there are talks of closing the candler park golf course, which is the historical nine-hole public course a mile and a half from our house. it’s nice having an inexpensive ($10 for adults & free for kids), laid back (no collars required) option for playing golf, it would be a shame to see it close. here is a petition where you can show your support.

– ryan

candler park golf course

585 candler park drive ne
atlanta, ga 30307
404-371-1260

the fernbank museum of natural history is only two miles from our house, so we try to take clementine any free chance we have. she loves the nature quest area, even though she’s still a little young for a lot of the fun. often she just sits and watches all of the big kids running around doing their thing, which is cute. as you can see, she is also pretty close to being a full time walker these days!

check out our post with clementine enjoying the tabby blocks at the nature quest!

– ryan & gub

fernbank museum of natural history

767 clifton rd ne
atlanta, ga 30307
404-929-6300

today is the once in a hundred year astronomical event called the transit of venus, which won’t happen again until december 2117. to celebrate, the fernbank science center is hosting a a planetarium program, live viewing from the observatory, as well as a live feed nasa of the event from hawaii this evening. sounds fun!

– ryan & gub

update….here is a video of the event:

i heard on npr this morning that it was tony peña’s birthday. he was my brother and i’s favorite baseball player growing up. he wasn’t a big superstar by any means, but he was our guy. we were totally obsessed and had to have all of his baseball cards. it all sprung from my brother having a catchers glove with his signature. it didn’t matter that all gloves came with a players signature on them, my brother’s had tony’s and he was also a catcher, so we were hooked.

eventually my brother and i were able to meet tony at an exhibition game between the cardinals and the orioles in baltimore. after the game we tracked down the cardinals bus where the players were loading. unfortunately, we were told tony was already on the bus. when he heard there were two little boys outside wanting to meet him though, he graciously came out and met us and signed our balls. it was amazing!

in the long run it worked out having a favorite baseball player that wasn’t the biggest star. he was humble enough to still come off a bus to meet a couple of obsessed kids and his baseball cards weren’t the most expensive to collect!

by the way, how amazing was the 1987 topps baseball card design? i think that’s where my woodgrain obsession began! it was also a perfect year to be a tony peña fan. he was traded from the pirates to the cardinals, so he had two cards that year!

– ryan

richard dawson passed away yesterday. he was the last surviving regular from the match game, which we are big fans of. both charles nelson reilly and brett somers died in 2007 and host gene rayburn died in 1999. you may also remember dawson from family feud or hogan’s heroes.

– ryan

i was messing around with qr codes. they take on a warhol feel when you place a bunch together!

– ryan

check out clementine’s super cute school photo!

– ryan & gub