The story of two volcanos

Mmmmm. Iceland and Chile are quite a distance apart but both had volcanic activity that has impacted many people. My nephew (safe) is serving a mission in Santiago which is north of the Chilean eruption. That particular volcano had been dormant for about 9,000 years before it erupted last year. Some photographs taken then are quite awe inspiring. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-563975/Amazing-pictures-The-lightning-storm-engulfed-erupting-volcano.html

The Icelandic eruption hit a bit closer to home as John arrived with 3 Dutch participants from the convention he had been at in Atlanta. Like many travelers they were stranded till flights could be arranged. Originally they had managed to find a flight out of Nashville for this coming Sunday but John was able to find something on Wednesday and after some scurrying around to get ready they were off. We enjoyed having them stay with us but I am sure they are more than happy to be back home.

Photograph taken by O. Eggertsson showing the Icelandic eruption.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html

We took our visitors to Oprymills and showed them Opryland at night which is quite lovely even without all the Christmas decorations. Kris and I are going to return during summer break with our cameras and takes lots of photographs. They also drove around parts of Nashville and Bellevue on their own and we made an emergency trip to the walk in clinic.

The pollen is quite extensive this year. Nik's doctor has put him on allergy medicine and has seen a lot of children that are not usually impacted. Even with my medication I've been feeling somewhat "foggy" in the brain :0 (Does not make for good hostess interaction). I wiped down the book case in the sunroom yesterday and the dust was yellow !!!!!!! Last week I had to hose down the van.
We are making progress with scraping down the next set of shutters on the front of the house. They are a bit more fragile than the last set so we will have to be really careful when we take the sander to them.

The Music City Marathon is on this weekend. John has volunteered at it almost every year it has been in operation. The rest of us were supposed to be participating in a regional church event, part of it in conjunction with the Methodist church, but as of this afternoon that has had to be postponed.