I made a “random” Facebook post today with a picture of our dog Ranger as a puppy. He was a big hit! He’s such a handsome dog and he was the cutest puppy ever 🐶 Honestly, I didn’t even think about the fact that it’s #throwbackthursday!
Isn’t he the cutest little puppy ever? 😊 Well, now he’s a 90 pound lap dog 🐕
So I thought I would just flip the same theme over to my blog today. What a great Throwback memory! He is now 4 years old 😊
Here’s a little collage over time from puppy to recent…
PS: I literally forgot to publish this earlier today 🙄 Hope you had a great Throwback Thursday!
Throwback Thursday pictures have gotten to be one of my favorite things about Thursdays 😊 Looking back at fun times with family and friends, what’s not to smile about. Like this one. Kids just LOVE my Nursery! They feed the Koi, they pet the animals, and find all sorts of cool critters in the gardens.
She fed the koi and petted a cat or two, but when she found this 🐌 snail, it was over 😊 She just loved it! Picked it up, put it on her arm and had to show everyone her discovery. It’s so much fun watching kids discover something new.
This was my pick for the first #Throwbackthursday of February 2021. Feel free to share a throwback of your own today!
Welcome to 2021! Another year is in the making! Another Spring is coming! Another chance to get out in the garden! And, another chance to attend one of our signature ’Pond Tours’! We plan to host 2 Pond Tours this season. – 1st. – Our Summer Pond Tour in June. – 2nd. – Our Moonlight🌙 Pond Tour in September.
I Love ❤️ Pond Tours! And I know that you will too. Getting out and exploring beautiful Landscapes and Water Gardens is always a Blast! 💥
1st. is our Summer Pond Tour! The date is Saturday, June 26th! See the beauty of Water Gardens in full bloom, up close and in person! Water Lilies and Lotus in full bloom! Beautiful Landscapes, Colorful Koi and the sound of the Waterfalls makes for such a gorgeous day! All the time knowing that you are helping Jacksons local Animal Care & Adoption Center!
Tickets are $20 ea. (kids under 12 are FREE!). 100% of ALL ticket sales & donations go to the Jackson Animal Care Center.
So many beautiful gardens to tour! This is one of the only tours of its type in the country, so come have fun with us!
Our 2nd. Pond Tour of the 2021 season is our Annual ‘Moonlight Pond Tour’ 🌝
Come explore Magical Water Features by the light of the Harvest Moon 🌝 I can’t wait!
The ‘Moonlight Pond Tour’! 🌝 The date is Saturday, September 18th.! This one is very unique! A Pond/Garden Tour at Night! Incredible ‘Nightscapes’ await! Pathway lighting, Uplighting, Backlighting, Moonlighting effects and more! Wait until you see the Waterfalls and streams artistically accented with light! And the underwater world of Koi is simply ‘Magical’🪄 ⭐️ WOW is what I hear all night long! Such a totally unique experience!
The Moonlight Pond Tour is Coming! Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 18th. Come and enjoy a truly unique experience – By the light of the moon 🌝
This Pond Tour also benefits the Jackson Animal Care Center! Tickets are $20 ea. (kids under 12 are FREE!). 100% of ALL ticket sales & donations go to the Jackson Animal Care Center, so you know your $$ is going to help a worthy cause.
There will be much more info to come on these two events, so go ahead and mark your calendars now. You don’t want to miss either of these special events!
We had such a relaxing, pleasant Christmas Day! We watched movies with our parents, opened a few presents, ate Lunch with mom & dad & then, took a YUGE nap 😴
last years Christmas picture. We didn’t all get together as usual this year. So many now have to be careful for health reasons. But everyone was missed and loved and included in our prayers 🙏🏻
I think the pets had more fun than anyone! They all received a present 🎁 of their own and literally tore them up by supper 🎅🏻😂
Yes, they each got their own! But neither was interested in old Gumby until there was a competition involved… Then, poor old Gumby 🥺
Even the kitty came by for Christmas 🎄 She’s really an outdoor cat 🐈 and only comes in when she wants too. Usually, she only asks to come in on special occasions when there’s more than usual activity, or if it’s really cold. Even then, she hides around the edges or up high somewhere 😊
She’s so funny. She got over there ‘out of sight’ and didn’t make a sound until we started eating… Then, she demanded some Christmas Ham! She got some too 😊
I am so thankful for the blessing of Christmas!
