Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jog!

Hi friends. Back from Nashville TN - a quick weekend trip but a long journey. From my house a good 10 hrs up there and 10 hrs back. We dawdled a bit on the way back, stopped for coffee, stopped to potty, stopped at Cracker Barrel in Little Rock, stopped at the farm, stopped to check on Tony's mom at her memory care facility - it took us about 11 hrs and we dragged our tired rear ends in about 9 p.m. this evening.

Here's Adam and Tony walking back up the alley behind Adam's apartment. I love Nashville. Adam lives on Music Row. Most all of the old homes from eras gone by have been converted into quaint little offices or apartments.  He works, lives, and does everything right there. His studio and music writing activities are right there.  I love the old house he is living in. Instead of staying at a hotel, he let us stay there with him.  We had a good time and enjoyed spending time with him just hanging out. He's supposed to send me a picture I took of him and his Texas birthday cake that is on his I-phone.

I saw this picturesque farm driving around. Tennessee is SO beautiful. Lots of little farms (and big ones, too), beautiful country with rivers and mountains and the trees were just beginning to turn color a little.

We spent the day just driving around the countryside, taking in some of the smaller towns around Nashville. My folks used to live in Dickson which is just a bit west.  It's a neat little town full of nicer than nice people. My parents lived there about 10 years ago for about 5 years before moving back to Texas. They loved it. They would be living there still if it weren't for their grandkids being here - both mine and my sister's kids.

We drove over to Franklin, too, and I decided then and there that if I couldn't live in Texas, Franklin is where I'd wanna be. A quiet homey town with a square and lotsa churches, schools, families and outside of the hustle and bustle of Nashville.  It was so friendly and neat as a pin and clean.  There was also a Civil War Battleground there as well as a cemetary.  My guys were not in the picture taking mood, but sat in the truck as I went running up and down the road snapping off a few pics.

Right behind the cemetary there was a farmers market sort of place that was all decked out in its fall finery. They had all things autumn and it was so colorful.  The guys were rushing me so I did not go in, but took a few shots from the street.

They had all kinds of veggies, pumpkins, gourds, tomatoes, etc. I would love to have lingered a bit, but NOOO.  And of course, as I headed back the car, Adam honked the truck horn right when I walked in front of the truck and scared the pee-diddle out of me. Even tho I KNEW he would do it, I still jumped!

Do not adjust your computer - your eyes are not deceiving you.  This is how most of my photos turned out whilst riding down the road.  I saw some of the most beautiful colors - all kinds of farmland, golden fields of grains, cotton, ready to harvest, some already harvested, grain silos, barns, farms, cotton gins running kicking up a dust - such wonderful photos ops. Would they stop?  NOOOOOO.  Soooo..... I did good to get the photos that I got.  Story of my life.

We ate and ate of course - why is it that all social activities and family activities seem to revolve around food? I don't know but they do.  So we indulged in that particular activity freely.  I'm full and tired and happy to have seen my oldest and now I'm ready to go to bed.  I missed you all - leave me a comment and let me know if you missed me, too!

Keep ur dress down!