Andrew and all our stuff- food, clothes, etc. We're ready to hit the road and just a tad bit later, left around 8:30 am. Road Trip 2007
-Nashville, Memphis and Huntsville (??) [not sure what THAT'S all about, I think I'll be doing A LOT of knitting on this stop!]
First stop was at the Knaughty Knitter yarn shop in Murfreesboro, TN. Was there any doubt that this would be part of the travel agenda?! Meredith was very nice, and I hope to have a chance to visit here again. A really cute shop near downtown. Visit her website [I'm sure she'd be happy to send you anything that strikes your fancy. Sometimes it's hard to really take in the ambiance when the "boys" are with you. Would like to do more exploring in the downtown area next time.
http://knaughtyknitter.typepad.com/
yea, great picture of Meredith, I have my eyes closed, whatever.
Some of what the shop had to offer. Love how Meredith has it arranged by color, then you can see all the different textures and blends.
My bag of treasures-the yarn in the middle is for Mom, it's hand dyed by Meredith , and she said she uses Kool-aid! Her website has a posting about this. The ball on the left will be for the travel blanket, and the yarn on the right is for a hat, scarf or socks. It's a lovely shade of purple.
After checking into the hotel we went to the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, and the 3rd most often visited presidential home Would that be considered a useless bit of information?-maybe, maybe not. Steve and I had been here on a previous trip, but it was well worth seeing it again. It was a beautiful day to be out walking.
View of the house from the back, and the spring house is behind me.
another view
The gardens were fabulous, and the variety of flowers exquisite. I could image in the famous people that have walked through these paths admiring the same thing [sends chills up my spine thinking about presidents, generals, and other important people from our earlier times]
This was a super huge Hosta, the leaves had to be 12" in length, I should have put my hand in the picture to give an idea of scale, but believe me, they were HUGE!
One of the ladies that served as a tour guide during our visit, I didn't have the heart to make her stand and pose.
Andrew [no relation to the president, that I KNOW of!] and I in the gardens, aren't they stunning, I wonder if they'd come to my house, hmmm, then again, I have a lot more shade.
The final resting place for Andrew and Rachel Jackson, and the burial site for many other close relatives.
Next stop was the Frist Museum, the had wonderful exhibit of Chinese painting on screens (silk), and exhibit by Sylvia Hyman, these are post cards of some of the pieces on exhibit. Made totally of clay! Very, very cool.
http://www.fristcenter.org/site/exhibitions/exhibitiondetail.aspx?cid=421On the upper level we were able to try out hand at art making.
Our finished artwork
print making can you guess who did what?
PJ's Fire and Trees-Lots of fire (top), and my artwork, on bottom Dragon Fire and Springtime.
Steve uses the press for his artworkPJ and watercolors
Andrew builds with blocks
Drawing a birdhouse--
PJ's art is the top row and Steve's is the bottom -FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!!
Iron work at the Frist Museum-don't know the history on this building, but it was very Art Deco, reminded me of something I'd see in The Great Gatsby, or a setting for Hercuel Poirot!
OTHER SCENES IN NASHVILLE
The "Batman" Bellsouth Building
The Customs House in downtown Nashville.
Other views of downtown, and PJ and Andrew outside Legends.
Me and Andrew at Rippy's. Really good food. Walked around for a little bit, then headed back to the hotel, we're on central time here, and we've got a full day planned for Tuesday.
TTFN
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