Tuesday, July 7, 2009

May Not Town

Our short civic nightmare is over:
Matthews moves for indefinite deferral on May Town Center; council approves unanimously

The mister and I visited Bells Bend over the weekend; we took a walk through Bells Bend Park, and I tried to count how many different bird calls I heard.

Years ago a friend and I drove several miles out of our way to take the car ferry across the river at Old Hickory. We knew that the ferry's demise was inevitable, though it would keep operating for several years after our trip. I'm wishing I'd gone back to take it again. I think we were the only car on the ferry; I thought operating that ferry must be a lonely job.

As we walked around on Saturday I snapped this picture, which seems appropriate: