Saturday, May 7, 2011

Just some words

This week ended well.  The battery in my car was the original battery that came with the 2003 VW!  So yes, I do believe it was time for a new one, don't you?  The car is now starting and running normally, thank goodness. 
Work ended on a good note as well.  We accomplished some tasks that we'd been trying to get done for a few months and they actually went smoothly, which is a real treat for us IT folks. 
Flowers are in bloom up here on the Ridge and I think Benjamin and I are going to take a hike down to the train tracks today to see what we can see.  I always hope to find "treasure" on these walks.  The first time we walked this path, we found a Tennessee Box Turtle shell.  The shell's size told us that the former owner had been at least 30 or 40 years old.  They have a life span of 30 - 60 years and based on the size of the shell (full grown is about 6 inches in diameter), you can guage its age. 
I think we might look in on the cemetary in our neighborhood as well.  Yes, we have such an interesting little area here.  I need to get over to the Ridgetop Museum soon.  I am interested in the history of the land where our house is.  I do know that the Watauga Sanitarium once stood on this land, but I would like to know more about it and the history of this land...just to satisfy my own curiosity. I bet there are some interesting stories about this little town.

7 comments:

  1. What kind of a sanitarium do you live? No, stand in? No, stood there?

    Maybe someone had turtle pie.

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  2. Dad, you are so silly. The Watauga Sanatarium was for Tuberculosis patients. After it closed around 1938, there was a gambling establishment here.

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  3. Do any of them ever come back to haunt you?

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  4. Gambling! Oh my. What is there now. I know there is a pool, a hiking trail, a railroad tunnel, a wine cellar, a flower garden, a chef, an orange grove, and a welcome sign. What do you call it? Home?

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  5. I also remember wall to wall TV and a bath tub in the den.

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  6. Happy Mothers Day in your Home.

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  7. Mom- no ghosts. You'd think we would have some, but haven't heard any in the time I've been here.
    Thanks, Dad! I think you covered what we have up here. We call it home, and sometimes we call it "The Ridgetop Country Club". ;)

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