My last class for the summer was today – whew! It has been a whirlwind of classes… only grades left to assign and calculate. We’ve gotten some green beans out of the garden and the squash are doing some serious blooming. The blackberries are formed their nice little green orbs. The CSA boxes are started [...]
Bug loves to dress up… so when I saw a “princess” tea party advertised in Nana and Pappaw T.’s home town, I signed her up. Paducah has this thing called Paducah iList that is an email of all the happenings in Paducah each week. I wish we had one for Murfreesboro. Princess Bug went to [...]
Wednesday in Virginia was spent looking at the mountains. We traveled to the visitor center at the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia (Blue Ridge Mountains) and had lunch at the lodge (slow service, but ok). We then rode the bus up the mountain and walked up to the observation area with the whole [...]
The Bug and I will be taking off on Sunday to central Virginia to visit my sister’s family. We are driving and the maps/directions say we will have 8 hours in the car. Bug has always been a poor traveler, so I hope to make it in under 12 hours. Traveling these days makes me [...]
The blackberries are going gang-busters! Last year the late freeze left us with about 5-6 blackberries total. This year there are more on a single site than that. Look at this… A couple have a hint of blush – so it won’t be long! I bought some blackberries at the Nashville farmer’s market last [...]
We’ve been very busy this week – 5 “weeks” of a course jammed into 5 days of class. A whirlwind to say the least, but we’re surviving. I remind myself each year that I taught this course one time while 9 months pregnant with a sprained ankle (I can do ANYTHING!). Bug was born the [...]
The daffodils are blooming and some of the flowering cherries are, too! There is daylight to play in after we get home from work/school and grill in for dinner! I trimmed the blackberry thicket while the pork chops were on the grill. I also came home from spring break to find a wonderful surprise from [...]
Bug and I traveled to visit Nana and Pappaw S. for the beginning of this week. Sister and her boys are here from VA as well. The trip went well and Bug enjoyed her own decaf Frappacino, especially licking the whipped cream off the top. We visited the Ohio River today on the Maysville side. [...]
We traveled to Paducah to visit Nana and Pappaw T. Bug had fun, especially on Saturday. We rode in a horse-drawn carriage in downtown Paducah, saw the train, and Bug danced to some of the music they had on their Downtown Saturday Evening Festival-type thing. Although, today she was under the weather (read cranky, perhaps [...]
This week has seemed particularly long. I don’t know if it is because: I am recovering from last week’s vacation I am still not feeling well (sore throat, coughing, etc) the 4th of July holiday on Wednesday made one week seem like 2 “mini” weeks of 2 days each… Anyway, we spent the holiday at [...]
