Matt and Mary Louise wedding

We were delighted to attend the wedding of our son, Matthew,
and his fiance, Mary Louise Roberts, in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past week.   They were married on October 15th.  This picture shows the Roberts family home and Matt and Mary Louise.

The Roberts are terrific people.  Marty (wife) is a school psychologist and is retired.  Larry (husband) is a science teacher at a private school and he also is retired...sort of.  Mary Louise's younger brother, Owen, is also a member of the family and he works for the Energy Department making discoveries about wind power.

Matthew and Mary Louise found each other on the internet.  She is a registered nurse with a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University.  Matt has a Masters degree from the the Maryland Institute College of Art.  Both found jobs at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

Matthew is the technician for computer art in new building at Palo Alto.  Mary Louise found a position in one of the Stanford Hospitals in the delivery room.

One of the many surprises of Chattanooga was the art and the renovation of the city.  Marty explained that the air quality had been a problem before the Clean Air Act.  But the factories that produced the toxic air were cleaned up or closed and now Chattanooga is a model for the nation.  That building to the right is Chattanooga's new aquarium based on the Baltimore Aquarium.  They even had the same project manager come down from Baltimore to build it.

This is a small example of the art that we saw at the Bluff View Inn.  We stayed there for several days and it was a delight.  There is a garden of art works throughout the area and I encourage you to view the entire scene at my Google page:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMmW7DuIzDnag0CIhpEoVyFjDCTPbLulQ7I51NpZy_IFUBUOiCb0fXvWFtUzQle9A?key=ZjJCSTJST2hwRFdCYkVIYjgxYlJTdHUzU0FzMWNR

One final note about what Larry is up to.  I mentioned that he is retired...sort of.  He has taken on a project coordinating five separate groups and stretching 12 miles to plant milkweed plants to provide food for the Monarch butterflies.  Apparently, the caterpillars that produce the Monarch butterflies eat only the milkweed plants and it is important for their nourishment as they migrate north and south.  Very cool!