{"id":14468,"date":"2021-05-26T21:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T01:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14468"},"modified":"2021-05-26T21:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T01:09:22","slug":"grandgirls-stone-mtn-water-wheel-azalea-end-of-school-party-5-26-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14468","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Stone Mtn Water Wheel! Azalea End of School Party! 5.26.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to the Banksy exhibit later this year.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-XkfLHtJ\/0\/96476851\/M\/IMG_9998-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spanish.  SI!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-Msnb27B\/0\/c730ae2e\/L\/IMG_9996-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-pGjDBhJ\/0\/7c2d80c2\/L\/IMG_0005-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-TKkTCXf\/0\/eed036d2\/L\/IMG_0018-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-BCHJCz9\/0\/68c101f2\/L\/IMG_0034-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Duh.  Right?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-Z8hCt8v\/0\/a6183b1b\/L\/IMG_9999-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Getting warmer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-vGMbnw2\/0\/ab1b21fc\/L\/IMG_0001-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up the girls.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-rBVd2p7\/0\/bf7efcc8\/L\/IMG_1301-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I played some tunes from Thriller to them.  They liked them.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-SFkNR3K\/0\/1d4d1c65\/L\/IMG_0002-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped by the grocery store to pick up some fruit and treats.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-f74KM6w\/0\/5f94da59\/M\/IMG_0003-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also got them Kinder eggs.  They had cool little cars in them.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-RBX2wzj\/0\/7c1faedd\/M\/IMG_0004-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been studying crows.  The more I learn, the cooler they seem.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-6WdzsFW\/0\/a5e00146\/L\/IMG_0006-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-nKvV3tM\/0\/c24f62f5\/L\/IMG_0007-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been studying their language.  For instance, to let his family know where he is and that there is a food source nearby, they usually will make four caw sounds and then stop.  After a few minutes, he&#8217;ll make the same pattern.  I&#8217;m doing my best to copy that.  <\/p>\n<p>Today. I had a crow watch me bring food out for them.  He stayed relatively close to me.  This has been a relationship building thing for years. They are super smart (comparative intelligence to monkeys) and very shy.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-BD6ZL5B\/0\/8ab2777a\/M\/IMG_1303-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned out the water bowls and bird baths.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-KBNkHp5\/0\/1a3f5e8a\/M\/IMG_1302-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then filled up the blue pool for the girls.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-3x2bbS4\/0\/42f6917d\/M\/IMG_0008-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-FfWHqqv\/0\/cdc242ee\/L\/IMG_0009_HEIC-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-2VQt8BK\/0\/8e7a14b1\/L\/64373494526__189477CE-FFED-40CA-BA26-034E71E80602-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-jG84Xwx\/0\/b473c5df\/L\/64373499672__F7997A35-1069-4728-97C4-593A04C3C8BC-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-k6kZ8bB\/0\/a5b204bb\/L\/64373526279__18D7B0BC-5901-4CD2-A487-7D18C4CEBF66-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-JW37MGZ\/0\/594452f9\/L\/64373529437__7ED60638-033C-4884-A7BD-C01B595332A3-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got the girls lollipops.  I didn&#8217;t really check out what kind Penelope got.  It turned out to be a really hot one made with chilis! We plan on giving it to Miles.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-xCmFMhD\/0\/c5f5ecae\/M\/IMG_0014-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-xffnCmz\/0\/a6fbdfae\/L\/64373671086__F97B9210-CAAE-4E93-84AC-2BCE2D0F65BC-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I taught the girls about a new thing I figured out, raw s&#8217;mores.  I don&#8217;t have to cook them, just eat that combo!  Yum.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-wvfWkKC\/0\/7afe0929\/M\/IMG_0019-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-K4X3TN8\/0\/073196d2\/L\/IMG_0021-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-7hnrWcR\/0\/3f9cec4c\/L\/IMG_0022-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-P3ZnRCd\/0\/77fa22b2\/L\/IMG_0023-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got a pizza and went to the water wheel park at Stone Mountain.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-Hjm2fhx\/0\/c2a361c5\/L\/IMG_0028-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-fRPtn6R\/0\/4c674b8d\/L\/64374528013__6E55864D-9964-436B-9CC9-16ED619F014E-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The water was pretty cold, but they had fun.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-HzhZpsz\/0\/247dce9b\/L\/IMG_0027-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-m2kfBgF\/0\/c75cff1e\/M\/IMG_0025-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A steady stream of kids came to play with the girls.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-hX5sZpr\/0\/3c8ae757\/L\/IMG_0029-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen azaleas this color. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-WLD8Zds\/0\/6022102f\/M\/IMG_1304-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After our swim, we went home and took a bath to get cleaned up. <\/p>\n<p>Then over to my office to check the mail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-J8wdpqN\/0\/aed990d9\/L\/IMG_1305-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had an end of school popsicle party for the kids at Azalea.  They had fun.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-tjC43z6\/0\/e3688f9e\/M\/IMG_1306-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-W3t29QS\/0\/bb436f1d\/L\/IMG_1309-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-zXFgKX8\/0\/08955802\/L\/IMG_1310-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-Tn92FdW\/0\/c7e66a19\/L\/IMG_1311-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-bFM3PQj\/0\/577195b6\/L\/IMG_1313-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-55kFNZ4\/0\/d5aae666\/L\/IMG_1314-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-TK587gH\/0\/9f77a4bd\/L\/IMG_1315-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-tKpQJWn\/0\/568c58c8\/L\/IMG_1318-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-PjcpnWJ\/0\/998040f9\/L\/IMG_1320-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I used my hose to fill up the blue pool. Later, I realized that there was a weak spot where a crimp used to be.  When I came back from Stone Mountain, it was spurting over the yard. Bummer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-M8zwmgm\/0\/f3210eee\/M\/IMG_1322-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-Fkt8Dzz\/0\/a88ed459\/M\/IMG_1321-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a life-long warranty on this.  I got a replacement for the original two years ago.  Seems like that must be about the life span.  It&#8217;s super heavy duty and 100 feet long. Hopefully, I can get a new one tomorrow.  I use that hose pretty much every day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-NXCmJ38\/0\/23644ec0\/M\/IMG_1323-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was SUPER hard to get this off the faucet.  I have no idea how it got so torqued down.  No way I would have done it like that.  It was like the two metals had bonded together.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Stone-Mtn-Water-Wheel-Azalea-End-of-School-52621\/i-HPxwNk6\/0\/e0dc2bec\/M\/IMG_1324-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to the Banksy exhibit later this year. Spanish. SI! Duh. Right? Getting warmer. Picked up the girls. I played some tunes from Thriller to them. They liked them. We stopped by the grocery store to pick up some fruit and treats. I also got them Kinder eggs. They had cool little [&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\/14468"}],"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=14468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14471,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14468\/revisions\/14471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}