So this lake right outside our condo... it's a dream. On sunny days the water is deep midnight blue and when it's stormy it's green grey like pistachio pudding. It's shaped a lot like Lake Powell in that it's not just a big round hole with water in it, but instead it's a long winding body of water with skinny fingers that have crept into little valleys and around small hills making tiny little islands. The lake is totally surrounded by trees and on a foggy day like this one, I can pretend the trees are pines and that I'm in Alaska.
Not too long after we got here, we discovered a family of turtles that live right below our balcony. The dad, aka Tennessee Ted, is the biggest and the rest of his brood have been given other T names. They're super cute and we love hanging out on our balcony watching them watching us. The other day as Jameson and I were driving home I spotted a huge rock in the opposite lane. When the rock started moving I realized it was Ted! With cars zipping over and around him at 50 mph, he was sure to be squished. Ted was in danger of making Tennessee Tina a widow. I screamed at Jameson to pull over and I jumped out, stopped traffic, and picked Ted up making all the lake water from his shell come splashing down onto my feet (at first I thought it was pee, not funny). Then with Ted in my hands I ran back to the car and we all drove to the lake shore. Jameson put Ted back in the water and we watched him swim home. We felt like heros. It was awesome. Yes, I know it probably wasn't the same turtle that lives under my balcony, but in my head it was Ted.
This weekend we're going to watch the synchronized firefly show. There are only 2 places in the world and only 1 week in the year when all the fireflies light up at the same time and turn off at the same time and it just so happens to be in the Smoky Mountains this weekend. Those of you who know about my love for fireflies can appreciate how epic this will be for me.
We're very happy here and feel blessed that of all the places Jameson's job could have taken us, we were sent here to southern heaven. Love you all and hope you're having a fantastic summer.
Our nephew, Camden, came to see us last weekend.
He gets lots of love from aunt Geicha and uncle Munson.
This is what happens when Jameson is in charge of changing diapers.
Yup, that's cute.
