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Sunday Reflections…

January 19, 2020, 8:54 am
Filed under: Family time, Food, Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love, music, Outdoor Lifestyles, Sunday Reflections, Sunrises, Sunsets, Waterfalls | Tags: 18th. Birthday, Birthdays Are Special, Family Fun, Family time, Football Time In Tennessee, Good Times, Great Son, Happy Birthday, I ❤️ my Family, IF, My Son, Quality Time, Rudyard Kipling, Sunday with Family, Time, Time flies, Time in a bottle, Voting Age

My son Jacob turns 18 today. 18 years in the blink of an eye 👁 Many of you know him personally & appreciate the man he has become. I’m about to fix his favorite breakfast and spend the day with my boy… I can still call him that, even though he is 6’ 3” and weighs about 220… 😎 I’m a Very proud papa!!!

A collage of pictures of our Birthday boy through the years. From the poster boy for the outdoor classroom movement to putting on butterfly programs, hanging out with his favorite performers & to the man he is today. What a great young man he has become ❤️

Happy Birthday Jacob! I Love you son!

“If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”

~ Rudyard Kipling

Mark C.

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Coming Soon – Saturday Gardening!

January 18, 2020, 9:29 am
Filed under: Family time, Food, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, music, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, Videos, Waterfalls | Tags: Carters Nursery Pond and Patio, Family, Happy Birthday, Love, Rainy Day Song, Rainy Days, Rainy Morning, Saturday in the Garden, Saturday off, Saturday Shoppers, Spring is Coming

Well, the weather outside is awful! Rain 🌧 Wind 💨 Muddy- NOT a good day to be in the garden! Ahhh, but all that will change soon & we need to be ready!

Nasty weather this weekend… But – Cheer up, Spring is Coming!

It won’t be long till we see the sun again!! And it won’t be long until we are out in the garden! It sometimes seems like the end of gloomy days isn’t in sight, but take heart – Spring is Coming!

Have a great weekend!

PS: Happy Birthday Jacob! ❤️

Mark Carter

Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio

2846 Old Medina Rd.

Jackson, Tn. 38305

Ph.# 731-424-2206

http://www.cartercountry.com

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Happy Birthday Baby! Thank You Very Much!

January 8, 2020, 6:43 am
Filed under: Family time, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love, music, Sunrises, Sunsets, Videos, Waterfalls | Tags: Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Great Singer, Happy Birthday, I ❤️ Music, Idols, Kentucky Rain, Memphis, music, Super Fan, TCB, Thank You Very Much, The King of rock & roll., The King Of Rock and Roll

Like many of you, I grew up with Elvis in my life. My mom was what you call a ‘super fan’! I won’t mention her name, but her initials are – Sandra Carter 😎 It seems like his music was always playing in our house. By the time I was 5 years old I knew many of his songs by heart & would sing 🎤 them with very little coaxing 😊 Today is his birthday! So, Happy Birthday To the King of Rock & Roll! Thanks for all the music & memories!