College Grove

Saturday in Tennessee was a trip to the Smalleys and then dinner in Franklin.  We will see how many pictures I can surreptitiously take of the proceedings for this blog :)

Many posts in the third version of this blog have this new format; I type a little to begin (to create a post) and then document during the day.  It’s because the interface of blogger has improved enough that I can blog from my phone, so, if I start a post I can add photos and text pretty easily throughout the day.



Went out for breakfast at Ruby Sunshine - this morning cocktail was a highlight.



After breakfast we stopped at The Factory - really liked this repurposed stove-then-mattress factory.  Mom looked at all the stores while I gazed at the infrastructure.

After lunch we drove to Smalleyworld



Yahtzee and Oreo (Oreo - for a 17.5 yr old cat he looked great…Marino at his age was a hump-backed hair-loss shell of herself…Oreo looked like a normal cat)

We hung out at the house for a few hours - way too many episodes of Diners, Driveins and Dives before football came on - and then went to dinner back in Franklin before heading back to the hotel to watch the Seahawks win and clinch the #1 seed.  It was nice seeing the cousins - it’s been 7-8 years since that has happened? - but, honestly, I’m looking forward to getting home and being home with Gaye around disturbing my/our groove.  










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