We having a wonderful time digging for fossils. The weather is just awesome. Karen is in her element.
Katie Beth got to play with friends and dig in dirt and water. What more could you want?
Float on Flint Creek with Alabama EcoAdventures
Karen had been trying to get Katie Beth on the list for North Alabama Land Trust‘s “Tuesdays On the Trail” event today. At the last minute, Karen got word that they had space. So, Katie Beth and I made a mad dash to get ready and drive to Decatur.
We had a fun time paddling Flint Creek. The weather was warm, but the trees provided a lot of shade. Katie Beth was tired by the halfway point of our trip. I enjoyed the workout that paddling provides especial given the limited amount of paddling by Katie Beth.
I would truly recommend checking the Tuesday’s On The Trail.
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A new era at our house
Katie Beth is now handling the lawn mowing. Hoot!
Wonderful Start to the Morning
This morning after making my coffee, I was greeted by a doe and her two fawns outside our cabin. She was leading them to the stream at our front door for some water.
Life is good in the mountains.
Raising an Engineer
You don’t set out to raise an engineer, but you soon learn that you are raising one. You notice your tape disappears into masterly planned projects. You find in-progress projects throughout your house. You wonder if you should stop the more crazy ideas or in courage them.
For her latest project, Katie Beth is designing and building a lift for her treehouse. She first started with a old chair’s seat bottom and attached a board to be a back. She drilled holes in the seat to attach a rope. She collected up all the exercise weights that she could find around the house. She searched around for a pail to hold the weights and proceeded to the treehouse to install her lift. After she learned the pails is too small and weak, she found an old decorative plant basket, which was up for the job of holding the counter weights.
It was wonderful watching the construction and testing of her idea, but best of all it is fun raising this wonderful daughter to be the best she can be.
What a day in Nashville!
We took our friend and his daughter to Nashville to catch a flight to see his other daughter’s child’s christening. After the airport drop-off, we headed to the Parthenon, Along the way, we stopped by a White Castle for Karen’s breakfast and her first White Castle experience.
After arriving at the Parthenon, Katie Beth was demanding that we moved to the center piece the the event, which was the Athena statue. It was impressive. The builders provided a rich history of how the building and statue came about to be. After seeing it and all of the other artwork in the Parthenon, we walked the beautiful grounds of the park. Hunger soon came upon us.
Next up was lunch, we headed to the Tailgate Beer’s Music Row. The pizza, beer, and outside seating was the winner for us. But for Katie Beth, Drew Lord’s mural and that he was working on it today was the winner. Katie Beth sat close to the mural and watched Drew work on it. After awhile, Drew approach Katie Beth and they chatted about art and drawing. He asked Katie Beth if she would like to help him with the mural. Drew Lord, being a parent, said check with her parents. Katie Beth quickly ran to us and to confirm that it was okay.
Drew asked Katie Beth to color in some details in a section of the mural. Katie Beth was intent with her work and focused. It was fun for Karen and I to watch Katie Beth painting maybe even more fun for us watching than her painting.
After Katie Beth finished the section, Drew had her sign her work, which was a very sweet thing to do. Drew, thanks for the cool opportunity.
What a day it has been! We look forward to returning to Nashville, soon.
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