Atomic Monster Cafe: Love United...

...in Holy Matrimony...Marcellus and Rileigh Hare, June 23, 2018.

It truly was a beautiful ceremony and Marcellus and Rileigh are such lovely people I wish them all the best life has to offer as they continue their journey together.

Their wedding was one of the few times my 5 sons and I have all been in the same place at the same time in quite a few years...

Left to right that's Chris, Benjamin, an unidentified old man who wandered uninvited into the picture, Evan, Micah (father of the groom) and Ryan.

Karen organized the quick pic and did a nice job of getting everyone to look the same direction at the same time.

Evan just got out of the hospital a few weeks ago after back surgery when he had two vertebrae fused after a serious bone infection in his spine...

...amazing to see all 6'6" of him standing on two feet unassisted. The above was taken at Craig's Cruisers the night before...fun after the rehearsal dinner...

My grandson Damien with his Uncle Benjamin...

After the wedding Karen and I scooted back to Holland and decided to stop in to Curragh's, the Irish pub there...

...where we enjoyed some Guinness, a Blue Moon, and some actual food...fish and chips and a chicken sandwich with basil pesto and swiss cheese...very yum...

Once we made it home it was time to relax...

...which I did...when I first saw that sign in Curragh's I thought they actually had a cigar room downstairs, but alas, such is not the case...

Got another picture of life on the road which means it must be time for the 2nd installment of:

Rodger's Ramblings...

...and if you've ever crossed the Tennessee / Alabama border on route I-65 near Elkmont you'll recognize this iconic sight at the Alabama Welcome Center there.

That folks, is a genuine Saturn 1B rocket ship...stretching 168 feet in the sky and 22 feet in diameter. It was donated to the state back in 1979.

Here's another view...

It's in need of a good scrub and repainting, a project which is currently in the fundraising stage.

Anyway this was one of the views filling up Rodger's windshield on his latest jaunt across this great land of ours.

I told him I need a picture of him in front or inside of his trusty steed and I received a typical wordy response from him via text message, the full content of which appears below:

"ok"

He's not big on texting...neither am I for that matter, but in his case it's at least in part due to the size of his meathook hands...they're big and broad and thick, which is pretty much the exact opposite of what you need to tippy tap on tiny little cell phone keypads.

In other words, he's a professional truck driver and damn proud of it, too.

Here's a few views of life around the ol' homestead lately...

...a few more daisies in bloom...

...the chief groundskeeper and landscaper busy at work...

...the fountain and two of the yucca plants in bloom...

...and Mr. Gopher taking a break from mining (hopefully for gold) under our yard...

And that's just about a wrap on this Sunday evening edition of the Atomic Monster Cafe...

"Wait!" you say urgently. "No hickory golf update today?"

Well...since you asked...

...nah, no report today...the various and sundry vile acts I perpetrated with my hickories on the golf course today bear so little resemblance to actual golf they're not worth mentioning...

later, mcm fans...

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