BACK PAINTING...MORE PICS FROM TRIP!

After our return from our East Coast trip, we packed up again and headed to Cades Cove, our favorite campground in the mountains!  Had some rain, but it was still very relaxing and there's nothing like tent camping when it's cool weather!  Big campfire every night, cozy sleeping bags, quietness all around, making new friends and those beautiful mountains!!  I'm back painting today...planning on some pendants and a set of bowls for Halloween.  We're hoping to head over to Etheridge, TN next weekend and help our friend, Jimmy, drive wagon tours through the Amish community there.  He's covered up this time of the year...even had the pleasure of having Ms. Wynonna Judd on a tour this past week...sure wish I could've been there - you know with my singing country music and all!!!  We might have worked out some kind of partnership tour, who knows!!  Well, for now, my focus is on getting some pendants painted, featuring his black and white spotted Percheron draft team...Babe and Lil' Huey...I hope they'll sell for souvenirs of the tour!  I've also posted a picture of Eddington, one of the standing stallions at Claiborne Farms, in Paris, KY.  Take care and come back soon!!

BACK IN EAST TENNESSEE!

We're back from our travelling adventure and it was a WONDERFUL trip!  We have memories to last several lifetimes...beautiful sights, excellent food, gorgeous weather, great new friendships and some fabulous detours that brought us unexpected, unforgettable experiences!  Too many to mention, but some were...spending the night in the middle of Chesapeake Bay on the 17 mile bridge, touring Washington, DC and having a government employee (thank you, Jean!) in the Capitol, sing "Happy Birthday" to my husband, Larry, meeting a wonderful citizen of Fall River, MA and having him offer to escort us several miles to Lizzie Borden's gravesite, eating the best clam chowder in the world, at "Chowda's" in Bar Harbour, ME,...the list is much too long for tonight, but I hope to post pics and add more tomorrow!  We did end our sightseeing in Paris, KY while visiting our daughter and her family, during the last couple of days.  One of our most memorable stops happened this morning...we visited the renown Claiborne Farm in Paris, KY.  This 3000 acre farm was home to Secretariat and hosts his final resting spot.  Six of the eleven Triple Crown winners, were conceived in Claiborne Farm's breeding barn.  They house several beautiful stallions and we were privileged to visit with two...Pulpit and Eddington.  John, the farm guide was absolutely wonderful.  Extremely knowledgeable, polite, funny and patient with my incessant questions, he opened the racing world to us in a way, we never expected.  This tour is a must for anyone that loves horses and John is worth asking for!