I'm finally getting around to posting the pictures from our family trip to TN. It was a lot of fun and we got to see some amazing places!
**Warning...lots of pictures and details about where we visited!
The Hermitage-Home of Pres. Andrew Jackson, quite impressive!
Back of the home. This is on an extremely large land plot! enough to fit 10+ of these homes!!
Delia in the gardens at the hermitage
Magnolia flower on one of the many Magnolia trees all over the south. First time seeing one in person(though we lived in KY for 4 yrs, I don't recall seeing any) and they are much, much bigger than I imagined them to be!
Over the fence from the gardens and out into more pasture. so much green!
Delia and Ian hiding in a bush!
part of the Carter house that was riddled with bullet holes during one of the blodiest battles of the civil war, Battle of Franklin.
Back of the brick kitchen with holes made from bullets(the kitchen was always seperate from the house..at least in the south) 9500+ soldiers died during this battle...incredible
Me and andrew sitting on one of the cannons used. We tried to take the sucker away, but he wasn't havin' it!
This is Carnton plantation, one of the closest plantations near where the battle of franklin took place. It was made into a hospital for the wounded, but many ended up dieing. Many lost so many limbs that they were piled up against the side of the house, rising at about 8 ft. It was really quite incredible inside. Of course they have done some remodeling of the wall paper, etc. but tried to keep it close to the period. The home was actually lived in until about the mid 1970's!! The doors were about 14 ft tall and each door was about 7-8 feet wide! loved them! There were 3 stories in this house, but they don't take visitors up there. They also didn't let us take pictures of the inside. It is said to be haunted...another of my favorite parts in this home was the portrait of the mistress of the house Carrie McGavock. The painting was bigger than any portrait i had seen. about 6-7 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. So lovely, but eerie at the same time.
there was also a small doll bed, which was said to be extremely rare during that time. This poor
woman had 5 children and lost 3 of them, she was said to have been in mourning until the day she died, always wore black and was nick named "widow of the south" when the home was turned into a hospital, she took action right away in attending to the sick and afflicted. There are still many blood stains left on the floor, some were apparently so bad, that even after the thick carpets were removed it had penetrated and permanantly stained the floor, it was wicked!
The Front of the Carnton Plantation
Delia in the plantation gardens
Grapes hanging off of the trellis
The grave yard behind the plantation that holds all of the soliers who died.
Delia on a bridge at the Nashville zoo.
Andrew watching the porcupines being fed.
Look at this face!
Delia on the little train at the zoo. cheeseball!
Sweet girl, trying to smile pretty for mommy!
The famous Delia attitude!
Pretty girl by Great Aunt Carolyn's lake.
This is the wall paper in Christian's Great Aunt Carolyn's home, a famous plantation in N or S carolina..can't remember.
Trying to get Delia and Andrew to pose for a picture in front of it...not going to happen.
Delia next to her Great, Great, Grandma Delia Cash Anderson whom she was named after.
This is the media library at the baptist church in Kingston, TN and because she helped organize the first baptist church in kingston they named their library after her.
A very, very old dock behind Great aunt carolyn's home. so lovely. and of course it stormed just seconds after taking this picture for about 45 mins...really stormed! it was great!
