Southern Looks

2011-11-04T07:55:00.001-07:00

COLOR is always a big draw to East Tennessee
in the fall. Dogs really like to ride and see the leaves.

Fall....a great time
to be alive in East Tennessee!

Mountains...leaves...sky..

2010-06-01T19:12:00.001-07:00

SUMMER!

June 1, 2010 and we just got home from a long weekend in the Mountains.
A cabin in Laurel Valley was our base camp and the weather was typical...rain...hot...fog...beautiful skies...and cool nights.

On our second day of golf we moved two turtles from two fairways, saw a beaver,
a young raccoon and a flock of wild Turkeys. Leaving this afternoon we found a very young turtle in the middle of the road with a cracked shell and an injured leg. It looked like a dog had picked him or her up. He or she was moved from the road to a wet area and we all wished he or she well as we came home.

Here are some pictures from the trip.

2010-03-12T07:48:00.000-08:00

LONG TIME NO POSTS!

In the beginning this was going to be a place
to drop off Southern thoughts and pictures.
Looks like it still is!

Lets update this bad boy a tad..welcome to
2010.

How in the world have you been?
Us? Oh brother we had SNOW this winter in
East Tennessee, something we just don't understand
or allow!
Little River (yep the same one that starts up high
in the Smoky Mountains) was colder than a
lawyer's heart this winter.
Taz our WONDER BEAGLE had
zero use for the cold or the snow
>

We lost most of the old fence in a wind storm
last March and the new one did just fine over the
winter

Lots more pictures and thoughts to post...stay tuned!

2009-02-18T06:15:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to
Alta LaRue Abercrombie Johnson
(Heading out to her 91st birthday party in downtown
Maryville, a place she really loved..especially after
she got to restore her Broadway building "Now this one looks
the BEST!" in 2005)

If she had stayed on this
earth today she would be 93 years young.

Today her
continuing years are being celebrated
in a very special place and the guest list
is heavenly to say the least.

In attendance will be her Mother Alta Aimes Abacrombie,
her daddy Harry, her husband Charles Walker Johnson,
her favorite Aunts and Uncles numerous KKG sorority
sisters and her dogs...Zipper, Penny, Cheyenne, Mike, Tiger, Cody (who she financed one half of a two thousand dollar hip replacement for) his half sister Denver, Spud, Jackson, various rabbits, a pheasant named Ike, an alligator named Bubba and one cat whose name is known only
to LaRue. Dropping in all day with gifts of love will be
families and friends from four bridge clubs along with the hundreds of people who she touched in her short 92 years here.
(When we were shopping for pumpkins (at the age
of 91) she insisted on getting
two...when asked how to use them naturally she came up with
this idea!)

Be still this afternoon and if you knew her you will be
able to hear the laughter, cards shuffling and wine glasses
ringing.

Something you didn't know about
Alta LaRue....
Her name is French and the
translation is High Street.
Although she was born and NAMED
in Wyoming the man she married
(Charles W. Johnson) was born in
Tennessee and grew up on.......
High Street.

THE national PARK

2008-12-03T18:51:00.003-08:00

2008-11-13T11:13:00.001-08:00

NOVEMBER IS HERE BUT FALL IS NOT GONE!!!!!
2008

FALL 2008

2008-10-16T12:17:00.000-07:00

OCT 10th 2008
smoky mountains and cades cove

2008-09-26T19:40:00.001-07:00

MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE ART WALK

2008-09-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

FALL MORNING IN EAST TENNESSEE

2008-09-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

FALL is so close you
can smell it!

FALL is so close you
can smell it!

2008-09-11T06:16:00.001-07:00

Almost three months are gone since we
added some new seasonal pictures.

Fall is a great time in East Tennessee
so we thought we would look back at a few
of the scenes we will be seeing and add
a few that are starting to evolve.

2008-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

NEW E MAIL!

Here are the NEW E MAILS

DenveranMollysDad@gmail.com

OR

denver60@gmail.com

If you have been trying wjonair1@aol.com
and it is bouncing the reason is
AOL has passed AWAY!

2008-05-14T13:17:00.000-07:00

A SPRING VISIT TO BILTMORE HOUSE IN ASHEVILLE

Camped at the Inn and it was very nice, then
did a back scene tour of the big house!

Can't count the times we have been there
starting way back in 1958 but it never
gets old! Here are some of the pictures, the
new big building is the Biltmore Inn.

2007-10-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

OCTOBER!!!!!!!

OK just about half of October is gone but here in
Tennessee it still feels and looks like Summer!

