{"id":13361,"date":"2020-07-26T11:03:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T15:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2020-07-26T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T15:52:08","slug":"neowise-grandgirls-stone-mountain-train-dinosaurs-storms-7-24-25-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13361","title":{"rendered":"Neowise! Grandgirls! Stone Mountain Train &#038; Dinosaurs! Storms! 7.24-25.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday night, I went out to the country to see the Neowise comet. It was a beautiful evening and I enjoyed spotting it. I couldn&#8217;t take a picture of it. Which for me almost makes the spotting not count!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-jCpss3N\/0\/42b7fd59\/M\/2020072422270293-2309510718976938129-IMG_7886-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-hF44mtc\/0\/86b2537b\/M\/2020072422270293-802111211252960130-IMG_7889-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nListened to radio from Madrid on my ride out to Loganville.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-fkNbkZ2\/0\/f4cee207\/M\/2020072422270293--8981726353252118585-IMG_9118-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Studied Spanish and did my brain training the last two days. This fifth level is way harder than the other four.  I like the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-rmn6kVV\/0\/8150f7fa\/M\/2020072422293844--5652124735493947716-IMG_9200-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-6hsxPtb\/0\/c3517d58\/M\/2020072422295672-494923022418675239-IMG_9201-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-xBvXPTD\/0\/fbc5f8b3\/M\/2020072422295672-8434963178278611696-IMG_9202-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-F2qDjTK\/0\/d26c2401\/M\/2020072422295672-8302492865391807381-IMG_9203-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-sdNbD9L\/0\/d3e86bf3\/M\/2020072611145851-8415810649481693354-IMG_9222-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-H65WGM5\/0\/181705e8\/M\/2020072611145851--8847216934723059878-IMG_9223-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-D6skS9F\/0\/e8c7bf23\/M\/2020072611145851-3589211819871061786-IMG_9224-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-rpPHfgx\/0\/3ed09df7\/M\/2020072611145851-6757170076010270931-IMG_9225-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday morning,the grand girls and I did our studying and then went to Stone Mountain to ride the train. We had a great time with that! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-jSTxxKR\/0\/96597dab\/M\/2020072422270293-2660576091975017354-IMG_7890-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-g7hxZf5\/0\/35212117\/M\/2020072422270293--8354949176009795169-IMG_9124_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-9KhSQc9\/0\/9726979b\/M\/2020072422270293--428092911811173359-IMG_9136_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-LFWK2Bs\/0\/cf572481\/M\/2020072422270293-8070318174815874053-IMG_9142_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-H6pr4tV\/0\/10366358\/M\/2020072422281774--6565353594512949720-IMG_7891-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-HxfQN8n\/0\/a6a72c9c\/M\/2020072422281774--3494191853384877111-IMG_9147_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-FfwnkVk\/0\/e1933618\/M\/2020072422281774-6825943813517392513-IMG_9150_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then finished our Safari with an exploration of the dinosaur exhibit. It was outside in a natural environment and was one of the best things I\u2019ve ever seen in that genre. They looked extraordinarily real, they moved, and the sound effects really topped off the experience.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-hzLbz39\/0\/4cb438e8\/M\/2020072422281774-8752553355245619096-IMG_9151_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-NWkCrNk\/0\/5bbbe3d3\/M\/2020072422281774-1272773281038922986-IMG_9152_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-dR2h2jD\/0\/b448a524\/M\/2020072422281774-6237801513289734640-IMG_9154_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-LqLDJcs\/0\/7588d219\/M\/2020072422285148--6067832012380444642-IMG_9161_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-ZprJDRF\/0\/b4dc1de3\/M\/2020072422285148-4379393852735034481-IMG_9162_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-BDKZzsK\/0\/b69e49dd\/M\/2020072422285148-6352401986575159419-IMG_9163_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-fxSGfWK\/0\/5bfc5f70\/M\/2020072422285148--5850312070679537074-IMG_9166_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-PRPwRRb\/0\/6def4fad\/M\/2020072422285148--1788724438506927405-IMG_9167_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-3pjP8zc\/0\/d7c6eb15\/M\/2020072422285148--1992660843104575513-IMG_9169_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-DT5gSw9\/0\/3d389358\/M\/2020072422285148--7774251754827620939-IMG_9173_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a little bit scary  for Penelope. I think Everly would\u2019ve climbed on them if I would\u2019ve let her!