Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone

I've been away from the blog for a bit, but I've been busy. We had a heckuva long day on the 23d - drove from Asheville to Nashville. Lunch at the Opryland Hotel, which was much bedecked with flora and faux fauna and lights and ribbons and bows. All very impressive, photos later...

Then to the Frist to see the Hudson River School show, the Vol-in-Law was much impressed with that, and gazed admiringly at the paintings. However, I could see the influence of English painters - which I don't care for too much.

Then on to the Grand Ole Opry - which was great and deserves a post of its own. But Christmas dinner is nearly ready...

Lots of running around Lawrenceburg yesterday, I nearly got the Vol-in-Law to buy a pair of cowboy boots in Loretto at Lawsons (worth a visit for the bow hunting emporium in the basement alone). The ViL decided cowboy boots were perhaps not his style.

Breakfast at a friend of the family's this morning with some 20-some people, biscuits and country ham and grits (yum).

We still haven't opened presents yet...

Gotta go.