Archin' and such . . .

This past weekend Dudeboy and I joined Vic, Keith and a few other friends for a couple of hikes in the Big South Fork region of Kentucky/Tennessee.  We saw several significant arches and many windows (several of which are undocumented).  

Fentress County, TN . . .

 The opening of this arch made a perfect outline of a bird . . . a crow maybe?

 Along the way . . .

Mama and baby bear tracks.

 There are actually three openings in this photo.

McCreary County, Ky.  Look for the natural bridge about a third of the way down and on the left hand side.

A closer view . . .

Civil War Light Painting

This weekend, Uncle Hooch played dress-up and helped out Dudeboy and me with some light-painting down on the creek.

The Peculiar Affair of the Green Wallpaper

The past few weeks Dudeboy has been participating in an online course through Coursera called Comic Books and Graphic Novels taught by University of Colorado Boulder professor William Kuskin.  As part of the course he had to submit a creation of his own making.  Scroll through the pdf to read The Peculiar Affair of the Green Wallpaper . . .

Dumont Hill Living History and Reenactment Civil War event

This weekend Dudeboy and I joined the 9th Ky for the Dumont Hill Living History and Reenactment Civil War event in Scottsville, Ky.

 Dudeboy in line for some drilling.

Blathering on to some spectators.

Charlie Chaplin . . . Halloween 2013

Dudeboy is growing up, but not all the way.  He chose not to go out and trick-or-treat this year, but stayed home to pass out candy.  However, as you can see, he still felt the need to dress up.

The Fog . . .

Tennessee History Festival

Yesterday, Dudeboy and I joined the Fetter family (homeschool friends of ours from way back when we first started homeschooling) for a beautiful day at the the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville and the Tennessee History Festival. It was basically a gathering of reenactors/interpreters representing the sweep of Tennessee history through demonstrations and encampments . . . everything from a Cherokee encampment to conquistadors to WWI soldiers to a slavery revisionist display. Odd, that last one.  

With Lincoln, Davy Crockett, and a Civil War surgeon.

With a group representing soldiers from the Spanish-American War.

With a longhunter from Roan Mountain.

Careful with that ax, Eugene . . .

Architectural historian Dudeboy, in a full discourse about columns, capitals, pediments, and the like . . .