Cows in the pasture
(Sorry, I love Johnny Horton songs.)
8:40am 4/10/2012 86078mi
Spring is upon us and we have decided to travel up to Rhode Island for a week or so Continue reading
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As we traveled from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island last Wednesday, we found ourselves with a bit of time to kill so we did some sight-seeing.
The sign here is located in a popular travel destination and might be a sort of local stimulus plan.
Where do you think it is?
(Blog posts of our trip will be made after our return – some dolt forgot one of the USB cables.)
Knitter at work
Starting off April right, Mary and I took a nice little sail down the lake for several miles then back up to Tanasi for lunch.
It was kind of a shakedown cruise for 2012 and things went remarkably well – no blood, no inadvertent swimming and no broken boat parts – that always counts as a successful trip. Continue reading
Sweetwater, Tennessee boasts a few thousand residents, a sock outlet, and (for the last three years) a Dancing With the Stars type competition that is every bit as fierce as the TV version.
Once upon a time, in the early 1970’s I decided to build a sailboat “Someday”. Continue reading
Pink Dogwood
The past few days have produced a remarkable transformation in East Tennessee.
The winter was so mild here that have been seeing signs of a very early Spring as the grass started growing and the leaves began to swell and burst into view. Continue reading
Sofa & Chair
We have been searching for Mary’s perfect great room furniture ever since we moved into our round house in 2009. Continue reading
I jam at Bradbury Community Center on Tuesdays but one Saturday a month is stage show night. Various bands or loose accumulations of players perform for 1/2 hour each. We get everything from professional sounding groups to folks just having fun and everything in between. Continue reading
Mary at the home show
OK, Knoxville isn’t exactly a “Big” city but compared to Loudon, it is enormous. The annual Dogwood Festival Home Show took place at the Knoxville Convention Center and provided us with a reasonable excuse to venture into Knoxville for the day.
As usual, the home show was a mix of “Infomercials”, useful information and displays. All of it fun to browse and several that required a more detailed look. We resisted the temptation to purchase the newest kitchen gadgets and to order a $50,000 patio upgrade – maybe next year.
We headed out to the yacht club for a short afternoon sail but found VERY gusty winds 15-25kts. Too high for our small boat and our lack of practice.
We ended up working a bit on the galley cabinet pattern.