Louis DeMoss Stone Dedication

Today Kevin and I attended the dedication of a new large marble slab memorial on the grave of Abraham Louis DeMoss. It was the results of a long effort by Sanford Payton whom I helped collect information about the cemetery I have been calling "Providence Church Cemetery" and he is now calling "DeMoss Cemetery," since Louis DeMoss the founder of Bellevue is buried there plus a few other DeMosses along with other family names. He may be more correct than me since it appears that the Providence Church was located a mile or more away from this cemetery. The service was well done.

The local chapter of Sons of the Revolution, SAR,

participated in costume with flags & musket salute

Louis fought in the Revolutionary War in the same Wilkes County NC regiment as 

my 5 Great Grandfather, Francis Hardgrave

Full & Unique Day

3 times a week I bike over this Cumberland River bridge 

connecting Two Rivers Park with Shelby Park

On the Shelby side is this unique sculpture

made of discarded tools

After biking this morning, I spend the rest of day

getting ready for this Cinco de Mayo Picnic 

for cottage residents at McKendree

I was the coordinator - 43 attended

Downtown Biking - More Views

 

Cumberland River from Pedestrian Bridge

Linking Two Rivers Park to Shelby Bottoms Greenway

A Titans fan event with players giving autographs

shown on the big screen as seen from 

the greenway entrance to downtown pedestrian bridge

Downtown Nashville as seen from the

Siegenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

linking my neighborhood greenway to downtown

These shots were all made yesterday on my little pocket camera during a 23 mile bike ride 

Biked to Farmers' Market for Lunch Today

It was a beautiful day to bike the 25 miles round trip to Nashville Farmers' Market at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and along the way I used my little pocket camera (point & shoot) to capture a large Pileated Woodpecker, Wild Turkey, Wild Flowers, and the downtown Pedestrian Bridge which has just been renamed the Siegenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. There's still a lot of nature in the city when biking on the Greenway!

Farm Along Greenway

This farm is alongside the Stones River Greenway where I rode yesterday to Shelby Bottoms Nature Center and back. I think this is the farm that will soon be converted to a city park. It is hilly and I saw a large mass of May Apples in a wooded area. Nice spot in Donelson/Hermitage area.

First Bike Ride Downtown

Saturday was a beautiful Spring day and I rode my bike on the greenway from Hermitage to downtown Nashville, ate lunch at Tazza, then rode back, 24 miles round trip. It was Stones River Greenway to Shelby Bottoms Greenway through Shelby park to Davidson Road to the Titans stadium and Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge. Next time I will go all the way to Bicentennial Mall State Park and Farmers' Market for lunch. This is fun and we have a good Greenway system in Nashville and getting better.

Motown to Budapest - My Weekend Adventures!

I went with a group from McKendree to hear "The Midtown Men" sing 1960's hits with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra Thursday night - a real blast from the past! These are the same four singers who did the Broadway Musical "Jersey Boys" which I saw a few years ago in Chicago. They are really good!

Then Friday night I decided at the last minute to brave Friday night crowds at Opry Mills Mall and see a new movie with great reviews, The Grand Budapest Hotel. It is a really fun movie to watch and so artistically done as is usual for Wes Anderson - maybe his best yet! A visual feast, a lot of humor, but also a lot of serious stuff. Most of all just fun to watch in my opinion. Note that I'm aware some people hate his movies. And I was glad this theater wasn't crowded like the four theaters showing Captain America. A fun Friday night for me!