Deer!

We saw two baby deer on the side of the road near our house last night. Gretchen got some good pictures of one of them. Actually, a hunter friend of mine said they're only babies if they have spots. These are yearling. Whatever. They were very cute, very pretty and they weren't scared at all. …

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The Lived In Look

Well, we've been living in our new house for exactly one month today and things are coming together. We've got just about all of the boxes unpacked, which is good, and most things have been put away. We still haven't hung any pictures yet, though, but that's the norm for me. It takes me awhile …

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Toby is Gone

Yesterday, we had to have out beloved cat, Toby, put to sleep. We're devastated. He was only six! It was kidney failure. He had been showing symptoms for a few months and we'd taken him to the vet before and changed his diet as a result, but a couple of weeks ago, he became really …

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Snow!

We don't often get snow here in Chattanooga, but when we do, it shuts the whole city down for days. I think I read that we have eight snow trucks for the whole city. It's ridiculous! There are all sorts of false reports by the meteorologists, but then we got hit pretty hard two weeks …

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Dad’s Gravestone

Gretchen and I drove to Knoxville today to visit my father's new gravestone which they've just put in the ground. It's in the church's original cemetery, founded in 1796. Here is a picture of the sign: Here is Dad's new gravestone. It was difficult to see. It looks great though, as much as something like …

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