May 29, 2021
That dog had the nerve to come over to me and try to get in
our house. I hissed and hummed and
showed him who is boss. I guarded the
door big time. What nerve…
Woke up to a cold morning.
After warm and humid for so long, it was quite the surprise that it was
in the 50s. The high today is supposed
to be only 60 degrees. For my morning
walk, I dressed a little more warmly – I had ¾ length capris and long sleeves. Even after almost 4 miles, I had not worked
up a sweat!
After a quick shower, we headed over to the farmer’s market
in downtown Clarksville. We are near the
Cumberland River and there is a cold breeze coming at us. It is COLD!
Looks like a lot of people were unprepared for the weather as I see
shorts and flip flops. At this point, I
am wearing long pants that are lightweight, a tee shirt, long sleeve shirt and
a gortex ski jacket. I have sandals on
and I am COLD!
Like most farmer’s market, lots of activity, produce,
tchotchkes, and weird pickled things to try.
Merrillee had a phone call to make so we headed on without her. Daughter Lauren and her spouse and kids met
with us as we checked things out. As
they headed out with cranky kids, we stopped at Yada’s for lunch. Merrillee finally met us at the restaurant.
A little about Merrillee.
She is priceless, and she is a chatterbox! So it really wasn’t a surprise that we
finished through all the kiosks without her.
It’s just kind of who she is.
As for Paul… he and
Spouse got into trouble in school, were roommates as adults and partied
hard. Paul is like Felix Unger from the
Odd Couple. Spouse was like Oscar… the
slob. So like all young adults, they
chafed at each other. It is fun to hear
the stories. Paul said he broke up with
Spouse and ended up with an even slobbier roommate. Now, decades later they are still good
friends.
Now, for the city of Clarksville… the old town is very quaint. A tornado ripped through here a couple of years ago leveling some of the buildings. They have been rebuilt in a fashion that keeps with the city history. There is lots of personality and charm, pretty fountains, statues commemorating one thing or another.
Paul pointed out a building that was used for slave trading. It is still standing and apparently has a large stage that could not be seen from the street. Now, it is a law office. I felt drawn to stare at the building in awe, not in a good way. THIS is where THAT happened, for real.
There are some older residential neighborhoods with
beautiful old homes and stately trees. I
love these types of mature neighborhoods.
When we got home, Sadie the dog got out of the yard and came to Hannah. I invited her in (so we could catch her), and she wanted in, but Rudy was on his chair at the door and he forbade Sadie from coming inside. HISSSSS, hmmmmmmmmm….. Nobody messes with Rudy…
Glad u guys r enjoying yourselves
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