Cemeteries: Little - Terry Cemetery

On my way to and from Keira's speech therapy, I have seen a little cemetery.  It is very small, and nestled into an area fenced off by the Forsyth County Water and Sewer Department.  I have stopped twice to look at this little peaceful spot among the trees, and still would like to go back to look around a bit more.  Though it is a small cemetery, it is quite interesting because of the different types of markers and the overgrowth that is trying to take over the area.

I love that the boy scouts restored this cemetery.  I wish I saw it at that time, and I wish they would come back and restore it again!

There appear to be many hand made markers.  Some are obviously original, but I'm not sure if others were placed by the boy scouts or are original.

I would love to know the origin of all these little crosses, if the boy scouts placed them, or if they have been here since the death of those in the graves they mark.  I would love to know if they represent children, or just graves that were no longer marked by stones.  They look eerie in the foggy, overcast morning.

You can see the overgrowth everywhere.  Some are nice green weeds growing over stones, like in the picture above.  But other over growth is briars and tall weed grass.

As you can see this is a different day, with beautiful morning sunlight.  Even though the weeds threaten to swallow the little white crosses, they look peaceful among the green plants.

This fence is for Rev. Stephen Terry.  I assume he is one for whom the cemetery is named.

Reverend Terry's grave is surrounded by a stacked rock wall that had pretty purple flowers growing inside.

I could not read the writing on this fence.  I didn't have the time to search further to see if any head stones were inside the fence and if they could be read.  I hope to go back when it is a bit warmer and when I can spend a little more time finding out a little about the people who are buried here.

Look at how peaceful this little plot of ground is.  I love that it is tucked away among the trees.  You can't tell that it is just a stone's throw away (no pun intended) from McGinnis Ferry, a busy four lane thorough-fair and a soccer complex.

Project 365: Week 5

This is for week January 31 - February 6.

Sunday:  Mercy really wanted her hair in a pony tail.  Adrian and I both told her no last Sunday because we LOVE her curls!  This Sunday I decided that she could have her way.  I put her hair in a pony tail, and it was long enough!  I took a couple of pictures of her pony tail, but I really liked this one of her eyes.  I am thankful for little girls and especially this one!

Monday:  I took Kyle and Keira with me to the chiropractor.  We took a couple of pictures in their garden before leaving.  This is not an uncommon expression, but I love how it goes with what his shirt says!  I am thankful for this handsome boy, even if he doesn't like to smile for the camera.

Tuesday:  Tuesday was foggy and a little damp.  I wanted to take pictures in the fog, but Keira needed to be at speech therapy.  We arrived a bit early, so I took a couple of pictures in the parking lot.  Later, on our way to my mom's house for Keira's horseback riding, we stopped at a little cemetery and got some more fog pictures!  I was amazed that it hadn't lifted by 10 am!  I am thankful for a variety of weather conditions to enjoy and to see how God takes care of his world.

Wednesday:  I wasn't really interested in taking pictures on Wednesday.  By the end of the day, I decided to pull the camera out for a couple of quick shots.  I took this one of Patrick playing with the intelliglobe pen.  He loves to "talk" to us and you can see him doing it here.  I love this little guy.  He is such a happy boy.  I am thankful for him.

Thursday: The kids favorite class is art.  They love trying new ways of coloring or painting.  I am thankful for this opportunity for the kids to learn something that we haven't really focused on at home.

Friday: We have a climber!  Well, Patrick isn't like his sister, but he does go up little steps and he especially likes stairs.  Here he is "talking" to me again.  Patrick was in the car basket on our hearth.  I am thankful for being able to see the joy and wonder of the world around us through the eyes of my children.  I also love this accidental self portrait.

Saturday: I did not take a picture on Saturday.  I didn't feel good at all, and I had a lot of grocery shopping to do.  I managed to do all my grocery shopping, but not much else.  This picture is from Monday in the chiropractor's garden.  I love the muted color palette!  I am thankful for beauty in nature, even in winter.

Tennessee Aquarium: the Random

As is typical, I took some unusual pictures. 

I still remember the words on the wall of the aquarium from when I went many years ago.  I was determined to get a picture of those words before I left.  It was much harder than I imagined as the lighting was very low.

Little known fact: I love turtles.  Probably more accurately, I love artistic turtles.  These were cute turtles!

Little fish make up a bigger fish!

The Chattanooga Choo-Choo

Near the butterfly room inside the Ocean Experience were many different orchids.  I didn't know that I liked orchids until we visited the Atlanta Botanical Garden during their Orchid Daze.  These are spectacular plants!  They show God's attention to detail in their intricate design.  Just amazing!

These little flowers are not orchids (obviously).  They were inside the butterfly room, and I just thought they were pretty.

And just a little more randomness from outside the aquarium.

Tennessee Aquarium: the Animals

It has probably been 15 years or more since I went to the Tennessee Aquarium.  At that time, they only had one building.  I remembered the sloping walkway pasted the huge tanks and the fish names written on the wall in the shape of fish.

The first exhibit was of seahorses.  We enjoyed seeing the many different kinds!

These were tiny!

Adrian likes the otters best because they are so playful.

The view from under the waterfall.

An albino alligator.

We got to see a baby alligator snapping turtle up close.

We enjoyed watching the scuba diver feed the fish.  Interestingly, the man's niece and nephew were there to watch him.  We talked with them a bit about the aquarium and what they liked best about it.

This butterfly has translucent wings!

These butterflies have big eye spots on the outside of their wings and the coloring blends into the woods.  When they fly, the inside of their wings are a beautiful and surprising purple.

Kyle's favorite animal is the penquin.  He was so excited to get to see them in person!  These little penquins are walking around with their wings out to help cool themselves.

The jellyfish are absolutely breathtaking!  They look so ethereal, but can cause such pain.  I am amazed at God's delicate handiwork in these scary and beautiful creatures!

Tennessee Aquarium: the Kids

Our family was given a membership to the Tennessee Aquarium for Christmas.  On January 29, we went with the Presleys.  We had a great time!  We arrived just shortly before lunch, so we had a picnic lunch in the parking lot.  Then headed inside after a few pictures.

Mercy saw this little screen, and said that it was just for her!  She was so excited!

The kids loved touch tanks.  Here they are touching a sturgeon. 

A Megan photo bomb!

Patrick thought this wall was interesting.

We got to see a scuba diver feed the fish in the big river tank.  He took some time to answer questions that the kids wrote on a board.  The kids LOVED watching him feed the fish and talking with him.

I wanted to take a self portrait, but Adrian wanted to be funny! :)

The kids got to pet sting rays in the Ocean Experience.  I am kind of surprised that Sophia didn't fall in!

The aquarium has a small butterfly room upstairs in the Ocean Experience.  The kids enjoyed trying to get a butterfly to land on them.  (Later in the day, the kids got to help release some newly transformed butterfly.  I didn't get any pictures of that as I was feeding Patrick.  Maybe Megan will post that on her blog.)

You can crawl into a viewing area inside of a tank with large spider-like crabs.  Each of the kids took turns getting into it.  You can see the reflection of the nearby jellyfish, too.