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It's in a beautiful park setting in Atlanta
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Sculptures add to the park
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Carter campaign trivia
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Its an impressive and well-organized facility
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Carter gets a lot of mileage from that famous smile
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A remarkable portrait made up of many symbols of the Carter presidency
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For example, a hand of tractor-trailers, symbolizing increasing trade with Mexico
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He was obviously well-liked by the people he worked with
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A display of photos of the everyday life of Chinese common people was fascinating
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Carter's Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in 2002
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Carter got this Grammy in 2006 for the best spoken word album - a reading of one of his books
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Supposed to look like you're in the oval office. Doesn't.
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Back into tranquility as we leave the library
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Less tranquil - a tree trimming in the RV park. There's a big saw blade on the end of that boom
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Wonder if many of these have been built?
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One of those great Florida sunsets . . .
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Grand-nephew Nolan had a woodworking project for school. Mom Lauren supervises
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Close work with a bandsaw
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Granddad Denny got involved with some of the finer work (don't tell the teacher!)
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Meanwhile, Jan gets ready for the invasion of family . . .
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Sunrise behind Mt Rainier
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Never get tired of that view
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Judy's cousin Sara and Jerry Barton came visiting, and shared some pictures with Jan
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Come sunset, the mountain changes colors . .
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Jan & Denny show some of the pictures from last summer's boat trip to Alaska
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Even Maisy the dog seems interested
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We watch the slideshow. Max watches the dog
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From the slideshow - Jan had never beheaded a prawn before!
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Also from the slideshow -Jan models her "Gumby" survival suit.
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It's rare to see Max in the same picture with any other 4-legged animal
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Max is more used to being the center of attention
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Jan surveys part of the crop of Mother's Rolls
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Ever the hunter . . .
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Ira and Anna came early to visit
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Morning fog lends an other-worldly look
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That's grand-niece Audra.
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She's very flexible
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Seriously flexible
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Pre-Thanksgivng dinner, time for relaxing for some
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Turkey's out, so the kitchen gets lots of attention
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That's a lot of bird
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Denny's the primary carver
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Diane's daughter Lisa assembles libations
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There were about two dozen at the table (we're way at the end on the left side)
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Not sure who started this, but Audra's the oldest, so . . .
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Lauren didn't make it work
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Joanna did
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And Heidi did it with wine . .
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That's Diane with Heidi, Diane's daughter Lisa, and Lauren
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Ira and Anna need to head out early -
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Everybody seemed to enjoy Jan & Denny's Alaska slideshow
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We had some visitors after dinner . . .
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There were two of these youngsters on the deck
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It was an extra treat . .
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Dylan took this the day after Thanksgiving - not sure where - but it sure is nice.
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On Saturday, Lauren celebrated her birthday. Twin Lisa was in Connecticut, also having a birthday
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Declan and Nolan were sort of proud of their wrapping job
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And Lauren was happy with her wished-for new boots!
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Sisters - Jo, Judy and Jan
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Surprised? Terrified? You guess . .
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The birthday party assembled outdoors in the cold for some group wackyness. We end here . . .