Random Collection of Pictures March 2026

March brought birthdays, local trips up Raccoon Mountain and Lookout Mountain, and a 10 minute drive across the Georgia state line into the national military battlefield. I also gathered a few interesting snippets of information along the way. And presented at a Paralegal Education Conference!

Family history pics! G's great-grandmother.

And a great-grandfather from my side.

US Highway 40 was originally signed as North 40 and South 40. Then North 40 was signed as US Highway 24 and South 40 became just 40.

The Stockton newspaper has a columnist, Leo Oliva, who wrote a column that I already knew (me being a student of history) about Nicodemus and railroad denial.

The old town of Webster picture. I wonder if this is how the Burtons saw it back in the day with their farm land so close to the town.

I heard about Madalyn Murray received some land near Stockton but never had the full inside scoop until now.

I really liked the two months I lived in Republic. For Dad anyways, the first time living full-time within a city limits.

Five minute trips to Lookout Mountain and Raccoon Mountain.

Birthdays for Pops and David!

My awesome display for March and women's history.

Kansas beauty - I'm in love.

I recognized this road immediately from Thornburg. I should. I ran two miles every morning at 5 AM before school (except for sloppy mud or blizzards).

My promo board for my presentation! It went great and had a large audience!

Random Collection of Pictures February 2026

February involved a significant hair cut - my long hair cut off in preparation for a March online paralegal presentation! I was reading a book of great interest so there are two snippets from the book I wanted to share.

Doctor visit to the cardiologist -- all good! Wearing my Bomb Pop beanie I got while in LeMars.

Captured this beauty of the Chattanooga sky with a gleam of sunlight.

Came across this picture of Fort Negley in Nashville. We drove by this a lot moving things out of the old PTA office into storage. Still have two pins to give to someone. The fort did its job protecting the Cumberland River in Nashville in the 1860s.

I wanted to visit this taco shop, Nacho Libre, but it closed down before I had the chance.

Rock Island railroad played a huge part in Kansas moving grain and stuff. An old map of the former train railways. 

Ran across this post about Gusti's restaurant - a frequent stop of my friends and I during my days living in D.C. I still have a  napkin from the lounge which is also pictured.

Maybe some day I'll get to see this in person.  Or I'll just enjoy the pictures and the narratives instead.

Read a book about the Kaw and its tributaries. Some good stuff that I never knew about. The first snippet is about Big Creek and Hays. I was not aware that many fish were documented but now the creek is disconnected and not the same.

And this snippet about Downs and rural life in general.

Before picture of my long hair blowing in the wind.

Picture of G and I at the Chattanooga Pier after my haircut.

I created a display at the end of February for March and women's month. I received so many compliments and high praise from administrators. Farm Life, Ranch Work, Women Pioneers. I put pictures I took from around Kansas and Tennessee and placed them around the edge of the display. Pretty pleased with the result!

Random Collection of Pictures January 2026

Happy New Year! We started out with a sherbert punch and hor d'oeuvres for the new year! And traveled to Cookeville on January 3 for a donut run to Big O's and Ralph's!

 

I organized a display to recognize 20 years of the library blog. Guess who wrote the first blog post 20 years ago for the library? Me! So I was recognized on our library instagram as well.

 

We had a fun visit from grand-dog Pixel and her mommy during January! That was fun!

Random images captured. A former colleague's lament about post covid people, vultures circling the sky above campus, a big mural on the side of a liquor store, a streaking light across a mauve sky.

 

 

One of my pet peeves about time zones is that there are counties placed in the wrong time zone. Thankfully I found this image that indicates the counties highlighted in red that should be shifted westward in time. For example, Chattanooga and Atlanta should be in the Central Time Zone. The Texas panhandle, OKC, Hays, Grand Island should be in the Mountain Time Zone. Not too many counties need to be shifted to Pacific Time Zone - mostly in Idaho.

 As a person who studies maps for fun, I have found Interstate 29 to be pretty much a stateline hugger. This image validates my view. I drove I-29 a bit during my undergraduate years in Iowa -- South Dakota and Iowa primarily.

 Love how my hair looks in this picture!

 I caught this train silhouette while on campus - a very common sight during the winter and the leaves are not blocking the view. I used this picture for my park and recreation month slide show for campus.