Luke 2:4-19 tells the reason and the true Blessing of Christmas ⭐️
Now, Christmas is behind us and it’s on to the New Year! In less than a week, it’s gonna be 2021! 😳 They say ‘Hindsight is 2020’ …. I think we are all ready to put 2020 in the rear view mirror 🪞
I hope you enjoy the rest of your Christmas weekend! 🙏🏻❤️🎄
Good morning! It’s #Throwbackthursday! I was looking through old photos of Halloween’s past and found this very special photo of Jacobs first best friend… his dog Tracker. Tracker was always a good sport and went along with any crazy 😜 dress up plan that Jacob and Jo came up with. She especially Loved Halloween 🎃 Probably all the treats and snacks that she got 😊 Dogs 🐶 are truly mans best friend!
Tracker was such a good girl 🐕 She loved dressing up and going out with us 😂 Here she is in one of her Halloween 🎃 costumes. I just love looking back on great memories! #throwbackthursday
Have a Great Throwback Thursday! And Happy Halloween 🎃 👻
What a beautiful morning! The reward for a long week of playing catch up… the water is smooth, the wind is light and breakfast at the Marina calls… This is heaven for these dogs… They deserve it As well 😊
It’s nice to have the whole bunch out on the River on a Sunday Morning! To the dogs it means one thing – Bacon 🥓
Y’all have a Great Sunday!!
“When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.”
WHY should I come? It’s going to be a FUN filled day for the whole family! AND it’s FREE! Bring the kids to the Petting Zoo! BIG Specials for the Spring Season and “How To” Classes taught by the best in the Biz.!
I was up early to drink coffee and enjoy these wonderful morning temperatures 😊 We were up late last night seeing over the latest Moonlight Pond Tour event. What a wonderful, beautiful night! The weather was perfect & so many people came through to look at the Gardens & Ponds.
It was such a perfect night for a Pond Tour! I just Love this Waterfall! ❤️
Jo and I spent the majority of the night at the nursery selling tickets and visiting with friends new and old. We saw lots of family’s young and old alike, just enjoying being outside in the garden, under the Harvest Moon 🌝 It made me think of this poem by Carl Sandburg-
“Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.”
~ Carl Sandburg
Thanks to everyone who participated and donated to the Jackson Animal Care Center! And a very special Thank You to the wonderful Homeowners who allowed us all to stroll through their Gardens in the Moonlight 🌕❤️
Enjoy a ’Magical Night’ exploring private gardens at this Unique Garden Tour. Saturday, September 14th is our annual Fall Pond Tour Fundraiser for the Jackson Animal Care Center! The Moonlight Pond Tour always falls on the Saturday night closest to the full Harvest moon & this year we got lucky! The Full Harvest Moon is THE NIGHT of the Tour! Boom 💥 Don’t miss this unique garden tour experience.
The Moonlight Pond Tour takes place each Fall and coincides with the Full Moon (the Harvest Moon). The Moonlight Pond Tour showcases Water Gardens, Pondless Waterfalls, Disappearing Fountains, Koi Ponds & more, all under a Gorgeous ‘Moonlit sky’ & enhanced by AWESOME Landscape Lighting | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
“People LOVE this event” says Mark Carter, Owner/Landscape Designer at Carters Nursery Pond & Patio. “This Tour is unique. Many people have never been on a Garden Tour, much less a Pond Tour, PLUS, this tour is at NIGHT! Once you see the Lighting effects and the Waterfalls shimmering & glowing and the brightly colored fish gliding through the Underwater Lights, you are blown away. This is a great night out with the family and/or a Wonderful Date Night” says Carter.
Helping animals in our local community is where this event began & what we still do! ALL the money raised goes to our Local Animal Care Center.
