Knoxville Nook

Down a city street, tucked in between all the houses, a pretty little wooden gate invites you to come into the private, secluded, harmony of my daughter's backyard. If you walk along the sidewalk and see a yellow country cottage with a narrow side yard newly covered with mulch and your heart wants to travel towards the vine arch that protects those who enter, then, my friend, you will know you are at a special place. My daughter wants to name this special place Daffodil Cottage, but alas she is moving. Leaving behind this special place that she turned into a little cozy spot for her husband and herself. They are putting their special place up for sale this Tuesday, packing their bags, and moving to Huntsville, Alabama. It is closer to me, but I know she will miss her nice big kitchen along with the rest of this house.

Caves, Coves, and Calm

This Monday morning, I do not feel like moving much. Saturday, my husband and I went caving with four other people. Since I am not in as good of shape as I use to be, the cave was very strenuous for me. Yesterday was a very slow half recovery and today, I feel like a car with flat tires trudging along with my rims burning. It was good for me but this slow moving is something I am not use to.

My neighbors called last night and I committed to ride bikes with them this morning. It will be good for me to take my body off of my mind or my mind off of my body. Whatever way you want to put it I am moving in slow motion with soreness everywhere.

On the bike ride this morning, I will take my camera. That way, if I want to wait on them after a few miles, I can take pictures. The scenery is beautiful.

The place we went caving was in McLemore Cove. It is absolutely beautiful.

This picture was taken during my morning bike ride. Black and White OR color???

Let me try to post for a third time now!

Sleepy

It's that time of day again. My motor slows to a snail's pace, my eyes droop to my cheeks, and the couch is very lonely. After a couple of weeks of getting up early, last night was the first night that I crawled myself into bed at nine and went to sleep. I usually struggle to get my mind to shut off.

Today, I had company to come pick blueberries, swim in the pool, walk with me up to the spring, and eat grilled cheese sandwiches.

Now, I am waiting on my mail. Hopefully my pictures will be here today. I think I will set the timer for 30 minutes and take myself a nap.

Cookies and Friends

A special little girl and her grandmother brought me a small plate of cookies. They were delicious. I knew they would be gone fast so I hurried to get a picture.

She was very sweet to think of me. Children have a way of giving of their special treasures whether it is a special stick that they found in the woods, a bundle of spanish moss that they found in the sand, or baked goodies that they watch to perfection as the oven does its work.

ThAnK yOu! for making my day sweet!

Bikes and Blueberries

While I was on my bike ride, I was bitten by one of those aweful little sweat bees. It really is no big deal except the location was inside my mouth on the edge of my bottom lip. Regardless of how it managed to get there, it really hurt. It happened about 1 1/2 hours ago and most of the pain is all gone. The sweetness of the morning blueberries that I put on my breakfast cereal helps to distract me to the wonderful side of life.