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-NpDgTpq\/0\/68d32292\/M\/2020072422285148-8268917755414519133-IMG_9175_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-vFgXhKj\/0\/bededd4b\/M\/2020072422285148--6225595710957249853-IMG_9177_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-kLbg9NN\/0\/b83739f3\/M\/2020072422285148--2896759547600068186-IMG_9170_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They liked the learning games.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-RwfNhv6\/0\/42f3d600\/M\/2020072422293844--5462560402184305051-IMG_9179_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-FVvc47q\/0\/0552234a\/M\/2020072422293844--8311399808885136752-IMG_9180_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-7Rmw8xg\/0\/3a5bd3a3\/M\/2020072422293844--6817594662871038996-IMG_9182_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-N67fBPW\/0\/4d491d45\/M\/2020072422293844-2628546768896108154-IMG_9186_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-dJ9D6NL\/0\/91e85102\/M\/2020072422293844-5729475979528217578-IMG_9193_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love these girlies!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-9h7hfC7\/0\/46c703a2\/M\/2020072422293844--4116493534409250806-IMG_9191_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rode my bike 15.18 miles Friday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-zkp22vt\/0\/edc2cb24\/M\/2020072422293844--7136250388469799146-IMG_9196-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found a $10 bill on the side of the road. That\u2019s always good!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-Cfm8FNZ\/0\/c3ea6953\/M\/2020072422293844--2876766061093189817-IMG_9195_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beauty!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-2GDxGRS\/0\/3aa4c12f\/M\/2020072422293844-5539041107796915716-IMG_7897-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-KTs3GHb\/0\/8551e8cf\/M\/2020072422293844-866933929678964821-IMG_7898-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got the new bells in for our little school. I&#8217;m waiting to open them until the girls get here.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Train--Dinosaurs--7\/i-M9LKb9W\/0\/0b226bbe\/M\/2020072422293844--1261416945802511097-61733097988__A7C08CCA-8C99-478E-B5FF-482FB5905A03-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday was very rainy. Powerful thunderstorms.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-RFRfQWz\/0\/50df7191\/M\/2020072611145851--7981243294754845844-IMG_9229-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-7B2BkZ8\/0\/636c0b9e\/M\/2020072611145851--4977108355350203187-IMG_9230-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-pnvcZhx\/0\/8aca934a\/M\/2020072611145851-1066072930149246623-IMG_9231_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is called advection fog.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-m8zWv4w\/0\/0bf8b813\/M\/2020072611145851--2148232737433137710-IMG_7900-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got the groceries. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-nMCq3gW\/0\/61e5d052\/M\/2020072611145851-8466506764124678895-IMG_9237-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-zQ9h8g4\/0\/93018684\/M\/2020072611145851--8715553993999863432-IMG_9238-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-43LMwPf\/0\/15dc02d0\/M\/2020072611145851-4366942049050333535-IMG_7901-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wrote my newsletter. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-d5SLCfr\/0\/84267093\/M\/2020072611145851-3193290634154903732-IMG_9235-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I still need to lay it out with pictures and print it. That will be a Sunday job. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed talking to my mom for over an hour and a half on Saturday. She\u2019s always a blessing to me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Thunderstorms--Groceries--7-25-2\/i-2TWBGrz\/0\/95748436\/M\/2020072611145851--8568555405670042197-IMG_9239-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim A. Cummins<br \/>\n770-490-1668<br \/>\nWhirlwindmissions.org<br \/>\nWhirlwindtim@Gmail.com<br \/>\nTimacummins@ Twitter &#038; Facebook<br \/>\nVerbalSurgery.com. Podcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday night, I went out to the country to see the Neowise comet. It was a beautiful evening and I enjoyed spotting it. I couldn&#8217;t take a picture of it. Which for me almost makes the spotting not count! Listened to radio from Madrid on my ride out to Loganville. Studied Spanish and did my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13361"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13365,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions\/13365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}