I Thought It Looked Familiar

I knew that "Pandora" in Avatar looked familiar but in Zhangjiajie, China the mountains didn't float. I was watching the Today Show and they said that Avatar used the mountains of Zhangjiajie as models for their film. The Chinese have even changed the name of one of the peaks to "Hallelujah Mountain". Cynthia and I went there in the Summer of 2008. These mountains and the Tulous were my favorite part of the trip. Photos on side bar July 08.

Side Note: One of the best foods I ate in this area was a local dish of Kudzu root. Honest, it was delicious. This might be a way to get rid of the weeds by our southern highways - start eating Kudzu root for dinner.

Star-Struck

OMG 61 years old and I was star – struck. I thought that those embarrassing, tongue tied moments left you when you finished your teen years. Guess not. I met Nevada Barr! You know that imaginary list of people that you would like to meet – well Nevada was on my list (along with Queen Latifah, Steve Wozniak, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Bryson, and Ellen DeGeneres just to name a few). At Saturday’s Table of Contents dinner I actually got to meet one of my listees and had my picture taken with her. Wow!

Anyway, I started reading Nevada’s “Anna Pigeon” novels many years ago. Endangered Species, which was set in Georgia’s nearby National Park Cumberland Island, was the one that hooked me and I have been a fan of her books since. If you haven’t read any of her books – try one. You might get hooked too.

........And who are on YOUR list?

Slumber Party

Sharing a girls weekend with your best friends. Not many things better than that.

And If You Believe This...

I have some nice land to sell in Okefenokee.... Have some fun at this web site. Photofunia It's free too. All you need is a decent head shot. I guess I should have been brooding in the bottom head shot - but I have a hard time with producing that look.

Use What You Have

Coastal Georgia uses shells in their walls and here at Rosie’s Café in the middle of nowhere in Arizona they use rocks. I think I like the variety of colors when using rocks vs shells.

Wow

Not the best light to take photos – I would have loved to have been here during sunset or sunrise but it was still breathtaking even in the dull mid day lighting.

Yes Snow

When you think of desert you think of HOT – not snow. But it is perfectly normal…. Carla and her husband had to have a photo to prove to a few back home in Brazil that snow is possible in the desert.