our weeping cherry tree had some beautiful blooms this year! it’s in the same family as a cherry blossom tree, only the limbs hang down like a weeping willow.

– ryan & gub

it’s been a long time since i headed to athens on a work night for a concert, but the reunion of godspeed you! black emperor was hard to pass up. i’m definitely glad i made the trek too, the show was epic! godspeed played for well over two hours and covered all of the hits i was hoping to hear. getting to see both songs from the slow riot for new zerø kanada ep was a huge highlight! that came out after i saw them play the last time, which was 1998, so i was thrilled to see the entire ep live. plus they sounded amazing at the 40 watt!!! my ears were ringing even with earplugs.

godspeed used a bunch of old film projectors during their show to play looping videos on a backdrop. the guy in charge kept various film strips thrown over his shoulder that he switched out on the projectors. the layered films went well with the music and added to the whole experience.

i’m glad i made the drive to athens for this amazing concert! i have great memories of seeing godspeed you! black emperor, but they definitely exceeded my high expectations.

– ryan

our cherry blossom tree has been blooming!

– ryan & gub

the sky looked great today on my morning commute.

– ryan

we assembled the crib, bought a mattress, and found a fun curtain panel to go over the closet door. next on the list: 1. make the new roman shade out of this fun fabric we found at whipstitch, 2. find a new home for the sectional sofa, 3. select a paint color & paint…

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1, week 2 and week 3 nursery posts!

a nice foggy sunrise over the creek.

– ryan

a recent photo…

– ryan

happy st. patrick’s day!

– ryan & gub

here is my 2011 march madness bracket. i’ve got ohio state going all the way, although i don’t know much about the teams this year. in fact, tonight is the first college basketball game i’ve watched all season. to say the least, there was lots of guessing on my bracket. i did go two for two last night though.

let’s get ready to rumble!

– ryan

ps…anyone else think first four is a lame name for the play-in games this year? and when did the play-in games become the first round?

we have a fun collection of paper food packaging from various fairs and diners. check out this amazing corn dog wrapper! we love the font made out of pieces of wood. i think it came from corndogorama, the annual music and corn dog festival in east atlanta.

– ryan