🎶 @TheEddieShow has me listening to Northern Soul today. (He does that to you)

There is a Nashville connection, oddly enough.

Bobbi Lynn, who we know very little about, recorded this song at Nashville's ELF records. It became a part of Northern Soul only because the single was released in the UK on the Stateside label, and fans liked it. Can this Northern Soul have a Nashville accent? You decide.

Earthquake (1968)
- Bobbi Lynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPfAQGPqfjY

Check it out @mooseandriosmom ☕💃

#HiddenNashville

#WildlifeWednesday

🐌 There was evidence of animal populations despite being an urban creek. Mussel shells and snails were abundant.

After about 30 minutes, I found what I was looking for. It was not doing so well. Maybe it had been a victim of people playing in the creek the previous day.

🦞 This is the Nashville Crayfish. Notice the long claws with orange tips with a black band. Also the "saddle" coloration on the carapace helps with identification.

🛶 We have River Keepers, but we need more Stream Keepers, people watching out for the creeks near their homes.

🔬 There are citizen science opportunities for young people, and habitats and rare populations to protect.

Check out the little waterways near you.

🧵 2/2

#HiddenNashville #Nature #Biodiversity #Crayfish #Wildlife

#WildlifeWednesday

On my recent trip to Nashville, I planned to visit a unique creature. The creature is unique because it lives in a relatively small habitat that it cannot escape.

It lives in the "Nashville Basin," a geographic bowl. It also lives in creeks and streams, therefore trapping it in the basin.

To find the rare creature, I traveled early on a recent Sunday morning toward the headwaters of Mill Creek, one of the few locations where it can be found. There was an access point at a park.

I put on my water exploring shoes, and stepping in, memories of a childhood spent in creeks like this filled my mind. I slogged carefully upstream beyond the area where there was evidence of a lot of human activity.

Would I find one?

🧵 1/2

#HiddenNashville #Nature #Biodiversity

#MuralMonday

Seen at an intersection of Rep. John Lewis Way in Nashville, TN.

The Woolworth's sign appears in bottom right because John Lewis was a key player in Nashville's successful restaurant desegregation effort in 1960.

#GoodTrouble #HiddenNashville

Was running errands while visiting family, saw this, and thought you might like it.

#HiddenNashville #NashvilleTN

#FlowerFriday

Blooms seen at the Nashville Zoo on a recent trip. Enjoy!

#Bloomscrolling #HiddenNashville

#FootpathFriday
On this woodland trail, you have to navigate past curved wild grape vines that can be large and grow high into the treetops.

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
#Nashville, TN

#Travel #HiddenNashville
#Landscape #Nature #LandscapePhotography

#TurtleTuesday

Turtle Queues
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
#Nashville, TN

🐢 These turtles, despite their togetherness here, are not social. Once warm, they swim their own path.

Their heads all out at the same angle 😆.

#Turtles #Wildlife #Nature #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #HiddenNashville

#SilentSunday

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
#Nashville, TN

#HiddenNashville #Nature #WildlifePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Landscape #Wildlife