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Go Braves

Tonight the Braves had their Home Opener, and the first game of their season, and it was a big win.  The Atlanta Braves defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-0, thanks to the stellar pitching and amazing defensive plays - and thanks to home runs by Albies, Baldwin, and then a two-run homer by Harris too.  And then piling on, Dubon got a fantastic two RBI double for insurance.  But our pitching was outstanding with Sales, our starter, and some solid relief pitching to close out the final innings.  Along the way there were some incredible catches by White, Acuna, Reilly and Olsen too - every player had an incredible night.  So we've been watching Spring Training games all this time, really getting into the games over the last month.  We watched so many of these, and the Braves actually had the best record of the MLB with Spring Training.  It may not ultimately mean anything or matter, but it's been said repeatedly - better to be winning than losing, right?  Anyway, Mom and I were having a great time watching the game tonight on BravesVision, which is already feeling like one of the best purchases we've made in a while - although the AT&T internet service is beyond sketchy where we live.  The drone footage from the game and the stadium and lighting and all the ceremony... it was a great night to be a Brave.

The day started out for us over at the chiropractor, and that was a pleasant visit as always.  I had my Braves jersey on, and Doc Williams also had his Braves Hawaiian shirt on as well, which was cool.  We got our adjustments, and then it was time for some lunch over at Maddie's choice for lunch, Texas Roadhouse.

This is pretty much all to do with the rolls they have there!  Maddie loves them, and I'm not going to tell you how many she ate this afternoon, but let's just say I ate one from the basket just so she didn't eat all of them!

The rest of the day was quiet.  I did some walking, and caught up on some rest:  last night we were up when a big bang and clatter woke us up at about 4am.  It was a raccoon climbing up on the canopy on the back deck, going after the suet feeder.  I'm not sure if he was leaping or climbing up on those narrow extensions, but it got pretty noisy.  I went out there, turned on the lights, and he scurried off.  From this point on, we'll obviously need to bring in that suet feeder!

Tonight we read from "Night Watch."  The soldiers are bravely facing long odds in our story, and Commander Vimes knows how this will end - not good.  We'll see how things progress, but this time-traveling story is drawing to an end, and it's been another good read. 

We said our prayers after this, and got some much-needed rest.  Tomorrow's another big day!

Daffodils and Covered Bridges

This afternoon we made a trip over to Gibbs Gardens, as Mom had purchased us a season pass to the place.  The weather was pleasant and Mom was feeling much better today.  We may have missed out on the peak weekend for the flowers, but there were still a good bit of daffodils there, as you can see above.  This location is only about 40 minutes away, so it's not too bad, and the weather was really nice today for a peaceful stroll through the gardens.  We didn't go that far really - just through the daffodil fields and then over to another area where we sat for a spell, just relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere there.  And yeah, I brought the camera along - here's the pictures:

On the way home I made a slight very small detour to a location that I just discovered on the map recently.  All this time, I had no idea there was a covered bridge over there in the area.  That said, we dropped by to see it!

It was actually somewhat of a sad story associated with this, all having to do with the Trail of Tears and a lot of greed and abuse.  The bridge itself was built many years after the events of a mill located here, so it isn't necessarily a symbol of anything.  But reading some of the signs here reminds you of the tragedies of the past here in this area.

I was at work for a the morning, and Maddie was at chapel today too - so it was a busy day.  In fact, when we got home, we had just enough time to get ready for taekwondo tonight.  Maddie was helping as an assistant instructor, and then of course she had her leadership class.  

Tonight we continued our Spider-thon with a viewing of "The Amazing Spider-man," which we first saw a long time ago, but more recently for a Spider-thon viewing at New Year's Eve.  We've still got at least four Spider-man movies to go, and that doesn't include "Civil War" or the Avengers movies.  Spider-man is everywhere, including a new movie of course, one we'll go see this summer.  

After the movie it was time for some sleep.  We went upstairs, read for a bit, said our prayers, and got some sleep after that.  Busy day today!