tennbeekeeper wrote:Good afternoon, Rain!

Good afternoon tennbeekeeper. Nice to talk to you. I have to go. Bye,

Raining wrote:Good afternoon tennbeekeeper. Nice to talk to you. I have to go. Bye,

Bye, Raining! It is good to see you. I'll have to go soon when baby bee wakes up.

tennbeekeeper wrote:No1, it doesn't matter. People like you. They talk to you. They might even like poking fun and bantering with you!

dontwantaname wrote://smack

You are a true pia!

Raining wrote:I never mutter anything when I see your posts. I think this is such a nice guy. Always nice to me. You are very special no1.

Thank you all for your kind comments, they are appreciated.

dontwantaname wrote:Then there are the names, like mine, that people ignore

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pooflady wrote:There's another name that KT and I pronounce differently, but I can't remember how she says it. Maybe Tall will remember. I say Zee a.

For those who are keeping score, I pronounce my name as Zee-uh. Long "e" sound with a "schwa". If you don't have a schwa on your keyboard, just type an "e" and turn the monitor upside down!

I kept myself busy today 4/21:

shake it up!

Two groups of lyrics went through my head today:

"I guess I shoulda closed my eyes
When u drove me 2 the place
Where your horses run free

cuz I felt a little ill
When I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me

Believe it or not
I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class."

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"Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup, drink it up,
Love her and she'll bring you luck. "

"“Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world”"
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

dontwantaname wrote:Did you try the swing????

yes...of course

pooflady wrote:let us know when you're coming.

The wedding is sometime in July, I think somewhere btwn the 14th and 20th

I like the river one.

dontwantaname wrote:Hi fen!
That is not a river. It is a stream, or really a creek or brook.

That is what I meant.

dontwantaname wrote:Good!
Having a good week?

Yes, I can't believe it is over on Saturday, though...

I've done a lot of driving & packing/unpacking. It is good to stay in one place for two nights finally.

Today was such a great day...in comparison to this day last year. It was perfect weather today. The scenery was gorgeous. The grass smelled great. Everything seemed as if it were in bloom. I was by myself & felt comfortable and happy.

I enjoyed taking photos (even if just casually - not focusing on composition, etc...) & thought how lucky I am to have the talents that I do. I actually felt sorry for my husband & his gf for a very brief moment. They will likely never have that artistic spirit/connection/calling & their life will always be ruled by the rational.

Tomorrow, I have an appointment in the morning and then I will go to the Barea Flea Market that I missed today, plus some other antique markets.

Then I am off to Frankin & Monteagle, TN to meet TennBee, which should be fun!

killingtime wrote:...always be ruled by the rational...

Rational is not a word I would use to describe your husband.

dontwantaname wrote:You can feel bad for the gf. He will eventually leave her with a child to raise by herself.

I don't feel bad for her at all. She can handle raising a kid on her own, all she needs from my husband is child support...and she gets some already for the 2 kids she had with another man, I imagine. So, she technically could live high off the hog by just continually popping out babies...legalized prostitution in essence.

FenStar wrote:Rational is not a word I would use to describe your husband.

Heh. Thanks, Fen. And thanks for pushing me to take this trip...I needed to be away from home this week. It's too bad that TennBee & I will be so close to your area and you can't meet up...

dontwantaname wrote:What????

Why???

Fen, why are you hiding from KT????

He's afraid of me...which is hilarious...since everyone I have met (so far) has come back alive & well.

Great pics, kt! I especially like the door handles. Glad you had a good day. Have fun with tennbee!

I'm with Fen, my favorite is the stream! I would love to live on some land with a stream like that.

tennbeekeeper wrote:I'm with Fen, my favorite is the stream! I would love to live on some land with a stream like that.

This is the one that struck me...

killingtime wrote:I actually felt sorry for my husband & his gf for a very brief moment. ... their life will always be ruled by the rational.

*snif* my life is ruled by the rational, Ms. Time.

tennbeekeeper wrote:I'm with Fen, my favorite is the stream! I would love to live on some land with a stream like that.

I'd have enjoyed the shaker stuff. really cool.

killingtime wrote:He's afraid of me...which is hilarious...since everyone I have met (so far) has come back alive & well.

Where are you going to be and when? Unless you are within like 2 hrs of me then I don't think I will be able to see you. You could stop by if you wanted to...

FenStar wrote:The wedding is sometime in July, I think somewhere btwn the 14th and 20th

Would you be busy around then?

FenStar wrote:Where are you going to be and when? Unless you are within like 2 hrs of me then I don't think I will be able to see you. You could stop by if you wanted to...

3 hours...Monteagle, TN.

killingtime wrote:3 hours...Monteagle, TN.

It will cost me about $50, not to mention that I hate driving, and no offense to tennbee, I hate TN as well. Besides, once you add 2 hours for school, that would be 8 hours and I would hardly have any time to spend there, like 30 seconds at most.

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FenStar wrote:It will cost me about $50, not to mention that I hate driving, and no offense to tennbee, I hate TN as well. Besides, once you add 2 hours for school, that would be 8 hours and I would hardly have any time to spend there, like 30 seconds at most.

I completely understand, fen...especially since gas prices just rose yet again & you are a student.

Had I had more time, I would have driven the extra 3 hours to meet with you, but as is, I have to drive back 4 hours from TN to KY to get my plane.

Perhaps there will be another time. You'll definitely like Poof when you meet her...

I picked up TennBee at the TN airport. We stopped at a Sonic on the way to her folks' house. My first trip to a Sonic ever. I met her family, her sister and their dog, an Akita (sorry TennBee, I forgot which breed)? The dog was profusely shedding. When she mentioned this, I figured how much can a dog really shed? I think it is molting for real...

We drove around looking at the area where she grew up, where her family lived & the general look of real estate that was available in the area, etc...

TennBee's Mom & Dad took us to a real Southern Soul Food restaurant. It was surprisingly good, though I didn't understand what they were ordering per se. I had BBQ pulled pork or beef (not sure), mac & cheese & warm apple slices...and this thing called water corn bread or something like that. I tried some of Tenn's collard greens. I am not sure what her mother was eating other than lima beans and apples, maybe okra?

I was given the option to stay at her folks' home, but chose to move on to my hotel since it was pre-paid. I am glad I did. It is kind of neat in here...no offense, TennBee! You should have come here!

So...just quick shots from today, sorry, nothing artful.

I was leaving Kentucky and saw this in the window of a shop. I've never seen anything quite like it. I call it "child abuse."



The hotel room:


















Tomorrow, Monteagle...