Charm of the Carolines

Susie's New Stove

While shopping with my friend Christy recently, I found this darling red and white "Little Chef" tin, toy stove at an antique mall on the square in Lawrenceburg, TN. Oh! How I regret I didn't purchase it!! Maybe this weekend will be sunny and bright. I feel a trip to Lawrenceburg in my near future! This Susie needs a new stove!

    The greatest poem ever known
Is one all poets have outgrown:
The poetry, innate, untold,
Of being only four years old.

      ~Christopher Morley, To a Child

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It's a Very Cherry World
Southern Hospitality
Picture Worth a Thousand Words

Southern girls

 
“Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it.”

~ Ashley Judd, actress and long-time resident (30 years) of middle Tennessee, currently residing in Leiper's Fork.

Some of my Favorite Things ~ March 2010

Oprah isn't the only one with a few favorite things. Julie Andrews isn't the only one to sing about them. Before March leaves us, I wanted to include a post in pictures.

Some of my Favorite Things...

 
An afternoon to paint with my friend Laine

A basket of sleepy, snuggly puppies   (Photo courtesy of Susan Oglesbee Hyatt) 

 
Vintage Linens and Transferware

Thunderstorms

 
Discussing ideas, publishers and writing contests with my friend Ginger 

Garden and Gun Magazine

Roy Orbison singing "Pretty Woman"

 

Shiny silver Mint Julep cups

Fresh asparagus sauteed with olive oil, salt and garlic  

Antique Cameos set in tarnished silver

 
Bright, red tulips perfect for picking

1939 International Pick-up Trucks

 
Sunday afternoon naps   (Photo courtesy Scott Turberville)  

Mules gussied up for their big day

 
Mules of a different color

 

Reese's Easter Eggs

Easter Bonnets  

 
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.

Phillipians 4:8

What are some of your favorite things?

Elite Eight

After defeating Ohio State to make it to the Elite Eight for the first time in the school's history, the UT Vols missed the final four national basketball championship by one heart-breaking point.

Although the final score this afternoon to Michigan State was 70-69, we are very, very proud of the Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball team.

Congratulations to Bruce Pearl and the entire UT Vols team!!!

Horses, Hats, and Hounds

 
"There are three things you can never predict:

The outcome of a horse race,

The outcome of a political race, and 

To whom a young lady will tie her affections."

  ~Dr. Enoch Mitchell, my Daddy's history professor at Memphis State, circa 1960

Don't forget to mark you calendar for the 69th Running of the Iroquiois Steeplechase slated for May 8, 2010, at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, TN.

And for more words of wisdom, check back here every Sunday, and see the complete list at Notes from a Cottage Industry.