Can a dog “blow a raspberry?” It appears that our granddog Bucky can! Our daughter lives in Tennessee and sent … More
Category: Tennessee
Get creative today (May 30): It’s national Creativity Day!
Here’s a photo of one of our granddaughters being creative with Crayons and paper this past week. Each May 30 … More
Family leaving the snow of Tennessee for Southwest Florida
Cooler weather has arrived across Southwest Florida, but not like the cold that has gripped much of the U.S. over … More
Bake Cookies Day is every Dec. 18! Enjoy your cookies!
Today (Thursday, Dec. 18) is the annual national Bake Cookies Day for 2025. Our daughter, who lives with her family … More
Chilly here in SW Florida, but simply darn cold in Tennessee, Iowa!
While it was chilly here in Southwest Florida this morning (Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025), it was downright cold for family … More
Family in Tennessee get a big dose of snow
I recently posted a photo of snow in Iowa City, Iowa, that was taken by a friend who just moved … More
It was a chilly 53 degrees this morning in Naples, but damn colder where family and friends reside
Whoooeee! Boy am I glad that I’m a child of South Florida! Yes, we’re having some chilly weather her in … More
More refrigerator art for when we return home
We have been visiting family in Tennessee for several days and I just received what will become our latest refrigerator … More
A year later in Tennessee … gas prices even lower!
A year later, the price of gasoline is even lower in Tennessee. We again drove up to see family in … More
A very, very chilly start to our visit with family in Knoxville
Our visit to family in Knoxville in Tennessee has been punctuated by a vicious cold snap. It was a very, … More
A visit to Tennessee to see family means we get to visit with granddog Bucky, too!
We are visiting family in the very cold state of Tennessee (it is forecast to be 25 degrees today, Saturday, … More
You want a zucchini? Here’s your zucchini!
How about that! Our daughter, who lives in Tennessee with her family, grew this big zucchini in their yard along … More
Snow always looks good from afar … in this case, from Tennessee
This week’s winter storm across the eastern portion of the United States is bringing you another view from Tennessee. We … More
Winter storm affects more in Tennessee than here in SW Florida!
A winter storm has brought havoc across the eastern portion of the United States today, but there is a nice … More
Back home in Naples from our trek to Tennessee!
Yay! We’re back home in Southwest Florida! We visited family in Knoxville, Tenn., over the past couple of weeks and … More
Let’s call it a ‘farewell for now’ tree in Knoxville
Today (Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023) is our last for this visit to family in Tennessee. We’ve been here two weeks … More
Another frosty morning in Tennessee, but I didn’t turn on the window washer on the icy windshield this time!
A couple of days ago, I did a stupid thing: on a 29-degree morning, I used the windshield washer on … More
A little blast of sub-freezing cold for our visit to Knoxville
Brrrr! I’ll take warm weather over cold any day … and we got a blast of cold this morning (Nov. … More
Does this hallway in our hotel look like a horror movie set?
Although Halloween is a day behind us on this Nov. 1, 2023, the corridor of our room at a hotel … More
Gas is a bit less-expensive (over Florida prices) in parts of Tennessee, Georgia
For our trip to Tennessee to see family, I drove up in the family “truckster” (actually, a Honda CR-V) and … More
A wrong turn brought me to a solemn moment
We’ve come to rely on the wonderful “maps” app on our iPhones, but they can sometimes still lead you astray. … More
OK, this is not a scene from SW Florida … it’s in Tennessee
You can tell this isn’t a photo from my hometown of Naples, Fla. Note that I’m up on a hill; … More