4th of July

I drove up to Linville NC for the July 4th weekend. I stayed with Kincaid and Allison Mills and their children Kaid and Augusta at their vacation accommodations. My daughter Esme' was helping the Mills with their children as she occasionally does. I stayed in a log cabin by the river and relaxed, played my guitar, took photos, took walks, played badminton. built dams in the river, shot pellet guns and watched fireworks. I had the best time.

Easter

I wanted to sport my Sewanee bowtie at church on Sunday but no matter how much I tried it didn't come together. At Easter dinner later in the day, Sandy Soltau went through bowtie tying 101.

Art Hanging Road Trip

Last week I had another road trip to install a house with art. I drove to Hilton Head SC with Sissy Tarumianz of the interior design co Swatches and Swags. The couple who I hung for had lived on Lookout Mtn TN and I had hung their art at 2 previous homes and had framed much of their art. It took the better part of 3 days to hang their art but we did have time to tour this lovely island and walk on the beach before leaving. Hilton Head is on the coast between Savannah Ga and Charleston SC.

Esme' Turns 25

My daughter Esme' was born 25 years ago on March 10th. It was a snowy cold day in Tn in 1983. Today she is in Fl at her grandparent's home relaxing and enjoying her spring break. She will had back here Tues. and start her last few weeks of college.

Tattoo with Sushi

The other night we had dinner at the Mendonsa's because their friend Chiho was here from Kyoto Japan. Not only was it a treat to meet Chiho but she took it upon herself to fix us a traditional Japanese meal. We had tempura, rice, sushi and other delectable sides. Asher Mendonsa ate a tray of sushi himself. Asher was sporting his new tattoo of a bird (swallow or starling?) on his neck. I think this is tattoo number three and he said it was the most painful one yet.

New Dog in Parade

I started the St. Elmo Corgi Parade several years ago because I thought it would be quite humorous to see a bunch of corgis walking together. Our last parade had over 50 corgis. At the time we had 4 corgis and our own mini parade twice a day. For the last few years we have had only 2 corgis but our personal parade has increased by
1/3. Wiley the corgi moved in with us last month. He is 8 years old and was cared for by a friend with small children who couldn't keep him anymore.(Let me just say the Queen of England used her corgis for nursery dogs and this may be the cause of much of the dysfunction in the royal family.) Wiley is small compared to our other corgis and can often be found on laps and beds. Although he is small in stature he has become the alpha-dog, at least in his mind. Welcome Wiley to the our parade.

HOMECOMING

MY DAUGHTER ESME' WAS CHOSEN BY SEWANEE FACULTY TO REPRESENT THE INDEPENDENTS, (NON- SORORITY) IN THIS YEARS HOMECOMING COURT. ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T THE QUEEN SHE HAD A GOOD TIME AS DID I.