Getting in the Groove

Here we go again! Now that the 4th Year Funnies are out of the way, it's time to fill y'all in on the other things we've been up to this week. As I mentioned on the other post today, Heather and I were both really busy this week so we didn't do a whole lot after work. But, we did do a few fun things this weekend and last! Let's get started.

From Easter on till about 10 days ago, Nashville got about 5.5 inches of rain. Those of you in Walla Walla may not be aware that Nashville averages over 50 inches of rain per year! So to get 5.5 inches in about 75 days is pretty rough. You have probably heard about the drought conditions in many parts of this country that have started to affect corn and other crops. Nashville is definitely a part of that. It was getting to the point where there was very little green grass anywhere in the county. Even shaded areas were dead and the dirt was completely dry. Well averages being what they are, we eventually got our rain!

We ended up getting slightly more rain in one week than the 5.5 inches we got in the 75 days preceding it! I never would have believed that the grass would turn around so quickly, but it did! After just 4 wet days or so, the grass began to come back to life. Unfortunately, our little plants haven't been quite so resilient. We have a hanging plant that is pretty much toast. It's amazing. There are quite a few leaves on our tomato plant that literally look like someone took a torch and burnt the leaves. Suffice is to say that our little garden is still on the mend from the heat.

Last weekend Heather and I took our friend Sol to a Nashville Sounds baseball game. The Sounds are a AAA team owned by the Milwaukee Brewers. These games aren't quite as fun to go to as the Vandy games, but we still love spending an afternoon at the ballpark! A good time was had by all and we won with a walk-off home run. Gotta love that scoreboard! Pure Nashville.

This weekend, Heather and I explored another of Nashville's many farmer's markets. This one is small but is nice and close to our apartment. We always love a good farmers market!

Now that is a BIG tomato!!

Lastly, Heather has been crafting up a storm this weekend. She took on a little project for a friend at work who asked for help making something to hold small jewelry, buttons, and other nick nacks. She's made something like this for herself before but not quite this big. What do you think? I think she's got some mad skills, but I may or may not be slightly biased.

Of course after finishing that project, Heather hadn't had enough. So she thought she would do another craft! She's been interested lately in art that finds letters using bits and pieces of nature to form words. She's been trying to find all the right pieces to make Davis but hasn't quite made it. So she thought, "why not just make something myself"? And she did! She bought a wood "D" at the craft store and a bottle of glue. The rest, well, check it out!!!

So that's pretty much the news from us! Tomorrow is a new day certainly filled with new challenges. I'm looking forward to making it through them and blogging about them next weekend! For now, I think I'll just aim for a once-weekly blog. If I happen to post during the week, consider it a bonus! That is, if you like these things. And I assume if you've made it to the bottom of this post, you do! I'll continue to post on Facebook to let you all know when a new post is ready for readin'. As always, we hope this blog finds you all well.

-Tim & Heather