October Days...

Yesterday we loaded up in the van and headed up thru the hills of Tennessee to Bell Buckle. There's this huge arts and craft show there every year in October. It started out as a fund raiser for the Webb School and has grown to encompass the entire town. (which is pretty small). There are over 500 crafters there. Scattered amongst them are retailers also, but mostly there are new crafts. It was really cold, so we bundled up really well. It has been raining a good bit here, so we were expecting some mud. I would like to know how many bales of hay they spread at the craft show. It was very little mud, because they were well prepared with the hay. It was cloudy but still a very nice day to be outside. Some of these pictures I got off the internet (because I forgot to take my camera. I believe this was from last year.
The ride up there is beautiful. You see alot of these.

There are alot of horse farms up in that area too. There must be alot of money in walking horses and quarter horses, because these farms are HUGE!!

We had hot chocolate when we got home. Cooper says "It's yummy to my tummy"

It was good after being outdoors for the day

The best part is the whipping cream.

YUMMY!!

Another blessed day.

Blessings Memaw Barbie

Today David and I drove to Tennessee to McMinnville. It is the nursery capital of the world they say. We went to buy trees. I have wanted a Heritage Birch tree for several years. I also wanted Magnolia. So off we went.
The ride was really nice. It seems as if you are stepping back in time when you travel thru those small towns. It seems like a slower pace up there. We rode thru Lynchburg, Tullahoma, Manchester and then McMinnville. McMinnville is beautiful. It is very hilly and the Cumberland River flows thru the city. There were some beautiful homes along the river.
My battery had died on my camera so I couldn't get pictures. When we did get to the nursery I asked the folks could I plug up my battery to recharge. They were so kind to let me do that. It was family owned nursery. They were real friendly folks. His name was Teddy Alley. He introduced me to his wife who took me into their home to recharge my camera battery. He then took us in his truck around his farm to see what they grew. They farm about 250 acres thru the rolling hills there by their home. It was very interesting. We bought 2 Heritage Birch, 1 magnolia and a smoke tree. David is to pick them up next week sometime.
I was able to take some photos on the way back home. Most of them we were riding in the truck so they are not really as clear as if we were standing still. I love all the old homesite so you will see several of them. It is beautiful along the basin of the Cumberland Plateau. Lots of hills and creeks along the way. I hope to get more pictures next week.
We stopped in Tullahoma to eat at Crocketts. We enjoy a good meal there. My daddy loves to go there as well. We will probably go back when he and Momma are here in a few weeks.
Have a super sunday. Blessings Memaw Barbie