SENOIA........AGAIN!!!

JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY....

Friday afternoon, Master Carpenter and I decided to revisit one of our favorite places, Senoia.

The town fascinates us .......just three years ago it consisted of rotting old buildings! Today, Main Street is a thriving street with fun, shops and restaurants. With new camera, in hand, Master Carpenter shot these images .....








In addition to the rebuilding of Main Street, the town has a history of being one of Hollywood's favorite places to shoot movies, Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy, Sweet Home Alabama, Broken Bridges and about 15 more..plus the Drop Dead Diva show.

RECOGNIZE THESE FROM "FRIED GREEN TOMATOES"?

"DROP DEAD DIVA" USES THIS HOME FOR INTERIOR SHOTS
STUDIO PUTS FAMILY UP IN NEIGHBORING TOWN,
TEARS DOWN WALLS, COVERS WINDOWS.
HOLLYWOOD TRAVELS 3000 MILES TO DO INTERIOR SHOTS HERE.
WHY???

THIS CHURCH IS USED FOR MANY FILMS.

While finding these "famous", fun locations we happened upon some gorgeous homes.

CIRCA 1900

SITE OF SOUTHERN LIVING IDEA HOUSE 2010

This one is for SALE!!!!! Hmmmm
What I could do with this.....



http://www.owners.com/GA/Senoia/258-PylantSt/GTM6571/?sch=z+30259%3Br+20

Now everyone hold your hats (especially Janet and Linda!)....it's a "little" out of the budget!!! Just "playing" with you!!!!

NOTHING will change our Bucket List House....... and it is coming along fast and furious.
Today they put up the drywall. We have real walls and rooms!!! It was too muddy from afternoon showers to walk through, but will tomorrow. Will share pictures soon....

LAST LEG OF JOURNEY

ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END.....

Master Carpenter and I were so happy to catch up with Tess and Steve this evening. They drove back into Atlanta to start their long, long trip home. We met them at their hotel and enjoyed a lovely farewell dinner.

It was so great to have had the opportunity this week to do a little bonding with Tess and to catch up with Steve. He has so much going on in his life, we can't figure out how he knows where he is or what day and month it is.

SAD TO SEE THE WEEK COME TO AN END

A DAY OF BEAUTY ...WHAT FUN

YES, A SMILE.....HOW SWEET!!!

A SIGHTING......

SPOTTED IN HIGH POINT MONDAY NIGHT!

WHIPPING UP SOME YUMMY BROWNIES!
GUESS WHO LICKED THE BOWL?

I have been told, by a reliable source, that this was a fun time at Aunti Patti's! Some serious Back to School shopping was accomplished also......

Where are the Traveling Duo now???????

TESS AND STEVE ....WORLD TRAVELERS

THE TRAVELING DUO.......


Friday night, Steve and Tess drove into town on their first stop of a fun filled week of touring Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

Yesterday we spent the day in Atlanta. Toured The World of Coke . Great afternoon. The place is fantastic! I was especially impressed with a 3D movie feature that was up to par with a Disney "ride"!

Of course we did a little Mall stuff at Lenox. Had to check out what Santa might be bringing Tess from the computer world. So many choices...

Then, before returning to the apartment we checked out the Bucket List House. The siding is up and the pillars!!!!!! The siding has yet to be painted white and when the door and shutters are up and painted black, it will really look like what I have imagined all these weeks! I'm pretty sure we will be having our pre-dry wall walk through this week.

Over the last years, Steve has prepared Tess a special pasta dish during their visits. Last night Master Carpenter and I were able to share in their Tradition!! The meal was excellent, has a secret ingredient .....Do think Master Carpenter picked up on what it is and can add it to one of his special dishes. It's amazing.....all the men in the family love to cook. Who would have ever guessed that?

Sadly this morning ....they left. We met them at their hotel for breakfast and off they went......
Tonight they should be at Patti's.....

I am hoping that we don't have to wait another year before we see them again. It's so hard having family so many miles away...........

A NOURISHING BREAKFAST TO START THEIR DAY !

OFF THEY GO.................

IT'S REALLY LOOKING GOOD.................

NEW TALENT...ACROBATICS

Sunday's challenge!

I have more time on my hands in this limbo stage than you can imagine. Sunday morning I was imagining where I would put my trio nest of zinc tables. But......I needed to measure the depth of the largest one.....

No problem, so I thought!!!! I would just find it in the warehouse and measure it. To my dismay, it was against the back wall of this fabulous 11'6" x 12'10" room. This space has saved our move! There is no camera shot I can get that shows the extent of the space. Plus..........there is a large walk-in closet filled with stuff I can't even remember!

I was determined......I could get to that back wall....

I started by removing the wing back chair and two stools. Then I started the "climb". One leg over another stool, a few feet down to a slipper chair, over the back of that to the French chair....I was almost there! I had a few boxes to reach over and the glass console, but .....the zinc table was in sight! Finally I could reach it..........

Not so fast! I had my tape measure (thanks to the wonderful Christmas gift from Kenneth) but....my eye glasses were GONE!!!!!! I could measure, but I couldn't see the numbers!!!

So what does a person do in this situation? Go back.........The voyage back was a little more of a challenge, but I was successful and returned to the starting place. I looked all over the rest of the apartment for my glasses, NOWHERE.

You guessed it.........I figured it had to be back in the warehouse! So, I repeated the course. Again..........as much as I searched no glasses! How in the world can a pair of glasses, especially mine .....disappear? The trip back was easier this time. Getting used to the obstacles!

Back in the living/dining/kitchen I tried with all my effort to find these disappearing glasses!! I couldn't find them! Where in the world were they?????

Now, I know I am a little "crazy", but I figured I had to go back, yes back, through the maze.....and find them! You have to realize that for some silly inane reason, each time I return, I put back the wing back chair and the two stools!!! Don't ask...I don't know WHY??? So each time I returned, I had to move them back out!

Again I repeated the process. Again no luck.

I am getting a little smart and this time I didn't put the wing back chair or the stools back. I had an EPIPHANY!!!! Maybe, just maybe......... they dropped on the FLOOR!!!!

Now, if you can imagine this, I got on my hands and knees and looked through the maze of legs and boxes .......AND GUESS WHAT.....I could see them!!!! They were under the French chair!

The PROBLEM.......being able to contort on the floor between boxes, art and chairs to reach under the French chair and retrieve them. The only way........remove more stools which allowed me room to move the slipper chair a few inches. This gave me just enough space to reach under the French chair.........

AND.................

SUCCESS.........I GOT THEM.............AND I AM NOT STUPID.....I REMEMBERED TO HAVE THE TAPE MEASURE WITH ME!!!!!

FINALLY I MEASURED THE TABLE........................

Climbed back, put everything back in place. I had my measurement and after looking at the floor plan, realized the table would not work in the space!!!!!

Just a typical day in the life of a CRAZY LADY!!!!!

AND.... MASTER CARPENTER.............WHERE IS HE???.........
HE'S STILL IN BED.....SLEEPING!!!!!!

LET'S PLAY A GAME

WAREHOUSE GAME.......


Let's see how many of you can find the "Spare Tire"........No prizes, just the satisfaction of finding it in the warehouse!!

The other day I came up with a great new location for that piece......Now we all have to wait and see where I put it. Any guesses on that?



Now......if you can't remember what the "Spare Tire" is .......you'll have to look back in the Archives.....

Have fun.....It's Summer!!!!!!