Historic Covered Bridge
Elizabethon, TN has this beautiful covered bridge. The Elizabethton Covered Bridge was constructed in 1882. On our recent visit to Tennessee, Jenn asked if we could visit the bridge. Naturally, I took photos.
Author: Gayle
Jawbone up Bracelet
I found this device to be absolutely fascinating! Up will be available in the US Sunday (November 6th) for $100. A colorful wrist band with built in sensors and a vibration motor, Jawbone Up is designed to track your eating, sleeping and exercise patterns. Up is a tool designed to improve your lifestyle and it is designed to work with the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via an app that can retrieve the information recorded from the wrist band; strangely via the 3.5mm headset jack. The app can then tell you a plethora or information and help you move more, sleep better and eat smarter. Up is more than just an accessory and app, it also offers a social network where you can join challenges or set up The rest of the story
Homecoming
It has been many years since I visited my alma mater, Milligan College. It is doubtful I would have attended this year had it not been for social media. One friend in particular, Treva, started weeks ago talking about coming back to Milligan for Homecoming weekend. Since we needed some time away, we decided to make the drive to the mountains. So, we were Tennessee bound! As is typical I took not one photo that included a person. Fortunately, my friend Jeannette was kind enough to share her photos (via a disk no less). There’s one of us visiting a favored hang out. The town we stayed in Elizabethton TN has a lot of old southern charm. I’ll have more photos that show a The rest of the story
Paint a Picture with Words
I heard a story recently, it went something like this…. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.. Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see The rest of the story
Boat Basin
I love living near the beach. I love the fall and spring when I spend every Saturday at the Boat Basin in Carolina Beach. I am so excited about an upcoming trip to the mountains I can not stand it! No doubt you’ll be inundated with mountain (and hopefully leaf) photos soon!