Tonight

Our cat has become even more awesome for two reasons:

1) She invented her own game of hunting her cat food one piece at a time. She takes one piece out of her bowl and then proceeds to bat that piece around the bathroom until she decides that she has killed it and it may be eaten. Then she repeats. It gets kind of wild in there. This is endlessly hilarious.

2) Because we too are awesome, we decided we would spend Saturday night making a huge fort in our living room. Part of this fort consisted of a sheet draped over the back of the futon and held up by being tucked behind a mirror. Moki decided she could traverse from the back of the futon to the wall on this sheet (which of course immediately plummeted to the ground), not once, but twice! The second time she fell on Duncan's head. (Insert Whitney's guffaw here).


Awesomeness:

This is an old photo, but I thought it showcased her awesomeness.

Our Wonderful Labor (NOT Memorial) Day

So, first thing first: we got the scooter back from the shop! We'd had it in to replace a couple of parts and to install a new CDI (for a five mile-per-hour boost in speed), and Duncan is EXTREMELY happy to have it back.

Pictured: Glee.

We also spent some time wandering around Avondale Lake, and lo and behold, this is also Turtle Lake.


Note the magnificent beard. Plus, we're in love.

And this was perhaps the most interesting part of the day: when perusing Kudzu Antiques, we happen upon a watercolor print that looks strikingly familiar, and upon further inspection it was indeed a Tim Williams original. He'd be happy to know that his work is fetching $35 on the open market!


We made some stir-fry and rice with fresh veggies from the DeKalb Farmer's market, and it was delicious.


Mom Meadows, the market also carries Tusker for $1.99 a bottle--this one's for you!


And our neatest buy today, a new (fair trade) Ten Thousand Villages teapot set from Kudzu. We had a tea time outside in this beautiful weather, and hopefully that can become a habit.


Incidentally, everyone on our Christmas lists this year will be receiving gifts from fair trade/humanitarian vendors like...

-Ten Thousand Villages (http://www.tenthousandvillages.com)

-Land of 1000 Hills (http://www.landof1000hills.com)

-TOMS Shoes (http://www.tomsshoes.com/content.asp?tid=271)

-Trade as One (http://tradeasone.com)

-Not For Sale (http://www.notforsalecampaign.org)

-Global Exchange (http://www.globalexchange.org)

Feel free to take a look and tell us what you like, though we already have some things picked out. And if you can think of any other similar shops that we can look at, let us know!


Finally, we have the Moki. Enjoy.

Virginia Is for Lovers

Wow, it's been a while since we've updated. But, as with almost all of our excursions, we like to share photos and stories from our adventures. This Labor Day Weekend, we traveled to Yorktown, Virginia to witness the beautiful wedding of Ryan and Heather Montville... (these pictures are in reverse chronological order, but you'll still get the idea!)

Here is the BEAUTIFUL bride and groom just after being announced husband and wife! They couldn't have asked for more perfect weather for an outdoor wedding. It was a gorgeous ceremony, and just a great time.

We also got to spend some time with old friends Christopher and Sydney Robinson, also North Forsyth (and South!) alumni. This was a great chance to catch up with old friends and celebrate all things happy and lovey.

We spent some time in historic Yorktown before the wedding. I have a really fabulous sunburn in the shape of my dress which has a V-neck in the front and back... lovely. But Yorktown is particularly adorable and charming. We ate at a sweet little restaurant on the waterfront that had an amazing tuna steak served over salad. YUM! (Look, Mom, I cleaned up just fine despite getting ready at a campground!).

The morning of the wedding we spent some time exploring Newport News Campground on an extensive walk. I don't know how far we walked, but my legs were super sore today... so far. This river had more turtles than I have ever seen congregated in one body water. As you can see, there were seven turtles on this one log. I think there had to have been hundreds of turtles of this small stretch of river. How is it not named Turtle River?!

Here I am enjoying the swamp. Don't I look like a real camper?

On one of the overlooks lovers had carved their initials into the wood. Since Virginia is for lovers, we decided we needed to join in as well. (Insert your aw, that's sweet, here).

This was a beautiful bird that did not move in over an hour. Seriously, we looped around, and he was still in the same location. But he was rather majestic.

Here is the Lee Hall Reservoir. Pretty, right?

Just for mom, this one of the several deer we saw. She was really pretty and not too afraid of us.

We stayed with Mom and Dad Meadows the night before we left. Alice, the kitten, was particularly hilarious. We discovered she has some serious jumping skills.

And now, the obligatory Moki photo. This is a new Meadows favorite... Duncan decided to join her during her "veg out" nap in the kitchen.