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Monday, September 9, 2013

Hectic...Yeah



Not sure why life has been so hectic this year.  Oh wait, I guess it happens all the time to most everyone…just at different times.  Since my last post a lot has happened.  Most of it is normal everyday stuff and some of it was Extraordinary! 



On Aug. 10th Leslie and I went to Crockett Days at Davy Crockett State Park in
Lawrenceburg, TN.  She went for one specific reason…to purchase a goat hide
from a vendor that was not at the show this year.  She was so upset. I did buy a sash for
my heritage festival attire, to make it more authentic, and to stash a knife into.  We also
bought some show table coverings.  I decided to create a fire set in the front yard instead
of our truck ring firepit. 


This was a cool setup at Crockett Days, and one I will use as a basis for my fire set.  I
have some ideas but need to find some ¼” steel plate to start.



I woke up at midnight on my birthday to go to work.  The floor of the new sewer plant was to be poured.
The first concrete trucks didn’t roll in until 2:00am.  From that point they didn’t stop coming until noon.  The 
finishing crew was great.  They worked like crazy from the first load until everything was done at 10:00pm 
that night.  A heavy rain downpour started shortly after the last of the 53 trucks dumped their loads so they
 had to wait till it stopped before they could finish  There was 530 yards of concrete poured that day along
with 100 yards poured the previous Friday for a total of 640 yards of concrete for the base of the plant.


After it was all poured I clocked out at 1:00pm and headed home.  It’s crazy that when you need 
sleep the most it doesn’t happen well.  Leslie made me a great Lasagna to celebrate my birthday along with 
an Edward’s frozen turtle pie.  Then it happened………


            She gave me a present after our wonderful supper.  When I opened it I was truly stunned.  Inside was a bottle.  Not just any bottle, mind you.  It was a bottle of ‘The MACALLAN 18” eighteen year old  single malt scotch whisky.  The likes of which I only dreamed about 
            ever having.  The best part was the fact that my wonderful wife got some awesome people to chip in to help her purchase this for me.  I felt like the Man Of The Year, knowing so many cared.   
Thanks Y’all!!!




The next weekend I finally torched up the wood pile from the tulip tree and all the brush
piles around the homestead.  The blaze was tremendously hot.  Fire Good!  Hazzah!



This takes me to the Etheridge flea market .  I happened to rescue a cast iron dutch
oven from a vendor there.  A bit of wire brushing and it was ready to season over the fire. 
She turned out as black as could be and is waiting to fix a hearty meal.

We spent the next week getting ready for Old Timers Day. 




Old Timers Day in Collinwood has been going on for years.  It is a local show in the town just south of us.  
We attended the festivities last year to see what it was like.  Lots of good folks having a fun time was what
we encountered.  This was the third outdoor show for us in 2013 and the third to get rained out.  Luckily the 
rain did not come until near the end.  It was a VERY Hot day in Collinwood.  We had a good time and 
talked to a lot of great people.  The music was good too.  Leslie was lucky enough to win a 20” bike from 
the Collinwood Dixie Youth Baseball group to make the day a success for sure.


 



So much time has been spent trying to get shows lined up and prepare for those shows.  The lineup as of 
now is:

Aug. 31Old Timers Day in Collinwood, TN(done)

Oct. 5- Waynesboro Harvest Festival in Waynesboro,TN  

Oct. 12- Ames Plantation Heritage Festival in Bolivar, TN  

Oct. 26- Armstrong Pie Festival in Linden, TN

Nov. 2-3  Williamson County Holiday Arts & Crafts in Franklin, TN

The biggest change is that we are not doing the Franklin Pumpkinfest show this year. We really hadn’t done 
that well at the show the last two years.  It is a great show in that it is all artists that have made their wares. 
Instead we have signed up to do the Williamson Co. Holiday show in Franklin, TN.  We’ve heard good
 things about it and hope to sell out of everything on those days…HaHa!



Next up for me is getting some of my stuff put on Etsy.  It's about time to really use the internet to sell my products.  First things to go on are some of my necklaces.  We’ll see how it works out with an update later. 

That's it for now.  I think.  Anyway Leslie and I have been weathering the Tennessee summer rather well.  
October sure looks busy for us but this too shall pass. Looking forward to a successful show season and 
hunting/trapping season.  Sorry about the totally goofy text justification in this post, it's from my computer.  I 
will have lots to write about soon so stay tuned for the next installment.  Till then...y'all have a great one.