The Smells of Middle Tennessee

Welcome to a day in wonderful Middle Tennessee. The recent rains have produced a cleaner air to the area, and you can't go anywhere in nature without smelling the wonderful scent of the plant above, the almighty Honeysuckle.

As I was walking Applesauce yesterday on the city Greenway, I noticed that God has provided us with a natural fragrance for every season. The season we're in right now (Spring although its really summer) is frangranced by honeysuckle, and soon we'll be going into the smell of grass. Yeah I said it, grass. My olfactory senses go crazy in the summer when I pass a field. I love it though, its such an alive scent.

Also coming up soon will be the smell of a garden which I truly love. The smell of cucumber, tomato and okra plants all send me to a place where the only thing that should fear anything is my handy peeler. And the best of all is the eatin', and the eatin' is good as my lovely Grannie Miller would say.

I wish I could send you all a basket of cucumbers and squash, Lord knows they grow quicker than weeds at the height of the season.

But for now I will enjoy the smell of the blooming honeysuckle plants that sit on our property line and think about the upcoming olfactory circus that lies ahead.

What's the scent in your neck of the woods at the moment?

Guess what this computer says...

This computer says that I'm officially a Senior!

GO me!

I'm a little (strike that: enter "very") stoked that possibly a year from now I will be done with college. Don't get me wrong, its fun and all, but I'm kind of over it. I'm ready to teach!

All I have to worry about now is getting into the Education program, which might be a little tricky with my GPA. But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Yay for now!

Life has changed a teensy bit...

I haven't blogged in a while due to Final Exam week which ends for me tonight. Whew...

BIG NEWS: I have a new roommate and she goes by Applesauce. She is a 50 lb. Pitbull Mix and I love her dearly.


I've actually known Applesauce for a while. She was rescued by my friend Jennie's brother on a work site, and since she was living with my best friend Mark (an animal lover of many species) he agreed to take over care of the very malnourished dog. We believe she was a 1 year old, had been trained by her previous owner, but may have been at a puppy mill because it was very visible that she had already had a litter of puppies.

The reason for her name is simple. Mark's other dog, an English bulldog, is named Pork Chop. To make all Peter Brady fans happy, Jennie and I named our new friend Applesauce. Mark always claims that he had nothing to do with the name, it was the women who named her.

So she is very well-trained and generally a happy dog. Until she gets more used to the area I have to walk her on a leash everytime she goes out, which is a little tricky right now with our daily rains. As far as the furniture goes, if I'm sitting on the couch she's only allowed up with me if she's invited. When I'm asleep she can either sleep on the couch or lay on a quilt I've put in the floor for her. She seems content with the couch more and I don't blame her. It's pretty comfy.



I'm really getting used to the responsibility of having a dog actually living with me, and hopefully I will be able to socialize Applesauce with my dad's dog Reese soon. Reese is not happy that there's a new dog on "her territory" so we'll just have to let her warm up to the idea.

Hope you all are enjoying the Dog Days of Spring!