Family

The Saturday gang is all here. Dinner on the deck. Libations. Hugs. And now stories being exchanged around the campfire as well as plans for future adventures being made.

Mary arrived at 7:06PM. The party can now begin! It's not just a party, it's a retirement party! Dovie has retired since the last Deck Day and Mary retired just two days ago! Party time!

The gang is gathering. We have had arrivals of folks from Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Arkansas. We're expecting the Florida folks a little later but an imminent arrival of Mary. Once she's here the party can begin!

It's been a crazy busy few weeks with lots of projects and lots of help. Antonio and his crew built the new stone patio and sidewalk. Danny and Daniel installed the firepit and gas fireplace. Steve B. did extensive trimming of grass, weeds, and tree branches. Danny...

One of those little things that promise to help a lot. We found a Yeti Wall Mounted Bottle Opener at Jackson General Store and mounted it on a deck post near the space where we place the food tent and coolers for Deck Day. This evening Stan and Mary brought some...

As it turned out, that peeling paint on our old fire pit was but a sign of a deeper problem. We thought that rather than face a continual maintenance night we would be better to replace it. We upgraded to this Hudson Stone one. It's a great spot to unwind and enjoy...

A tradition of ours leading up to Deck Day each year is to call Steve B out to bring his weed whacker, trimmer, and chain saw and spruce up the property. From the deck we can now get delightful peeks at the mountain streams on either side of the house that we call...

Brian arrived this evening bearing gifts of Cincinnati cuisine including UDF and Graeter's ice creams packed in dry ice. Of course we had to play with the dry ice before digging into the yummy frozen confections. It's tradition!

Saturday mornings often find us at the farmers' market in downtown Sylva. It looks like this too has been hijacked by the Ebbing name. We purchased a few provisions for ourselves and for Deck Day and spent a little time getting to know some of the newer vendors. As we...

The trees behind our house are dressed in their finest green. It's such a delight to see this scene through our bedroom window in the morning! One of the reasons we enjoy our sojourns at Tween Creeks!