Lack of water has ruined our fall
colors and browned most of the yards.

Here are some looks at LAST FALL
and this summer.

2007-07-20T07:28:00.001-07:00

TWO NEW DAWGS...

A flying (yep from the floor to the ceiling and back in a blink)
wonderful beagle and a sick (heart worms..but after a hospital stay and
enough money to by a very USED truck she here) but according to
my vet a recovering lab are now members of the pack.

These are first day home pictures and I will add more later.
The lab has to be kept very quiet for a full month so she is in
a crate and goes out without the other kids. So far though she is
doing great. The vet says a group picture will have to be
put on hold for a month due to her heart problem but I will get
more individuals of her later.

SO FAR the Lab has NO name.
A Cuz in Co suggested TAZ for the Beagle and it is a great
fit!

2007-07-11T06:44:00.001-07:00

IT HAS RAINED IN THE MOUNTAINS AT ONE TIME! LETS KEEP OUR FINGERS AND TOES
CROSSED AND IT MIGHT AGAIN!

2007-07-06T12:06:00.001-07:00

HOT HOT HOT .... but with WATER you can make the FLOWERS GROW!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-01T14:27:00.000-07:00

LONG 4th OF JULY WEEK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BIG SHOW ON THE 6th AT CATINO'S IN
TELLICO VILLAGE!

2007-06-24T12:28:00.000-07:00

A weekend of REUNIONS!

The famed KIDD reunion was held at Kidd Springs on Sunday the 24th and on
Saturday members of the Maryville High School class of 1966 gathered to
enjoy summer at a great home in the mountains. For pictures of the
MHS Class of 66 gathering click here.

Here are a few of the pictures from the KIDD reunion. Click them to make them
larger.

2007-06-17T08:12:00.000-07:00

HOT DRY AND YEP..KINDA BEAUTIFUL HERE IN EAST TENNESSEE!

2007-06-09T12:00:00.001-07:00

FCC formally opens XM-Sirius merger review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANKS FOR COMING TO TOWNSEND AND HELPING RAISE SOME BUCKS FOR NEW HUMANE SOCIETY!
COME ON OUT AND HEAR US AGAIN!!

DA MOUNTAIN FOLK REVIVAL BAND!!!

More shows are on tap this month and into July.

Earth Fare 6/30/07 ?

Catinos (Tellico Village) 7/6/07 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Blount County Public Library 8/2/07 7:00pm

2007-05-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

TWO IN ONE DAY AT THE END OF MAY BE THERE OR BE TALKED ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT TIME AT SOUTHLAND BOOKS SATURDAY! If you visit the store be sure to have your picture made next to our names. We got to SIGN THE STAGE! Hey that picture on
E bay could bring you a small fortune!! a VERY small fortune!

COME SEE THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION:

Wal-Mart (Maryville) 5/26/07 11;00am – 12:00

Rockin’ the Docks (Lenoir City) 5/26/07 3:00pm – 4:00pm

On June 9 we have been asked to play for the Blount County Humane Society at the amphitheater in Townsend where they hold the Passion Play in the summer. Time and length of set to be determined shortly.

2007-05-08T16:12:00.000-07:00

COME HEAR THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION BAND

WHEN? This Saturday

WHAT TIME? Six p.m.

WHERE? Southland Books in Maryville.

AND THAT IS WHERE? In the old T.C. Drake Building

WHICH IS WHERE? Coming from Knoxville go left past the Hilton into Alcoa. At the first major intersection past
Kroger turn left on Broadway and less than a block on your left is Southland BOOKS! FREE PARKING in front and beside the store.

Southland Books has been a jewel in good old Blount County’s crown for years and now they have moved into a building big enough for all their books, records, stain glass shop, gourmet coffee area and stage for live concerts.

The music area in Southland Books is reminiscent of some of the finer listening rooms in Nashville. You are almost on stage and if you get there early you can nail a coveted place on one of the couches!

This is your chance to see the Mountain Folk Reunion band so close you can smell their Jade East and Old Spice! Come on it is free…fun…and in a heck of a cool bookstore! See you THIS Saturday at 6 p.m.

2007-04-29T07:14:00.000-07:00

COME SEE THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION:

Wal-Mart (Maryville) 5/26/07 11;00am – 12:00

Rockin’ the Docks (Lenoir City) 5/26/07 3:00pm – 4:00pm

On June 9 we have been asked to play for the Blount County Humane Society at the amphitheater in Townsend where they hold the Passion Play in the summer. Time and length of set to be determined shortly.

