[wade clark]

I'm South of Nashville near Lawrenceburg, Davey Crockett country.
A lot of my neighbors are Amish, horse and buggy, no electricity. Really great neighbors with great senses of humor!
You can still find land around here for under $3,000 an acre. I recently saw 39 acres with a 4 year old home, a small barn and a 4 acre pond, sell for $150,000! If it had been closer to me I might have tried to buy it, but it was 25 miles away.
Check out www.realtor.com I think you'll like it!
Have a good evening!
Wade

[susieq]

Thanks for the information Wade. I left a pm asking for same so just disregard. It sounds like a nice area.

I will check out the Realtor site and show my husband.
Thanks again.
susieq

[Bartster]

susie,

if you are looking in the alcoa,tn area there is a member of the caricature carvers of america there by the name of gary falin and they also have some good clubs close by also.

just a thought

bart

[Callynne]

Glad to hear you're all okay, I hope all our friends are and pray for all those who aren't!

We tried one of those weather alert radios a couple years ago and it wouldn't work were we are. Too mountainy we were told.

I bought hubby one of those crank up emergency radios for Christmas, it works terrific and he loves it. It has weather alert on it too, it has a lot of stuff, even recharges your cell phone. They do come up with great stuff, don't they?! Deborah

[flmama]

hi my name is lisa from bradenton and we r ok im new to the group and im trying to learn a new craft and do craving and wood burning i hope to get to know you all and make new friends and get help cause i know im going ot need it

[Nancy_G]

Hi flmama -- so glad to meet you - so glad you're OK.
Ask any questions abour carving or burning you want. Somebody here will be glad to help.

[Blake Lunsford]

Ahh......you like racing do you?? You can't beat Bristol's races.....AND.....I work for the corporate offices of Food City which sponsor the busch race in the fall and the Nextel Cup Race in the Spring....so I can get tickets! You should think about it!! Let me know if you need more information about the area. Abingdon, Virginia is 15 miles away (my home town) and it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to! Just something to think about......don't forget to watch the race at the end of March!

As Bart mentioned, Gary Falin lives right down the road close to Knoxville (2 hours) and so does Wayne Shinlever. There is also Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers and Dollywood right around the corner.

Blake

[flmama]

hey thank you for welcoming me to the group i look forward to alot of answers to my questions . i have a wood buning tools kit now and i hope to find some fairly easy patterns to get started on if anyone has any easy wood burning patterns for begginers please send them to me . thank you and god bless
flmama

[AlArchie]

FLmama, check this site http://www.carvingpatterns.com/projects/burn-five.htm

L.S. Irish (Susan on this message board) has a plethora of really fine patterns for all kinds of burning and carving. A few, like the one on this link, are free and come with a short tutorial to get you started. She also answers questions if you have some, and she has time.

Al