The Jackson Animal Care Center receives 100% of the money from the tickets we sell for the tour! We Love and Support our Local Animal Care Center and we support their Mission in our Community. AND, we truly appreciate YOUR support! Without the community behind this, it won’t work. So please come out and help us make this a Success. It’s a Win-Win – Enjoy a GREAT night out while helping a worthy cause.”
What: The 15th. Annual Moonlight Pond Tour When: Saturday, September 14th. from dusk (7:30) till 11pm. Where: Beautiful North Jackson, Tn. in Madison County. Why: It’s Fun, Affordable and it’s for a GREAT CAUSE! A truly Unique & Beautiful Garden Tour! Tickets: $20 for the Pond Tour (no charge for kids age 12 and under)
Moonlight Pond Tour Tickets are ON SALE NOW at Carter’s Nursery! Call Jo or Sandra for more info at 731-424-2206
Saturday, September 14th. – Join Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio & The Jackson Animal Care Center for the :
15th. Annual Moonlight Pond Tour
Enjoy a ’Magical Night’ exploring private gardens at this Unique Garden Tour. This is our annual Fall Pond Tour Fundraiser for the Jackson Animal Care Center! The Moonlight Pond Tour always falls on the Saturday night closest to the full Harvest moon & this year we got lucky! The Full Harvest Moon is THE NIGHT of the Tour! Boom 💥 Don’t miss this unique garden tour experience.
Tickets are $20 ea. (kids under 12 are FREE!). 100% of ALL ticket sales & donations go to the Jackson Animal Care Center.
Carters Nursery is “Pond Central” for the Tour and is stop #1. We invite you to come by the Nursery anytime throughout the evening to sit a spell, visit & have a drink & a snack. Enjoy the fire pit, listen to some music and explore the BEAUTIFUL Gardens & Water Features beneath the Full Harvest Moon.
See breathtaking night lighting effects on the Moonlight Pond Tour with Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
This Water Garden Tour was founded and is hosted each year by Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio of Jackson, TN (Madison County), and benefits the Jackson Animal Care Group.
The Moonlight Pond Tour takes place each Fall and coincides with the Full Moon (the Harvest Moon). The Moonlight Pond Tour showcases Water Gardens, Pondless Waterfalls, Disappearing Fountains, Koi Ponds & more, all under a Gorgeous ‘Moonlit sky’ & is enhanced by AWESOME Landscape Lighting | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
“People LOVE this event” says Mark Carter, Owner/Landscape Designer at Carters Nursery Pond & Patio. “This Tour is unique. Many people have never been on a Garden Tour, much less a Pond Tour, PLUS, this tour is at NIGHT! Once you see the Lighting effects and the Waterfalls shimmering & glowing and the brightly colored fish gliding through the Underwater Lights, you are blown away. This is a great night out with the family and/or a Wonderful Date Night” says Carter.
Now in its 15th year, The Moonlight Pond Tour features favorite Ponds from years past along with some awesome new Water Features to enjoy. This is a self guided tour and is easy to follow, so relax and have some FUN.
– The Jackson Animal Care Center receives 100% of the money from the tickets we sell for the tour! We Love and Support our Local Animal Care Center and we support their Mission in our Community. AND, we truly appreciate YOUR support! Without the community behind this, it won’t work. So please come out and help us make this a Success. It’s a Win-Win – Enjoy a GREAT night out while helping a worthy cause.”
What: The 15th. Annual Moonlight Pond Tour When: Saturday, September 14th. from dusk (7:30) till 11pm. Where: Beautiful North Jackson, Tn. in Madison County. Why: It’s Fun, Affordable and it’s for a GREAT CAUSE! A truly Unique & Beautiful Garden Tour! Tickets: $20 for the Pond Tour (no charge for kids age 12 and under)
Moonlight Pond Tour Tickets are ON SALE NOW at Carter’s Nursery! Call Jo or Sandra for more info at 731-424-2206
Mark Carter
Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd.
Jackson, TN 38305
731-424-2206 https://www.cartercountry.com
