Peace out Brussel sprout

Last weekend was the first weekend that I was not studying for a big test. To celebrate the occasion, Matt and I wanted to go do something for a change. Of course, I could tackle the over whelming amount of house work that has accumulated over the 4 years of law school, but it’s waited this long right? How much more damage is a few days really going to do. We had a fantastic day. We had breakfast out and then made our way to the farmers market in Nashville. We had never visited the farmers market and we had a good time. We bought two gardenia trees for the Moms as Mother’s Day gifts. They smelled absolutely divine. We strolled and browsed through the produce. Matt was really interested in seeing what a vendor was selling their beef for. Matt squeezed over to check out their prices. He came back bewildered and proclaimed that they must be feeding their cattle gold, because they were selling some sort of steak for $9.00 a pound. That is not the case at Silvey Family Farms, just in case you were wondering.

inside the Nashville Farmers Market

local producer at the farmer's market

Matt and I had lunch at the farmers market and then decided we would head over the Arts and Crafts Exhibit at Centennial Park. It was an awesome last minute decision. Awesome I tell you. Well, the weather wasn’t awesome. In fact, we had to stomp through lots of mud from all the rain we have been having lately (good thing I was wearing my new rubber boots). There were a lot of very gifted people showing off their works. We saw artisans from Clarksville that we had not seen their work before. Matt fell in love with works of Russ’s Rural Rockers (click on the link and check out the Gallery on his website. Seriously neat stuff). He was in complete awe the creations of Mr. Russ Jacobsohn of Sparta, Tennessee. I’m pretty sure that Matt would order one built in his size if he could have. They were truly beautiful and full whimsy.

Tennessee Association of Craft Artists

Me channeling obi one kenobi in the rain at the Arts and Crafts Fair

* I'll post some other pictures later in the week.