A Weekend in Nashville (or thereabouts)

Hello friends!
Gee, it seems like forever ago since since I have read your blogs!
It's only takes a few days out of town for me to feel totally out of touch with my normal routine!
I know I missed a lot of good stuff and will do my best to catch up.
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Yesterday, my baby boy turned thirty-two!

Man...do you know how old that makes me feel??

We just returned from having a great visit with his family in Nashville to celebrate.

The older grand boys went with us and it was a blessing to have them all together!

Despite the age differences, they still love spending time with their cousins!
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I always have these grand ideas of taking lots and lots of photos of them all together.

As usual, we get busy having fun and before I know it, our time together draws to an end.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get very few pics where they were all together.

This is my oldest grand boy, Dacey as we rummaged through a great antique barn.

They had some lovely things, including many vintage linens...I wanted them all!
 

Olivia pretended she needed to make an important phone call while she was there.
The phone was not quite vintage unless you consider those reproductions from the 70's vintage :)

Although, these are not the sweet cheeks I wanted to photograph,
I couldn't resist getting a shot of "Uncle Adam" practicing his old wrestling moves on Dylan.
 

 Later on, we enjoyed a bit of fireworks and sparkler action.
As you can see, I need some tutoring on fireworks photography :)
 

The next day, I was finally able to wrangle them all together while we played in the Duck River,

 at Chickasaw Trace near Spring Hill, an area they had just discovered.
Parker wins the prize for the best tan :)

 It may be called the Duck River but I didn't see any ducks...
...although...I did see some other very interesting things.


 

Along the river bank, there were swarms upon swarms of baby butterflies!

I have never seen this before and was excited to be able get a few shots of them.

There were thousands of them, several different species.
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Shortly afterwards, a blue heron swooped down and landed pretty much right in front of us,

after I had put my camera up...of course!
 

By the time I got out of the water and made my way back,

it had flown to the other side of the river so I didn't get a very good photo.

 

 

However, the dragonflies were out in abundance!

It was a perfect opportunity to play with my new (old) camera.
Yes, folks, I actually am the proud owner of a DSLR!

And then this little beauty landed right in front of me on the riverbank!
I have never seen one quite like this before!

 

Later on, after fun in the sun at the river, it was off to the big city for dinner!

If you've never been, downtown Nashville on a Friday night it's quite interesting.
Even if you have been there, it still is!

 

It was a first for the older grandsons and although they were a bit out of their comfort zones,
they really did enjoy it!

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Now...why in the world would I be posting a photo of my feet??
 

I just wanted to share with you that I experienced my very first professional pedi!
What a sweet DIL I have to treat me to this wonderful bit of pleasure!
All I can say is, why on earth did I wait so long???
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So our time soon came to an end and as always, we stopped at our cabin on the way home.
I decided I'd check out the blackberries growing all along our driveway.

Just look at these beauties!

Even found a few black raspberries along the way...hubby's favorite!
I see a cobbler or a pie in the very near future!

We did have a very enjoyable time!
Monday came way too soon...but doesn't it always?
It is HOT, HOT, HOT here....so I will be trying to stay cool!
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I hope you all have a great week!