Ducks in NC  March 2011  

A new family member

So a friend and I had lunch at the Loveless Cafe here in Nashville a few days ago and during our hr and half wait we wandered the shops and I spotted this little fellow and decided that even though I am supposed to be on a duck hiatus that I simply had to have him.







I took him to the Natchez trace Parkway for a fall tour of the area and we stopped for pictures at the bridge.

he glows in the dark but has other tricks too, one day i'll show ya!

Grandpa's Peonies

Grandpa always had a garden. Grandpa planted vegetables, but also flowers. He planted the flowers for Grandma. The peonies grew and grandpa kept them up even after grandma passed away. I love the fact that they remind me of him so much, grandpa grew them and grandma loved them.





The duck was just an idea grandma would have found this little blog of mine amusing. I found out this past week that I am in good company in my picture taking obsession. Grandpa took tons of pictures in high school of his friends, family and even pictures at his work. Grandma took 8mm film that I hope my Uncle will get transferred to dvd and someday I will get to see it.

How to Spend a Birthday

I realise this is very late to be my birthday blog, but I am very late on a lot of things these days so here we go.

I like my birthday, it is a big deal to me. Don't really have a direct correlation as to the how's and why's, but I like to be with my friends on my bday. This year was one of those things where I would claim a do over if I could. I took it foregranted that people would 'just be around' and really didn't plan anything. I like quiet birthdays with a loud dinner with friends. I got the semi-quiet birthday. My car needed a catalytic converter and so Dax mostly (I asked lots of questions) put on the first half of my catalytic converter. I had planned to read and watch movies on my swing, but for some reason I was more fascinated with the car. I did read some, no school work, just me and Jane and Shakespeare.

So here are the pictures from that day...

the future graduate looking out over the city
ah..the wide wide world

sitting in detroit waiting for an O2 sensor to be changed

discussing the weekend before we leave Nashville

Preparing for flight

some of the better moments of the year

at the Ryman this poster hangs and it is as close to Coldplay as I will ever get.

at the Ryman



the best for last. The Wardrobe that inspired the Book.

here's to traveling in 2009 with a duck or two...

The Ryman