2007-04-23T13:04:00.000-07:00

OK, the name of our band is The Mountain Folk Reunion...due to the fact that they said Revival on the poster there is no doubt in my mind it will be worth millions on E bay as soon as we hit the BIG TIME!

COME out for the day and hear us P L A Y!!!

If you are there around 3 you should get both a good spot and catch a full hour of US!!!!

More info to follow!

2007-04-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

More of the mountains

2007-03-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

GREAT VISIT from WESTERN KIN!
We had a base camp in Townsend and roamed all over the Smoky Mountain National Park.
3-29-07

HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES

2007-03-15T10:19:00.000-07:00

Some new DAWG pictures and some very OLD music pictures!

2007-03-08T08:03:00.000-08:00

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New looks at some old pictures.
3-8-07

Remember to double click them to make them bigger. OK you are right that does sound like the punch line of a very old dirty joke!

2007-02-25T06:13:00.000-08:00

Be sure to CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO MAKE THEM BIGGER!

FOOLISH FOLLIES THE LAST DAY OF MARCH!

Tickets on sale AT BLOUNT COUNTY UNITED WAY AND A HOST OF OVER PLACES
Acts that will amaze and shock you
Money well spent
ATOMIC OUTHOUSE will be there
A GATHERING IN DOWNTOWN MARYVILLE SOON WITH THE OUTHOUSE AND HUNDREDS OF ACTS
Here is the 411 (urban slang for the skinny)
APRIL FOoLIES
SATURDAY, March 31, 2007
WILSON AUDITORIUM, Maryville College
MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT 3 GREAT AGENCIES FOR OUR CHILDREN
(If you have no children it isn't too late to find a nice person a try for one!)
FOR MORE INFO CALL THE UNITED WAY...865 982 2252
DO NOT MISS THIS NIGHT OF STARS FEATURING SOME OF BLOUNT COUNTY'S FINEST TALENT!

2007-02-23T05:46:00.000-08:00

Mad Dawgs and ENGLISH MEN! A NUTJOB in England says the kids are scared by the warming of MOTHER Earth!

Friends the earth is getting warmer....it does this every few hundred years and then it COOLS!

I GUESS THIS DEER DIDN'T SEE THE FOOL'S MOVIE!

GOT a note from a bud taking a look back 100 years and ya know I found it more than worth inclusion here. Do you agree with the research?

THE YEAR 1907

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1907.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907 :
************************************

The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 470 years old.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. Had a bathtub,and man the stink would knock a buzzard off a gut-wagon.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone or a Play Station.

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads and no hack TV or Radio Traffic Reporters.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 100 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more
Heavily populated than California until the Yankees freed all the help 41 years earlier and everyone moved west.

With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st
Most populous state in the Union, but those women who did live there had blond hair and big old fake.....

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! Second tallest was the one built at Six Flags so folks could see Rock City folks looking at them and everyone else in those other 6 states.

The average wage in the U.S. Was 22 Cents per hour and a penny in 07 was worth just a touch under a thousand dollars today.

The average U.S. Worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a crooked accountant could earn ten times that amount.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. Took place at HOME and the screams could be heard in the next county .

Ninety percent of all U.S. Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! BUT they had a bag full of kick ass dope!

Most women only washed their hair once a month , and used
egg yolks for shampoo,then they immediately cut it and fried it up with a thick slab of pork

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
Entering into their country for any reason other than to enjoy the free health care or to carry a case of Molson back to Detroit.

Five leading causes of death in the U.S. Were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea, NO SHIT!
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke but only if you stroked it to the EAST

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!! not counting the nine thousand hookers who came in for the Consumer Electronics Convention every January

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day but to honor congress there was a Bastard's Day.

Two out of every 10 U.S. Adults couldn't read or write but by god they could trace!.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school, kind of explains the reading and writing problem DON'T IT!

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over
The counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists
Said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,
Regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian
Of health." Side affects include a uncontrollable need to buy a Cadillac Esclade, a NINE, some fine rental HO's and a crib near the Old City

There were about 230 reported Murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. and just over a million in New Orleans that never GOT reported
Now I sent it to you and others all over the United States,
Possibly the world, in a matter of just Seconds !!!!!!!!!

PASS THIS ALONG!!!!!
Just Try to imagine.....
What it may be like .
In another 100 years !!!!!!!

IT STAGGERS THE MIND !!!!!!!!!

