House Walking Tour of Sheffield, AL

May 8, 2026 Saturday, April 25, was the last walking tour of Sheffield, AL for 2026. Since we enjoyed the business tour so much, we decided to go to the house tour. We enjoyed seeing the various homes and hearing stories about them. Andrew Jackson camped in the area on his way back from the […]

A Date Night: Dinner and a Show

April 28, 2026 Least you think Bruce and I work all the time every day, we do know how to have fun. On Tuesday (April 21), I had a neurologist doctor’s appointment. After my appointment, Bruce and I went to Senor Tequila in downtown Florence, AL for dinner. We sat upstairs, enjoying the ambiance and […]

Attending the Business Guided Walking Tour of Sheffield, Alabama

April 20, 2026 The local paper had an announcement for guided walking tours in Sheffield every Saturday during April. The tours start at 10 am, meeting the tour guide on the west side of the courthouse. The first two tours are about the homes of Sheffield. The third tour is about the business on Montgomery […]

Second Saturday Street Fair in Tuscumbia, AL

April 16, 2026 I wanted to do something fun after completing the tax form on Friday. Checking out the Second Saturday Fair in Tuscumbia, AL on April 11, seemed to fit the bill. In Tuscumbia, AL, from April to August, every second Saturday of the month, they do a street fair. From the Colbert County […]

Visit to Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center

April 11, 2026 On Friday (April 3), Bruce and I drove 45 minutes to meet my youngest sister at the Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center in Danville, AL. My sister drove from South Mississippi to North Alabama to enjoy the beauty of North Alabama. On her drive through the Bankhead National Forest, she admired the […]

The Winter Art Market at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art

December 7, 2025 On Saturday (December 6), Bruce dropped me off at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art for the Winter Art Market in Tuscumbia, AL. He went off to do Bruce things. While Bruce enjoys art fairs, he doesn’t enjoy them as much as I do. I almost always want to look at the […]

Visiting the Huntsville Botanical Garden

October 31, 2025 Happy Halloween! On Thursday (October 23), Bruce and I had a meeting in Huntsville, AL. After our meeting, we visited the Huntsville Botanical Garden. When we lived in the Huntsville area, over 30 years ago, the gardens had just started. They had big plans. It is thrilling to see how those plans […]

The Festival That Wasn’t

October 9, 2025 On October 3 (Friday), we went to a local estate sale. I enjoyed looking around, but didn’t find anything I wanted. Bruce didn’t spot anything he wanted either. I had noticed an ad in the local paper for an art festival in downtown Sheffield, AL called “Paint the Street”. The festival ad […]

Visiting Tuscumbia Spring Park for the Oka Kapassa Festival

September 21, 2025 Early morning, on Saturday ( September 13), Bruce and I rode the motorcycle to Tuscumbia Spring Park in Tuscumbia, AL. We were excited to attend the Oka Kapassa Festival. https://okakapassafestival.org/2025-festival-schedule/ Once we parked, we took off our motorcycle gear. I changed out of my motorcycle boots and put on tennis shoes. While […]

A Short Walk Through the Live Oaks on Jekyll Island

September 11, 2025 I had hoped to buy a sea glass ball from the shops in the Historic District on Jekyll Island. The shops didn’t have any sea glass balls that I wanted. The walk underneath the live oaks was worth going to the Historic District.