Thursday, August 20, 2009

We Are Back

I first want to thank all of you who dropped in to watch the place while we were gone. I'm sorry I didn't 'school' any of you on how to operate our lawnmower, weed hooks, hoes, or on how to pick tomatoes.
We've been to a family reunion in Tennessee. Home for one day and then to Denver for a family wedding. I have a lot to say on these topics but will leave you for now with a pic from a view from our hotel suites', front room down in TN. It is of Lake Barkley or AKA the Tennessee River. (Notice the tug and barge in the photo) The State Park we were in was near the now under water, Fort Henry, of Civil War fame.
The other pic was thru the windshield of our car on last weeks trip to the foothills of the Rockies. A storm was moving in. (click to enlarge.)

17 comments:

Lanny said...

Click to enlarge isn't workin' for me today. But they are nice pictures even in their small state. Glad you had a safe trip, well I assume so since you're back to the farm. And none too soon I heard the horses talking....

Cliff said...

Yep Lanny, you're correct. My click to enlarge doesn't work either.

EV said...

Did you bump into the Crocketts? Back in the 50s, I had a hat like Daveys. TN is a pretty state.

Rachel said...

Sorry I couldn't locate the lawnmower! :)

Can't wait to hear all about your trips. Nice pictures!

Granny Annie said...

Hold down the ctrl key and roll the mouse middle roller up to enlarge the pictures.

Storm clouds moving in make me panic.

Nebraska farmers officiating at weddings make me panic also. Yes, I've been to Ralph's and know "the rest of the story". Sounds like you stole the show.

possum said...

Glad you are back and everyone apparently had a good time!
LOve the pictures of your garden area!

Peter said...

Hope you got those dust buffaloes rounded up before they wrecked the place Cliff.

Jim said...

Hey Cliff, you have good questions.

And yes, we all tried really hard not to mess up too badly while you were gone.

Metro area in 2008, Dallas was larger.

Dallas Metro: 6,300,006 (4th largest)
Houston Metro: 5,728,143 (6th largest)
Delaware Valley: 5,838,471 (5th -- includes Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA)

Houston City: 2,242,193 (4th largest)
San Antonio City: 1,351,305 (7th)
Dallas City: 1,279,910 (8th)

These cities are far behind NYC with its 8,363,710 people. L.A.(3,833,995) and Chicago (2,853,114) are next.

Wikipedia for cities
Wikipedia for MTAs
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Cliff said...

Thanks Jim. Back in the old days that info would have been harder to come by.

Ralph said...

Thanks for the visit and everything. Thank bottom picture pretty well sums up our summer.
Ralph

Paul Nichols said...

Largest US city by square miles is Jacksonville, FL. (Two cents worth).

Glad you're back. Saw the wedding report on Ralph's blog. Wish I was there. Looking forward to your side of the creative event.

Oh yeah. I was gonna mow, but couldn't find the gas can, so...

Miki said...

GOrgeous pocs cliff.......hope you had a nice time at both events! Just wanted to stop by and say HI!

David M said...

Cliff,

Good seeing you and the rest of the clan in Tennessee. Your suite where you shared the great food with us overlooked Kentucky Lake. If you had another room on Lake Barkley, I suspect Marilyn is going to be very unhappy.

Cousin Dave

John Goerzen said...

Beautiful photos, Cliff. Wish TN was a bit shorter drive from here than it is.

LZ Blogger said...

WOW Cliff ~ Mrs. LZ and I were just in Colorado too. As well as Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. Seems like we may have passed each other on the road at least somewhere on our trips? ~ Glad to see you back and I hope you got all that corn in the silos before TODAY! (And I'm not talking just about "that humor" either)! ~ jb///

Lucy Stern said...

Beautiful!

Wow Gold said...

fantastic blog.