Saturday, July 31, 2021
Friends. Angels.
It was so Great...visiting with Scarlett Scales, last week.
: )
Met Scarlett, and her Dad, Barry...while showing at Heart of Country, at The Opryland Hotel...
in Nashville, 20 years or so...back.
: )
I, hit it off with them...the moment we met.
<3
Scarlett...was maybe...18, or 19...then.
Watching Scarlett...working with her Dad...so closely, reminded me...of me...and my Dad.
<3
Priceless.
<3
They...are Such Good People.
<3
Love Scarlett...So.
<3
Scarlett, and Allyson, in Scarlett's Store...she shares with her Dad...Barry.
<3
Above, and below...are Scarlett's Stores, in Franklin, Tennessee.
<3
They...are So Beautiful.
Just...like Scarlett.
<3
One year...we didn't do Heart, we did The Country Home Show...in Nashville.
Scarlett, and I...went out for Supper, at my Happy Place, in Nashville.
The Cascades Restaurant in The Opryland Hotel.
<3
What an Insane...Night we had.
oh my.
Scarlett, hadn't met...and married...Louie, her Wonderful Husband...yet.
oh my.
After Supper, we went to the Revolving Bar, at The Cascades.
We were making our plans, of where to Go...Turn It Loose, Downtown...Nashville.
As we were enjoying a Margarita...making plans to leave, after that One....
a woman who was sitting by herself...at the Bar, joined us.
She was there on Business.
Couldn't leave the Hotel...because of her work's policy.
As we were getting ready to leave...the woman asked...if we'd consider staying there...and she'd buy all of the drinks we could consume, for keeping her company.
{She had No Idea...what she was offering! Hahahaha!!!
: )}
Oh my.
We had a Great Time.
Walking back...across the Massive Compound to our Hotel...however...
was Quite an Adventure...for me, and Scarlett.
oh my.
: )
Scarlett held me up...part of the way, I...held her up, a time or two...by her belt loops.
oh my.
I, always told John...
"What Happens in Nashville....Stays...in Nashville."
Hahahahaha.
oh my.
Scarlett brought up that story...while we were visiting.
<3
Good Times.
<3
Scarlett says she Still Laughs, every time...she thinks about what I told her...as we parted, when I was pulling out...headed North, to Iowa...after the show.
: )
"My liver...will be Very Happy....to see the Iowa Line. It can't take much more of Nashville."
That...was a Fact!
oh my.
We Worked So Hard...there, but...By God...We Made a Point...to Play a little HARDER!!!
Hahahahaha!!!
Found many Wonderful things, at Both...of Scarlett's Stores.
She gave me the Darling...Bunny, for The Rabbit Hole, she's holding in the top image.
<3
My favorite purchase...is the below...piece.
Barry found it in Philadelphia, about 20 years ago. He'd recently brought it in to the Store.
It's tin...from the 1800's, and would've been on the front of a building.
Love It.
<3
I've never seen one like this...with a Horse Shoe.
{Looks more like a Mule...Shoe. <3 }
Amazing.
<3
Scarlett, and Barry....find the Most Unusual.
<3
Scarlett...is one of those Friends...you can go without seeing, or talking to...for a long time, but...always pick up...right where ya left off, without skippin' a beat.
She's Very...Precious.
<3
Told her...they are Welcome...here, at our Home...anytime.
She's always extended that...offer, to me...as well.
<3
I'll be writing more...about The Southern Run...with Allyson.
The stories, about the Amazing Conversations I had...over the trip, with total strangers...are really incredible.
Learned so much...while on this Run.
I feel so very Blessed, Allyson asked me to go.
Angel.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
These days...I wish, it was all about Nashville.
I'd bet, most of us would..
Friday, July 30, 2021
Sadly...I worry.
I worry every day, about our Land.
I Know How Much Blood Has Been Poured...
OVER
'THIS'
Fairfax City Hall, and IDOT District 6, should be ashamed of themselves.
Sadly...
They All...Make Me Sick.
I want to Vomit...at Every Fairfax, Iowa....City Council Meeting.
HEARTBREAKING
If People...don't STEP UP, well...
We're All Goin' to Hell...in a Handbag.
People...MUST Wake Up.
What's 'Happened' to Us...Wrongfully...could, and...will...Happen to You.
That's a Fact.
'Government'...is Born, at The Local Level.
We Must Be Involved...at 'Home'.
Loads. Loads. Loads. oh my.
Pal, Dwight...called me while we were visiting Scarlett Scales, in Franklin, TN., on our way Home.
He, and Ed...had a 12 Foot Harvest Table...with my name on it.
<3
Bought it, over the phone.
So...was on the road, early....this morning, to pick it up.
Found a Mountain...of Gnarliness...at Wind's Reach.
Ed, and Dwight's Awesome Store...in Urbana, Iowa.
It's Always...So Good, seeing Those Boys!
<3
So Glad...they thought of me, on the Table.
: )
The Old...Angel...found in Georgia...is Insanely Beautiful.
Seems at Home....Up North.
<3
He, or She...reminds me of a Warrior Angel.
