The storm passes, the trouble stays South.

Thursday morning the storm had passed and the winds abated, an absolutely beautiful day arrived in East Tennessee. Wednesday’s storms had, thankfully, passed overhead leaving lots of rain, wind, a bit of hail and shredded leaves but not much damage here in Tellico Village.




On our morning walk around the neighborhood, Mary carried a trash bag and we began picking up bits of debris along the golf course – pieces of tarpaper, a shingle or two, some broken slats and some disturbing pieces of checks and newspapers with Alabama and Georgia addresses on them. Tuscaloosa and Birmingham were most common but we are over 200 miles from Birmingham and nearly 300 from Tuscaloosa. Our storm Wednesday night had dropped tornado debris about 6 hours after having sucked it up 300 miles away.



Imagine the power and the pain and the suffering of those who were hit by the full force of such a storm.



Send your thoughts, prayers and help, please.

Bluegrass in the park.

The Cox Family

What else does an aspiring banjo picker do on a Saturday but load up the car and head for the nearest music festival.  Today, it was the 3rd Annual Tri County Jamboree Family Fun Day Music and Craft Festival in Old Washington, Tennessee.

If you are looking for Old Washington on a map, it probably isn't there!  Just a few folks along highway 30 between Decatur and Dayton where the highway crosses the Tennessee River.

Roane Ramblers

 We listened to two very different bluegrass bands, the Cox Family from Dayton a group of 5 family members including a 12 year old boy on the banjo and an 11 year old on the mandolin.  (I am shamed in my ineptitude)  The second group was the Roane Ramblers from Roane State college, they are studying bluegrass music there and had a more formal style than the Cox's.  Both were fun and we couldn't decide which we preferred.

Looking for turtles

We strolled around the park and visited the crafts sale and travelled to distant (7 miles) Dayton for and excellent lunch at the Riverside Restaurant.  Overall, an excellent day.  Please excuse the quality of the video of the Ramblers - cell phone,windy, too far away and shaky cameraman but you'll get the idea.