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Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day in Tennessee. We decided to spend Sunday afternoon riding with friends. Who could resist the call of the road, the sunny weather and the Tennessee landscape!

Rick and our friend Ross, getting ready to roll!

We took off, Rick and I are at the back of the pack. Perfect for seeing the open road, taking pictures and seeing our friends in front of us!

Our part of Tennessee is filled with rolling hills with beautiful overlooks,

hidden lakes,

fields ready to be planted (you can see the some of our hills in the distance)

and lovely creeks.

Yesterday was just the break we needed. . .now it is back to work!

It has been an interesting few days.

My computer started acting funny.  This is unusual, since this workhorse has not given me a moment of trouble for the past 3 years I owned it.

Long story, short, I turned it off, waited 5 minutes and turned it back on. The instant power hit the computer, a fireball shot out of the back of it!

Okay, it was not this bad, but I thought it was!

My husband, Rick is a computer technician. He diagnosed it as a “dead shot” and guessed the power supply took the hit. We spent the morning driving to the computer store and purchased a new power supply.

Of course, my biggest fear was my information on the computer. Since this computer runs my business, this information needs to be backed up constantly.

Rick has solved that problem. He remotely backs up all our computers to a separate server. This happens several times a day and during the night. The server is also backed up on a separate hard drive. All in all, our information is backed up on three separate places every day.

Is this excessive? No way! I have lost information in a hard drive crash in the past and I never want that to happen again. Rick has solved that. Once we got home, Rick opened up my computer tower  and replaced the power supply.

After a few tense moments, we powered up the computer and all was well. All information was intact and the computer is fine.  Whew!

Now I’m off to back up my laptop!

Incredible photos of an “ice wave” in Antartica.

These “ice waves” are created over time from ice that has been compacted and uplifted by glaciation, then shaped through exposure to the elements.

The color is amazing!

Alright, I confess! I’ve had a blog for almost a year, but have finally taken the plunge - this is my first post!

I’m still learning how to upload photos, change fonts and make this blog my own. I know it will get easier and I look forward to sharing my quilts, designs, thoughts and adventures with you.

 Here goes - my first baby step!