2007-02-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

IN 1967 Dick Webb (one of the Lenoir City Webbs and son of a Baptist Preacher) and Walker Johnson (a Maryville native) started playing folk songs at the now DEAD Castle Heights Military Acad just east of Nashville, Tennessee. They competed in the famed Nashville East High School Talent contest and lost! Today they are still trying to live down the shame. Bless their hearts.

2007-02-21T14:15:00.000-08:00

Cold Feb and then last night some real "March" storms showed up!
This afternoon a great day with a few nasty moments. My mom's 91st continues all week and she is pushing for it to go into April!

Are you ready for SUMMER?? LORD YES!

2007-02-18T20:24:00.000-08:00

Alta LaRue Johnson celebrates her 91st birthday!

2007-02-18T10:27:00.000-08:00

Saturday
cold
ice and snow around
hill across the river from the old UT faculty club
bird

New lies and rumors on media report sunday afternoon

2007-02-16T06:41:00.000-08:00

Nice sky
cold dogs
COLD DAY
19 outside at 9:44 AM
2-16-06

2007-02-12T08:45:00.000-08:00

FIRE last week
Sunday frozen fountain
Jet (very high) Sunday
Reflections in Little River Sunday

2007-02-09T20:14:00.000-08:00

FOOLISH FOLLIES!

A fun event will be held on the Maryville College campus the last day of March to raise money for a host of great causes.

Tonight a little pre-game got underway at a wonderful bookstore in downtown featuring a group called Pistol Creek..or Atomic Outhouse or some cross of the two? Keep your eyes pealed for the location of ticket sales and make a point to roll out the day before April 1 at Maryville College!

2007-02-06T07:54:00.000-08:00

COLD BIRDS
2-6-07
20 above
clouds

2007-02-01T11:29:00.000-08:00

BLIZZARD OF 07!

WATE, WBIR, WVLT and a HOST of other TV weather kids had us all scrambling for cover last night! Well it HIT this morning and now MILLIONS are covered up with MILK AND EGGS they can't eat while their kids MUD sled and SLUSH ski down the hills in their neighborhoods.

Due to the massive amount of power still working we understand France is sending in troops to look for those lost under their electric blankets! Oh the humanity of it!!!

2007-01-30T21:21:00.000-08:00

What a great night, very clear...windy..cold and the moon was outstanding!

2007-01-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

OK, so I missed the cow...thought it was a MILK COW and it turned out not to be, but by JINGO I KNOW MY LAMAS and here is one laughing at the cold wind..or the dork taking his picture? As always double click on the pictures to make them bigger.

2007-01-28T12:47:00.000-08:00

Sunday...wind at 20 and the temp at 30! This beautiful milk cow was saying hi!

A native of North America, the turkey is one of only two domesticated birds originating in the New World. The Muscovy Duck is the other.

European explorers took Wild Turkeys to Europe from Mexico in the early 1500s. They were so successfully domesticated in Europe that English colonists brought them back with them when they settled on the Atlantic Coast. The domestic form has retained the white tail tip of the original Mexican subspecies, and that character can be used to distinguish wandering barnyard birds from wild turkeys which have chestnut-brown tail tips.

The male Wild Turkey provides no parental care. When the eggs hatch, the chicks follow the female. She feeds them for a few days, but they quickly learn to feed themselves. Several hens and their broods may join up into bands of more than 30 birds. Winter groups have been seen to exceed 200.

Attempts to use game farm turkeys for reintroduction programs failed. In the 1940s wild birds were caught and transported to new areas, where they quickly became established and flourished. Such transplantations have been responsible for the spread of the Wild Turkey to 49 states.

2007-01-27T06:27:00.000-08:00

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Under the Foothills Parkway, looking into Dry Valley...late afternoon on a very clear day.

2007-01-23T15:26:00.000-08:00

Redneck Man's pick up lines

1) Did you fart? Cuz you blew me away.

2) See what that dog is doen? I can do that and not bend my neck.

3) My Love fer you is like diarrhea. I can't hold it in.

4) Do you have a library card? Cuz I'd like to sign you out.

5) Is there a mirror in yer pants? Cuz I can see myself in 'em.

6) If you was a tree and I were a Squirrel, I'd store my nuts in yer hole.

7) You might not be the best lookin' girl here, but beauty's only a light switch away.

8) Man - "Fat Penguin!"
Woman - "WHAT?"
Man - "I just wanted to say something that would break
the ice."

9) I know I'm not no Fred Flintstone, but I bet I can make yer bed-rock.

10) I can't find my puppy, can you help me find him?
I think he went inta this cheap motel room.

11) Yer eyes are as blue as window cleaner.

