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I was thinking about my dad just now… What would I have done without him? What would my son have done without me? Dads are one of, if not THE most important figure in a boys life! Thank God for Dad!
I was always hanging around my Dad, even at the Fire station. He taught me how to be a man. Now I have a son of my own. With my Dads help ❤️ He has turned out well too 😊
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
~ Billy Graham
Happy Fathers Day to all the ‘Dads’ out there…
Have a GREAT Fathers Day! I’m going to lunch with my dad and my son to celebrate 🎉
PS: Enjoy the socks and ties 😉
Mark C.
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Memorial Day is a Holy Day! A day we remember and hold high those true hero’s that gave all for our freedom!
Thank you! To all the men and women who gave all so we could have and enjoy our freedom! Tell your kids and grandkids what this day stands for! 🇺🇸 God Bless America 💥
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.”
– George S. Patton
Have a Great Memorial Day Weekend!
~ Mark C.
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What a beautiful morning! Warm with a light breeze, the tree pollen is down a bit too. Perfect Sunday morning in May!
I’m getting my Garden in order this weekend. I love the month of May!
I really start planting in earnest when May arrives. Frost is behind us & the garden is calling… The whole world is alive and thriving now 😊 It feels so nice! I’m going back inside to have breakfast, then it’s on!
“May and June. Soft syllables, gentle names for the two best months in the garden year: cool, misty mornings gently burned away with a warming spring sun, followed by breezy afternoons and chilly nights. The discussion of philosophy is over; it’s time for work to begin.”
~ Peter Loewer
Have a great Sunday!
Mark C.
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Sunday morning is my favorite morning to grab a cup of coffee and get outside! This morning the birds were singing up a storm & there was still a good breeze blowing. Last night was more of a gale force wind 💨 LOTS of plants to stand up at the nursery 😊
Like most late April’s, we have been sunny and warm one day to cool and raining the next… Tonight looks like we are getting down into the upper 30’s 🥶 But, that’s April in Tennessee! Can you say “Blackberry Winter”!
When the Wisteria and the Blackberries are blooming, expect a cold snap. The old folks call it Blackberry Winter 🥶
“The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.”
~ Robert Frost
Have a Blessed Sunday!
Mark Carter
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A cool, light rain was falling this morning so I grabbed a hot cup of coffee and set outside for a little while. Time always goes by pretty quick for me, but it seems like lately, It literally Flies by! It seems I’ve blinked my eyes and were over half way through April! I’m not complaining, I just want to make sure that I am spending it wisely! Not wasting it! Because I know you can never get it back…
I guess I’m trying to savor it, like this hot coffee on a cold morning.
“Time is passing : not leaden stepping
But sprinting on winged feet,
Quick silver slipping by.”
Time flies by us… We have to learn to savor every moment.
Have a great Sunday morning!
Mark C.
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Happy Easter Morning! He is Risen! 
Mark 16 –
Jesus has risen!
Have a blessed, reflective day. ✝️
Peace ✌🏻 & Love ❤️
Mark Carter
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Today is Palm Sunday. 🌴🙏🏻
“Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
This is a great day to read about it – Start with Matthew 21:1-11. Lots more to read about the progression that lead to this day. The timeline is Amazing!
“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”
~ William Penn
Blessings, Peace and Love to all ❤️
Mark C.
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Bad storm last night! Tornado sirens, heavy winds, hail, lightning, thunder, etc, etc… Scary!
But this morning – Beautiful sunrise! Calm winds, the birds 🐦 are singing! Gorgeous!
Up with the sun! It’s time to get outside & see what’s happening in the garden. Spring is Here! The whole world is coming to life!
I guess my point on this beautiful Sunday morning is – When this storm ⛈ (Coronavirus) gets past us, we are in for something nice! We just have to ride it out… The Calm after the storm …
I’m approaching everyday one step at a time! Today’s plan –
- Breakfast 🥞
- Work on my Container Garden
- Shower
- Nap!
- Fire up Grill
- Eat
- Guitar 🎸
- Early to Bed!
“I am tired, I am worn
For this is the calm after the storm
Heart beat ceases to race
Everything seems to fall into place
Take comfort in cycles and patterns,
Separate the insignificant from what matters
History repeats itself they say,
The universe works in funny ways
So push thoughts of growing older,
Of growing colder, of forgetting to be bolder
To the back of my mind
Shelved away somewhere difficult to find
And think instead of stories that turn out okay
Think of the sound of waves and rainy days
For I am slowly breathing
Almost sleeping
Nearly dreaming
Simply being.“
~ Rachel
Mark Carter
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Rainy night last night, but this morning is just beautiful. Lately there’s been a lot of rain, but we all know that after the rain has past, there will be flowers 🌺 I think that’s what we are dealing with right now with all this Social Distancing & Self Quarantines 😷 – After this passes we will all see more beauty than before… The world is giving us Lemons 🍋 it’s up to us to make Lemonade…
Sunday breakfast with family is one of the high points of the week to me 😊 Staycationing at its best…
”All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.”
~ Robert Kennedy
Take this time to catch up with family! And take a nap 😴
Have a happy Sunday
Mark C.
