Leaf Peeping

Our friends Jan and Jerry picked us up this morning and took us leaf peeping.  What a day, the weather was perfect and the views were even better!  Our first stop was Hall Top lookout tower on Stone Mountain.

We are standing at the base of this...   the old lookout tower.

This is the date in the cement base, 6/20/34... Did I mention old... Eeeeek!

So off we went to the top, yes, we climbed to the top...

Have I mention that I'm afraid of heights?

I mean shaking, death grip, breathing funny, afraid of heights...

But I'm so glad I did!

The views were amazing!

Ok, on to the next stop...  The roads up to these two spots were so washed out they were almost impassable.

 

This is Rocky Top, not the famous Rocky Top, Tennessee, but our very own right here in our own backyard.

Amazing!

Have I mentioned this is my favorite time of year???  Look at that color!

Stu's Big Adventure And My Leaf Peeping...

A couple of days ago, our friend Jerry took Stu out for a horseback ride.  I skipped out on this adventure, not being a horse person...

I wish I could tell you where they went, but neither one of us remember...

Jerry with his horse Thunder.

I love this picture, someone obviously spent some time here to gather and stack those rocks.

Stu sure did a great job with the pictures!

This is Stu's horse Jay.

It was such a beautiful sunny day, I took a drive on the Foothills Parkway, which is literally just down the road from us, as a matter of fact you can see our neighbors house from it.

Sometimes I forget that there are lots of people that save for a long time to vacation here for a week or just a few days... and this is my backyard.

He's Baaaaack, And More....

Our neighborhood bear was back last night.  About midnight last night I heard something on our courtyard, sure enough, there he was checking out the grill.  When we got up this morning, this is what we found...  He trampled one of my favorite plants and used my watering can as a chew toy.

And then there's this!  Stu finished my walk-in closet!  Wooo Hooo! 

He still has a few trim pieces to put up, but I'm so happy I can't stand it!

Today he's working on the Acorn, or the Nut as we're calling it, so stay tuned for pictures...

Weekend Update...

Tis the season!  We have had several bear sighting in the neighborhood the past couple of weeks, but this is the first one we've had (that we've seen) down at the house.

We think this is a Papa bear since he is by himself.

Stu has seen two others we think are Mama's one has two cubs and the other has three.  Let's hope they can make it through hunting season...

Bye-bye for now!

So, I guess he had such a good time yesterday, he came back for breakfast... 

He's munching on a bunch of acorns I had collected the other day.

Oh yeah, and we are dog sitting...well it's not really a dog.

This is Habanero, he (if you couldn't guess) is a Chihuahua puppy.

Lunch Anyone? ?