Kentucky Peaches!!!

You wouldn't believe the peice of heaven we've ended up in. We made it to Hopkinsville Kentucky and are staying at Lovell's Peach and Apple Orchard. The drive in was beautiful. The second we crossed the state line it was nothing but corn, a little steriotypical but the intense green all around us was soothing after the time we spent in Gallatin. The back road to get here was the kind of country road you see in the nice old farm movies. Our room is an apartment above their store which sits near the road. They sell peaches right now since apple season isn't until the fall, or they will sell peaches when the store opens tomorrow. When we got here Rosi had been trying to get everything cleaned up so they could open. She had painted maybe 1/3 of the floor and all the shelves were pushed around into a corner so she could paint. We were excited to have a real project so soon into getting here so we grabbed up some paint and got to work. We gave the floor several layers of fresh paint (red is hard to cover up), washed the walls, painted the main shelves a fresh green color, moved all the furnature around, stocked shelves, and swept it all clean afterwards.
Daniel has been helping Luke do farm work around the property. He took him out to the field to pull a tractor out of the mud and taught him how to drive the two tractors. The smaller white tractor has a huge pull mower (bush wacker) attached to the back used to cut down the waist high grass. The only worrysome thing about that is, to start the white tractor, you have to take a screwdriver and stick it against some metal wires near the battery. The handle is wrapped in a plastic bag so you don't get shocked but it still makes me nervous.
Annabelle is having a blast with all the animals here. There are two dogs, 2 cats, 5 four-week-old kittens, 3 pigs, 7 two-week-old piglets, 4 rabbits, 5 baby bunnies, 2 sheep, 3 goats, lots of ducks, geese, guine fowl, and even a peacock. She LOVES the kittens and will walk right up to them and lick them. If they wander off, she'll follow them to make sure they don't get hurt. The momma cat doesn't like any of it and has smacked Annabelle a few times, but her fur is so thick that she really doesnt feel it. The only thing we have to watch out for is the beagle Jack. He's not fixed and neither is Annabelle so we have to keep them far apart. Annabelle spends most of her time in the apartment because of that crazy humping animal but when we want to let her out to run, we just drop Jack in a pen that's electrified. They normally use it for keeping in goats and chickens but the dog knows all about the shocking power. We lovingly call it, putting the bagle in the toaster.
There's no Wi-Fi out here and hardly any cell service so we're hard to get hold of. We have our camera though and we still plan on posting lots of pictures on the next blog update.

Making the most of our time in Tennessee

Well, it's almost time for Tiffany and I to pack up our stuff and head to our next destination. The farm in Kentucky will be expecting us on the 25th, which is just around the corner. There, we'll be camping in the woods bordering the farms apple and peach orchard.

Work has been really hard to come by around here. Tiffany worked a few days last week for her Aunt Lee, helping clean and setup a summer camp for the local Boyscouts. I was working for a Driveway Sealcoating Company, which was fun, and it paid. But the guy who owns the company started to get really shady, and eventually stopped answering my calls. I found out later that he's been suspected of being a drug dealer, and he's been arrested from his house multiple times in the past. Needless to say, I no longer work for him.

Since the work has run out, Tiff and I have become alot more involved in our crafts. I've been Drawing in my sketchbook almost every day and I just picked up woodburning as my new favorite craft. Tiffany has been doing alot of knitting, crocheting and jewelry making. She finished the baby blanket she's been working on for the last couple months, along with baby booties, and arm warmers, and she sold all the necklaces she made.

We've been diligently keeping up on the garden we planted a few weeks ago. Watering it every day, keeping it weeded, and adding fish emulsion when needed. It's coming along beautifully. We lost a couple of plants, but id say 95% of them seeded, sprouted, and are already growing tall. It makes us both very proud to see our hard work pay off.

About a week ago, Tiffany and I took a trip to Bledsoe Creek State Park. We woke up before the sun came up, and drove to the park just in time to see all the local deer grazing. everywhere you looked, there were deer, we had to have seen 15 driving in, and at least 10 more while hiking the trails throughout the park. Along with the deer, we also got to see 2 Guinna Foul, and an entire family of Wild Turkeys, (Mom, Dad and about 10 baby's). The park was wonderful, and aside from bringing home a few ticks on our clothes, Id say that day was perfect. A much needed vacation from the apartment.

Tiffany is getting her wisdom teeth removed tomorrow morning, so she will be out of commition for the next few days. Earlier tonight, we went out and purchased what she'll be eating for the rest of the week, our checkout consisted of mashed potatoes, tomato soup, spaghettiO's, Jello, and Tapioca pudding. So if anyone wants to call and send their love, I'm sure she'd appreciate it.

I will post another blog as soon as we get to the farm in Kentucky to keep everyone updated.
We miss you all so much, and hope everything is going well back in Florida.

Much love.

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Things have been extremely slow around here. We haven’t been doing much besides twittling our thumbs till we go stir crazy. The Cicadas exploded a few weeks ago and have only just recently started dropping dead, leaving an opening for the lightening bugs who have started coming out. In our “off time” We turned a pretty good sized section of clay in the backyard into an almost functioning garden, complete with plants. My uncle checked out our car since our breaks haven’t been working very well, he couldn’t find a problem and said we probably just need new breaks and new tires. We’ve been so frustrated with the lack of activity that we just had to get out of the house yesterday. Dan and I have been wanting to go to this park since we had a picnic there with my parents on my birthday and saw a big female deer just hanging out in the middle of the field. We packed up the car and loaded Annabelle in the back seat and drove off to the park. We spent the hottest part of the day lounging back in the river and skipping rocks. Annabelle wasn’t the biggest fan of the water, outright refusing to swim but being content on laying in the water, so long as only her belly and legs were wet. After a few hours of splashing around with the turtles we gathered our things and headed home. Daniel almost flipped when he found two itty-bitty leeches on his feet. I thought it was funny.
My Grandma and Aunt headed out on a trip today so we decided it would be another good park day. The three of us headed into Nashville to Centennial Park where, for some reason, they have a full scale replica of the Parthenon. Don’t ask me why. We walked the path’s and watched the ducks and geese swim in circles with their little babies.
So I guess this weekend will be spent watering plants and playing Rummy until Monday. Turns out me and Dan will have some work lined up on Monday. Can’t wait, we’re anxious to get working.