Christmastime.

How you know it's officially Christmastime–
1. non-stop Hallmark movies
2. sales in every store
3. christmas music on the radio (!!!)
4. finals are coming...
5. lights on the trees & bushes & roofs & doors & windows & banisters

foggy.

I've heard that it's possible to see the entire city from atop this mountain, but that was not the case on this foggy day.  

// Chilhowee overlook, Cleveland TN //

the square.

Lexi + the Gallatin square makes for a fun afternoon.

I wrote a poem.

//Photo by Gloria Berry//

I Am From

By Lynn Tucker

I am from the willow tree, whose life was cut short

I am from metal slides and monkey bars and mulch-covered hands

I am from the code word Cheeto–which had nothing to do with acting like
      pirates

I am from grilled cheeses and homemade peach ice cream

From pink liquid medicine that made me nauseous

I am from Jaci Velasquez music and dancing around the big green chair

I am from “Kill The Rat Again” as my siblings ran all over the house
      with croquet sticks

I am from the whistling kettle and the brewing coffee pot

From the aroma of chocolate chip cookies spilling out of the kitchen

I am from the Millers and Odoms; from Arizona to Tennessee

I am from little knowledge of Mamaw and too much knowledge of Papaw

I am from Treehouse and praise team and “How Great Is Our God”

I am from two loving parents and two fun-loving siblings

I am from the Tucker tribe; the youngest of the five

A road trip out west.

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hands of man."

I spent the first two weeks of July out west, and it was such a liberating experience.  I've been to New Mexico and Arizona before, but this time was somehow different.  I've grown so fond of the mountains and desert that I may even want to live there.  I do love tennessee, but there is just something so exhilarating about standing atop a mountain and looking down on the earth.  I hope to road trip out west more often.  

Industrial buildings & abandoned trains

This is Katie.  She rocks.  We had a little adventure in nashville yesterday & came across some really neat (and creepy) locations.  It was fun.