Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 156

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Let's go on a walk through my 'hood shall we?!...
1)
The Blue Ridge Parkway...visit HERE for some interesting history on the building of the Parkway...

2)
This little workshop/shed/storage building always catches my eye...something about how the sun shines right through the windows at the right time of day...

3)
A couple of hitch hikers along the Parkway ;)

4)
I found this little cross...

5)
Christmas Eve at our house...Let me introduce you...Back Row: Nick to the left and Christian on the right...Front Row: Xeno (Ashlyn's boyfriend), Ashlyn, Madeline (Christian's girlfriend), Kaile (Dalton's girlfriend), Dalton & Braden...Down in front: Me and Ozzy! Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!

That's my 5 this week! The last Willy Nilly of 2017, can you believe it?!! I would love for you to join in if you have the time! Post 5 randoms, link back and visit others! Have a great weekend :)

Foggy Day on the Parkway

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On Saturday afternoon the boys wanted me to drop them off at the park so they could play basketball and I wanted to go take some pictures so I jumped on the Blue Ridge Parkway and thought I'd snap some pics of the views from the overlooks...I decided to head north on the parkway and this was my first stop...a little fog...not too bad...so I pulled out and climbed up the mountain a little more for the next overlook...

I got a little nervous driving to this overlook as I drove right into some thick fog and could barely see but then it became clear...so I thought it would be ok to head up a little further to the next overlook...

It was super, SUPER foggy on this stretch so I decided not to chance going any further and headed back down the mountain...

Closer to home now...one of the pretty bridges that are all along the parkway...Linking with Mersad's Through My Lens

Roanoke Mountain Lookout

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These were taken on Sunday from the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Roanoke Mountain Lookout point. The 1st 3 photos were taken by the boys, not sure which took what as they were just snapping away passing my camera back and forth each trying to outdo the other...I tell ya, everything is a competition with these 2 ;)

The last photo I caught as I was starting to back up and noticed this couple set up their chairs and a cooler so they could enjoy the sunset...the 1st 3 photos were looking east and this last one is on the other side of the lookout looking west :)

Since it was just the boys and myself on Sunday I had them gather up some of their old sports equipment they can't use anymore and we took it to Play It Again Sports so they could trade it in...they ended up with a bit of money and decided they just wanted a new video game so we went and did that. Afterwards we drove to Rocky Mount and had lunch...walked around a little bit then headed home via the Parkway...It was a good day :)

Linking up with Mersad's Through My Lens

Willy Nilly Friday 5 Number 7 @ Smart View Picnic Area

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This is where we picnicked when we were at Smart View on Sunday. (See yesterday's post). We brought along a big old turkey sub sandwich, some chips and cookies. There is a picnic shelter with picnic tables. Every time I say picnic, I want to sound it out like pic-a-nick as in Yogi "Hey Boo-Boo, I see a pic-a-nick basket" :) ....anyhoo....now on to some random 5's!

1) Would you stay in THIS hotel? I love scary things but I wonder if I would be too chicken? Probably!

2) School starts for the kids on Tuesday...boo....some of you might know I work part time in the cafeteria, yes, I'm a "lunch lady" lol...so I've already put in 2 days this week. A few hours to get the kitchen ready, a couple hours for a safety meeting, then Monday I was volunteered to work 9th grade orientation and then it's back to school for real on Tuesday. Funny, I was a stay at home mom for so many years, up until Braden and Dalton started 1st grade, that's when I started working in the school. It's nice have a routine.

3) Ashlyn heads off to college in a little more than a week. It doesn't seem real. She's been local, going to community college here but now she'll be almost 2 hours away. I told her I won't cry. She said I will.

4) We watched Divergent this week. It was really good. I like Ashley Judd and you know something weird? A couple of weeks ago Nick and I watched Kiss The Girls on tv, with Ashley Judd. There was a guy trying to kill her. The guy who tried to kill her on Kiss The Girls plays her husband on Divergent! How strange right?!

5) Have you seen this:

Haha...Ash and I tried with Ozzy. I gave him a shower 2 days ago and this time Ash wanted to record him. He did much better the second time around. I think he actually liked it. I'll see if I can piece it together to share with you next week!

Have a great weekend!! Now it's your turn!

Signs, Signs & A Good Fence @ Smart View

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Smart View Recreation Area, Trail Cabin. Mile Post 154 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The 19th century cabin, built by the Trail family, represents the isolation of mountain residents.

Linking with Signs, Signs & Good Fences

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