Last weekend I was in Atlanta to visit with friends. I didn’t take many photos and our “adventures” mostly involved eating and wandering around and talking. We did spend a couple of nights in Covington where a number of movies and TV shows have been filmed including The Vampire Diaries. But no big tales to tell.
The dog above is the adorable monster Arky (Archimedes) who will begrudgingly take treats from me but mostly just barks.
It cracks me up that pine needles are used for mulch in Georgia. We rake and rake and rake and rake pine needles at our place in Orleans and then burn them.
On the way to ATL I had the middle seat.
I’m a small person and I can easily fit in an airline seat but the arm rest. I don’t even need the arm rest but inevitably the person(s) next to me not only need the arm rest but they need more than the arm rest which means they are in the space that I paid for. On this trip the window seat person, at one point, leaned against the window so that their back was bumping into me. Also, they kept the window shade down the entire time!
Last year I did this same flight and the view was amazing.
On my other side there was a lady smaller than I am who was cold. I hear you, lady. I am always cold on a plane. I always have a sweater and often bring fuzzy socks because I am always cold on a plane. We had to check the fan above the seat. And then check it again. And then check it again. “I’m cold,” she kept telling me.
I’m not sure what I was supposed to do about it.
From the Public Domain Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel (1883)
Speaking of incredible views, on the way home we flew at night and I got the window seat.
There were several lightning storms along the way but at one point, it was like there was two levels of clouds and the lightning was in between — lighting up these incredible cloud structures. It was other worldly. I had a show on my screen but I barely watched because the show outside the plane was so incredible. It wasn’t scary. It was a medium bumpy flight but during the lightning everything felt stable. I’ve never seen anything like that before. I wanted to ask the pilots about it but did not get the opportunity.