; )
Perfect...
Much Needed, here.
<3
Had to Unload...The Ford, from the Southern Trip...with Allyson, this morning.
We PILED...everything that wouldn't get hurt outside...from her RAV, on The Ford's Flatbed, when she dropped me off.
oh my.
Barbara...did some Serious...Shoppin' in Dixie.
; )
<3
Found This...at an Amazing Liquor Store, in Franklin, Tennessee.
Home...of our Dear....Dear...Friend, Scarlett Scales.
<3
I'll be writing more about her...soon.
<3
Love visiting Dwight, and Ed.
Their Home...and Garden's...are AMAZING.
<3
Loaded this...Bad Boy, on The Ford...myself.
He's a Heavy...Boy!
Walnut.
12 feet long.
Old...Old...Old.
All square nailed.
The Two Board Top, and Apron...are nearly 2 inches thick.
Amazing.
<3
These Early...Plank Seat Chairs...at Wind's Reach, touched my soul.
They...need to Meet, that Old..Old...Harvest Table.
We'll make That...Happen.
: )
Bless The IDOT's Heart.
; )
They were here....this mornin'...when I went out...to feed Scout.
They were painting every Goose Egg Sized...Rock, in the ROW.
They were pickin' them all up...when I returned Home...to unload.
Never knew...there was a 'position'...for Rock Painters.
I'm thinkin' I need to apply, for that job.
; )
Looks a lot easier, than Loadin' a Flatbed Ford.
: )
oh my.
{Probably more Profitable...too. ; ) }
Found some Very Early...Fun, Garden...and Primitives, at Ed, and Dwight's.
{oh...and what Dwight jokingly...referred to... as a 'Whorehouse Lamp'. ; ) }
Right Up My Alley...Baby.
That's My Style!!!
: )
LOVE IT!!
: )
Didn't get an image...of that, but...will.
; )
LOVE IT!!!
<3
oh...dear.
Another...
LOAD!!!
oh my.
I've Gotta Get OPEN.
oh my.
I've got to find a way...
to put
'Humpty Dumpty'...
The...Rabbit Hole,
back together...again, after all of this wrongful butchering.
I...simply...can't find my feet.
my soul.
: (
It's a worrisome thing.
: ( : ( : (
oh my.
Love...to Ya.
Prayers for All.
Barb C.
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Family.
Daughter, Liz...has been watching over Peanut, since I've been away.
Liz told me...Peanut, hasn't been eating much.
but...seems to be ok.
; )
well...
I gotta tell ya, Peanut...was Happy To Be Home, tonight...with Mama.
<3
Me Too.
<3
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
I'm Home...Boys. {Updated Again...7/29 }
When The Cat's Away....
hahahaha...
well, those IDOT District 6 Boys, are mighty lucky.
They did a Lot...of Butcherin'...while the Cat wasn't watchin'.
oh my.
; )
This....is what I came 'Home'...to, tonight.
; )
oh my.
District 6...says... This... 'Should' drain.
; )
Hahahahahaha!
ok Boys.
; )
Water Runs Uphill...according to Those...Expert Engineers, at IDOT District 6.
Bless...Their Hearts.
; )
<3
We have always mowed what used to be...Ditches.
They don't exist anymore, thanks to IDOT District 6's Breaching of our Agreement, so they could Accommodate Fairfax City Hall...with a Wrongful...Trail.
oh my.
We...are The Ditch...Now.
Thanks To Them.
We can't Mow...with ROCKS The Size of Goose Eggs Strewn EVERYWHERE.
If our mower hits those Rocks.
It'll do three things.
Destroy our Home.
Destroy...our Mower...
and...
KILL Someone...who's driving down this Insane Stretch...of Highway 151, in Fairfax.
I've only lived here...40 years, what could I...possibly know.
This...is How WE Kept...Our Land, and Right of Way...
BEFORE...IDOT District 6 and Fairfax, Iowa...City Hall, had to Find a Wrongful Way...for a Suicide Trail.
oh...my.
; )
This Soft Mess...of a 'Drive'...is quite a sight.
I drive BIG Trucks.
This...is a Limp excuse, from IDOT District 6, and...certainly...couldn't handle...much.
Bless Their Heart's.
: )
While you're at it...Boys, raking...and cleaning up your Wrongful Mess...
better go ahead, and take that Wrongful...Crooked Bridge Down, to The Size We Agreed On.
about 3 Feet Lower, and 20 Feet Narrower.
With No Fairfax Suicide Trail Accommodations.
Like We Agreed To.
In Writing.
Recorded...in Linn County, Iowa...
January 14, 2019.
The Above...is Why, you should Hire The Very Best Lawyer, and Never...Ever....
Speak with The IDOT, when being Attacked by Them.
Don't Stop...Don't Pass 'Go'...without a Lawyer.
We've been Very Blessed, to have The Very Best, representing us.
It's Still a Struggle.
Best Advise...to Anyone...being Attacked by The IDOT.
Get EVERYTHING In Writing.
Mail, Texts, Emails.
Don't Quit.
