

Have been reconnecting on Facebook with old friends from The Mountain, a summer camp that I attended and where I later worked. It's been great to touch base with folks; especially with Chris who is in town so we can meet in person.

Here's a 1988 camp photo when I was staff...



Closeup of me, Jodi, Susanne and Natalia...



Staff closeup from another photo, with Bill, Susanne, me and Heather.

Floor Lamp Love

Mitch and I made a 2 foot high floor lamp this weekend from instructions in the book, "Handmade Modern". We love the result!

Here are the materials...



And here is our assembled lamp. It definitely went better as a team effort.



Here's one of the drawer pulls that we used as legs...came out great. THANKS AGAIN to Mom for giving me the book.

My eyes were riveted to this midcentury Modern style chair when I was at my Mom's house last week. Boy was I surprised when I found out she got it for ME! Wow! I love it. Really hit it out of the ballpark with this one!

She also got me this DIY book...I've already started on my first project. I LOVE THIS BOOK! It's "Handmade Modern: Midcentury Inspired Projects For Your Home" by Todd Oldham. I give it 5 stars for midcentury enthusiasts.