Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
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We’ve Been Nominated For A ‘Readers Choice Award’! | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
February 25, 2019, 2:09 pm
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Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio has been nominated for a “Readers Choice Award” in 2 Categories- Best Landscaping Company & Best Nursery/Garden Center. Thank Y’all so much for the Nomination! Voting is now open! You can vote in all the categories for your favorites 😊 You can vote everyday, so Please vote for us “Early & Often”! 😉
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Peers, Colleagues & Old Friends | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
January 22, 2019, 9:10 am
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I had a Friend from the other side of the country stop in to say hi yesterday. Paul has been described as a “real Arizona cowboy” & I concur 😊 It was a very pleasant surprise indeed! We started out as colleagues/peers in the same business many years ago but became fast friends that have stayed in touch now for 20 years! We are both professional “Water Shapers”, ie: we both design and build Water Features- Koi Ponds, Water Gardens, Streams & Waterfalls, etc… Over the years we became friends as did our wives & we watched each other’s kids grow up through pictures on Facebook and such… Pretty cool huh 😊
Here’s a great comparison shot from many, many years ago on the bottom when we built a Water Garden In Little Rock Arkansas for P. Allen Smith to the top picture from last night. 😊 Can you pick us both out in the bottom photo?
All these years and yesterday was the first time he had been to my place in Tennessee 😳 We went to dinner 🥘 and he said “take me somewhere local” – So we went to Brooksies Barn and had catfish, pulled pork, ribs & more. We walked in, but we ate so much that we limped out 😂
Brooksies is a one of a kind local joint with great food! Fried catfish, pulled pork bbq & frog legs are just a few of their specialties.
Visiting with old friends is a special thing! Especially when the friendship developed from professional respect for a colleague.
Aristotle said there were 3 types of friendships-
1- friendships of utility (useful to one another)
2- friendships of pleasure (you have fun and enjoy each other’s company)
3- friendships of the good (these are based on mutual respect and admiration. These friendships take longer to build than the other two kinds–but they’re also more powerful and enduring).
Paul, ours is definitely a type 3 😊 Friendship of the Good! But, we have had fun together & have worked together and been useful to one another too… Boom! Trifecta! Hat trick!
Great to see and catch up with an Old Friend!
Have a great day – and here’s to Good Friends!
Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
Ph.# 731-424-2206
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Sunday Reflections…
December 16, 2018, 9:33 am
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All these dark, wet days really limit what we can do outside. Add in the the fact that the days are steadily getting shorter and shorter & it kinda gets … depressing.
The Winter Solstice (December 21st) marks the shortest day of the year. Good News is – the day after, the days start getting LONGER again! THIS Friday is the Day! YES!
BUT, this morning was so beautiful! Beautiful sunrise & decent temps makes for a nice Sunday morning! I walked around the garden a bit and suddenly had so many ideas flowing through my mind! Changes & new things get me excited! These ideas and plans help get me through to Spring 😊 Now I’m sitting on the swing typing out this mornings BLOG post.
Take it from me – Beat the Winter blues! Get outside every chance you get… It’s the best medicine 😊
”From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – The garden outdoors, The garden of pots and bowls in the house, And the garden of the mind’s eye.”
~ Katherine S. White
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻
~ Mark C.