12) If yer gunna regret this in the mornin, we kin sleep til afternoon.

And ... the best for last!

13) Yer face reminds me of a wrench, every time I think of it my nuts tighten up

2007-01-20T07:22:00.000-08:00

1-20-07

2007-01-12T10:46:00.000-08:00

COLD NIGHT
Dawgs would NOT COME IN
Molly said SOMETHING was up the maple in the back yard
IT NEVER DID COME DOWN
Double click on the tree, let me know if you find anything?

2007-01-10T10:41:00.000-08:00

TWO thousand AND seven!

2007-01-05T19:15:00.000-08:00

Jan. 5 2007
Had to make a run to the drugstore and when I walked out the sun was really looking great over North Shore Drive in Knoxville.

2007-01-01T06:29:00.000-08:00

Family gathering/90th Birthday party

2006-12-27T06:52:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS 2006 and 2002

2006-12-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

December 25th 2006

Rain today...quite out in the country and fun inside the bunker

2006-12-23T06:16:00.000-08:00

DECEMBER 23 2006

Day before the day BEFORE!

BIG WIN OVER TEXAS IN O T !

Rain last night and yesterday, today BRIGHT and cool!

2006-12-21T07:59:00.000-08:00

December 21...Santa is hitching them UP!

Years ago we always had a party on the 23rd of December, kind of a closer to the office/ego bashes being thrown around town. Small mob would gather at our bunker, drink whatever that was left over from parties they had thrown, eat whatever we had in the kitchen, enjoy the fire and sigh. Most folks sat in the floor (a very good sign your party is laid back) and most hung around until the moon started to set. In the beginning the conversation was about travel. Everyone was juggling Christmas day between their own home, two sets of parents and then that night various drop ins at friends. Later that same relaxed chatter focused on the Ho Ho day run to the parents, after going over to the kids new homes. Toward the end it was all about giant gatherings at the parents featuring the kids, grand kids and various in and out laws who joined the tribe over the years.

Today there is no 23rd party, most parents are either living with us or dead and those folks who had kids are visiting them out of state. Full circle I guess, but I do miss the old 23rd fire and friends.

Now...we DID get to celebrate the aging of our Maryville High School Class of 1966 this week! Posted are a few of the pictures from our first Christmas party..the women in this class were always outstanding and as we get older they sure do look better than the guys.

Have a great one!

2006-12-18T06:30:00.000-08:00

ALMOST CHRISTMAS!

2006-12-15T21:29:00.000-08:00

9 Days till Christmas!
mid 60s yesterday afternoon and the dawgs just kicked back on the upper deck.

2006-12-13T18:11:00.000-08:00

12-13-06
reflections

2006-12-10T08:04:00.000-08:00

Sunday
Dec. 12 06

2006-12-07T06:35:00.000-08:00

Reportedly the coldest night of the year is headed our way. The weather dudes and dudetts are saying temperatures will start dropping in about three minutes and by dark all timbers will be shivering.

Sounds like the perfect day to post some SUMMER PICTURES!

PS
Be sure to double click the picture of the pool and check out the YELLOW swim
suit!

2006-12-05T19:22:00.000-08:00

OK, the deal is simple...this house is a very natural Ho Ho house. LIVE (well it was when it was cut) greenery, live (see above) wreaths and a portion of a live tree. At one dang time we had a floor to ceiling live tree but the dawgs kept drinking it dry..so now we have a live TOP of a tree on a table. Don't knock it, keeps the dawgs out of the pan and more room for gifts.

B U T this year there was this big donkey sale at Home..(you know the place where it takes an hour to find a 2X4 that will lay flat in the bed of the truck) where they had all this fake junk at 50% off.

Long story even longer the fake wreath with 100 white lights jumped into the car, along with the fake little trees. Problem was the front porch had junk on it from 1999, so after a truck and a trailer load of whatever to the big store..the front porch is clean and the fake wreath is up! Stay tuned for the fake trees.

2006-12-05T07:52:00.000-08:00

Dogs, Sky, river, storm....December 12...06

2006-12-03T13:41:00.000-08:00

Denver the wonder dawg and I took a walk down to the river the evening before the big drop in temperature. Fog was really nice off the water and the light in the trees really did get our attention. Hope you enjoy this Little River evening as much as we did.

2006-11-25T06:25:00.000-08:00

THANKSGIVING AND THE DAYS AROUND IT

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2006-10-30T04:27:00.000-08:00

HALLOWEEN EVE
October 31, 2006

2006-10-29T13:48:00.000-08:00

Sunday
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Little River

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