Take Many...Many...Pictures.
Before, and After.
Many.
Again...# 1, Don't Talk...to Anyone with The IDOT.
GET a Lawyer.
: )
The Best you can Find.
Yeah...maybe put our Ditches Back, so Our Home and Business...won't Flood, Again.
and...Again...
and...Again.
Seems those District 6 Boys...need to buy a Sharper Razor.
; )
Boys...
what would ya like me to Do....
With This Beautiful Weed Rock Garden...YOU Created, solely for Fairfax's Wrongful Trail.
?????
Before.
seriously???
Where are The Cars Gonna Go...When They Come Off The Highway...
Now, Boys?
Straight Into Our Home...and Business...I'd Guess.
Bless District 6, and Fairfax City Hall.
; )
They Sure Wanted That Suicide Trail.
Didn't matter to them...how underhanded they had to be...to Get It.
oh my.
This...was BEFORE.
You can't even tell where the Bridge was...going over Cross Creek.
AKA DD#1.
To the left...at the Point, was All Ditch.
We've NEVER Flooded There, Ever.
Until Now.
Before.
Ditch. Rabbit Hole to The Right.
See...
Even Columns...Run Down Hill.
Like WATER.
AFTER...IDOT's 'Improvements'...for Fairfax's Suicide Trail.
; )
Before....
District 6, and Fairfax, Iowa...City Hall, should be Frickin' Proud of This Underhanded, 'Back Door'...Breach of Our Recorded Agreement, Solely...for Fairfax's Suicide Trail.
'Wrongful Suicide Trail'.
They've Put Us In A Basin.
Wrongfully.
So Glad...to Come Home, To This.
'Hell'.
oh my.
oh...my.
Bless Their Hearts.
Don't want to be Grateful...tonight, for no rain...in our area...but, I am.
The 'temporary' mess...'Fix'...didn't hold.
Again.
District 6...is a Mess.
Bless Their Heart's.
Had we gotten any rain, while I was away...
our Home, Thanks..to Them, would've Flooded for the 6th. time.
When Allyson pulled around our corner, of Stallman, and 151, she was Shook.
Shook.
Ya have to See This Wrongfulness...
in Person, to Appreciate It.
Love to Ya.
Prayers...for All.
Barb C.
Updated July 29.
Nice.
They should be Ashamed.
Fairfax Councilwoman Wainwright, said...on FB, she'd be So Glad...when this Project is Done...so I will See, There is No Trail for Fairfax...in this project.
; )
hahahahaha...
oh my.
Think she'd better get her eyes examined.
Bless her Heart.
She seems to Forget, It was on Her 'Wish List'...to The IDOT District 6, in 2012.
{I happen to have a Copy...of That Document.}
Ya Got Your Wish...Baby.
; )
There's not Only a Trail...on That Bridge, that According to Our Signed, Recorded Agreement Should Not Be, They Wrongfully Condemned Our Land Solely For It.
; )
I...can prove that...too.
Many, Many...Many...Documents.
They Also raised the elevation, to make Accommodations, for Fairfax's Trail...Under It, Taking More of Our Land, now...Through Wrongful Condemnation...This Time, and 25 Years Ago.
oh my.
Those Silly IDOT District 6 Boys, Really, Truly...should know better.
All Fairfax has to do...is Slap Their Filthy, Wrongful...Concrete down, where The IDOT Graded for Their Suicide Trail, according to The Engineers.
Bless Their Hearts.
; )
Their Next..Wrongful Move...
appears to be, attempting to Cheat Us...out of The Rest of our Land, where the skid loader is, for Fairfax's Suicide Trail, as well.
According to Fairfax's...Mayor.
Bless...his Heart.
: )
Look at This...Frickin' Massive Boulder EYESORE.
What am I supposed to do with THIS?????
They can't even put Straight Piles...under That Bridge.
It's got it's Own Stamp...of 'Crooked'.
Indeed.
Fairfax City Hall Fined me 104,000.00 Dollars, after the IDOT Signed our Recorded Agreement, to Stop Their Trail, for us having 6 Chickens, and a Turkey.
Public Record.
Check it out.
oh my.
I'd rather look at Old...Tom Turkey, and a few...Hens, than THIS.
oh my.
EIB , Business...across the Highway from us...
Got a Beautiful...Shiny...New...Massive Guardrail, in front of Their Property.
None...for us.
Bless Their Hearts.
; )
That's our Home...and Business...on the right.
Can't even see our Shop, from the Highway....anymore, because of the High Elevation...for Fairfax's Suicide Trail...Under.
Bless Their Hearts.
Guess I don't 'Talk'...as Sweet, as Those Boys.
Bless Their Hearts.
; )
I was standing on the North end of the Massive 3 Foot Higher Crowned Bridge, with Fairfax's Trail Accommodations, this morning.
Can you see...our Driveway on the right, at the South end of The Bridge, to the right???
I...can't either.
I'll be rear ended....here, because of This Wrongfulness.
Told them That, Many Times.
Deaf Ears...at District 6.
Bless Their Hearts.
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