Anniversary Trip to Gatlinburg

We had a wonderful time!

27 Years,,,and counting

27 years, yes our Anniversary is this month.  I found this Irish poem online and wanted to share it.   

Marry when the year is new, always loving, kind, and true.
When February birds do mate, you may wed, nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can, joy for maiden and for man.
Marry in the month of May, you will surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses blow, over land and sea you'll go.
They who in July do wed, must labor always for their bread.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change are sure to see.
Marry in September's shine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joy will come, remember.
When December's rain fall fast, marry and true love will last.  

Vintage Soft Drinks

These Vintage Soft Drinks are the bomb!  My husband starts craving a NU-Grape every now and then and buys us some of these old-fashioned pops, the metal lids are screw-ons but that first sip really takes me back to a front porch rocker, hair still wet from swimming at Mr. Rainwater's pond.

My Old House

Things that I really like about my old house:

The diamond doorknobs, the windowsill that holds my perfumes, my Shabby Chic curtain in my shabby sweet bathroom window.  

Anne Taintor

   

I just love Anne Taintor products!  She combines vintage images with Anne’s own interpretation of what these men and women might really be thinking.

If you like them too you can see her products here: Anne Taintor

                                                   

                                                                                   

Butterfly Bushes

   
     The lady who reads the meter just hates them.  The Butterfly Bushes.  They have little prickles on them and they grow really fast, so she sent a note to Big G to trim them around the meter area.  He is so funny, turned rebellious and said,
"I ain't cutting those bushes."   
So, of course, I got out the bush-whacker and gave them a good trim.  I like cutting bushes, I find it to be therapeutic.   But, of course I had to get these pictures of the Butterflies first!

Big G's Birthday Weekend

  Big G is having a birthday, so  last week I told him, "We need to take a trip for your birthday while you are still 47."   He laughed and we did just that.   We went to Lafayette, Louisiana so he could introduce me to MULATE'S Authentic Cajun Menu, met up with my nephew who is working there, and had the stuffed shrimp.   The waitress had such a thick Cajun brogue, we could barely understand her...love that.

    Then after lots of eating, laughing and hugs we went through Baton Rouge...back to Natchez. We headed out to sightsee and look at the lights of the bridge over the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana.   The next morning we ate breakfast and went to the Longwood, or "Nutt House" for the tour.  He loves history, and especially the craftsmanship involved in building the structure with the impending war...it is a romantic, industrious, impressive, creepy story.   We think of it as an old friend-and it is our favorite.   

     When the war that suddenly burst upon the nation deprived him of his workmen and his wealth, Dr. Nutt settled his family into the lower floor of the home.  Although a Union man, his rich cotton lands and millions of dollars worth of his goods were burned and confiscated by the Union Soldiers.   A broken man, he died of pneumonia in 1864 leaving his Longwood incomplete.

      I have to mention also, that it was recently in the HBO series, "Trueblood" because of course, there are Vampires and Werewolves in Mississippi and Louisiana. We had a wonderful time!