I always loved our garage door, painted by the previous owner to reflect the trees in the landscaping right there. But sadly, the door needed replacing, it was old and had issues, and so did the opener, and it wasn't storm proof anyway. So goodbye artsy door, and welcome to a new door, not interesting, but it works very well and very quietly, and will resist hurricane force winds, qualifying us for a bit of a tax break.
Daisy, Dylan, Marley, Halle, Jules & I gave Mark a set of glasses with trees etched into them so he can make beautiful drinks, and he did, right away. 
It's been insanely hot the past week, and feels even hotter thanks to the humidity which is so thick it actually has a presence on your skin. Too hot to be outside unless you are in the water. And Daisy has figured it out. It's too tiring for her to swim all day long, though she used to be able to do this. But there are two seats cut into the sides of the pool, and today Daisy was swimming back and forth between them, just hanging out in the water to keep cool.
We went to the Atlanta Botanical Garden to see the Henry Moore show. 
And being with these friends is always a pretty great experience, with or without the gorgeous gardens and art.
One of the highlights of this Atlanta visit was Mark's & my first ever visit to a Trader Joe's.
We drove up to Atlanta Friday, May 8th, the day after Barbara's birthday, the day before Sarah's birthday, and 5 days before mine. Soon we were back in a car, heading down to Decatur, to Eddie's Attic, a great place to eat acceptable food and hear excellent music. 
I was excited to see Richard Shindell arrive and unpack the car.
Eddie himself took this picture of our whole group. 
It was a fun family dinner and then the younger half of the party left and the older half went inside to hear Richard. He was great, as always. Enjoyed the opening act, Meg Hutchinson, too.
A month ago we went up to Atlanta to celebrate birthdays, more on that later. 
