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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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The Last Friday Report Of 2019

December 27, 2019, 12:44 pm
Filed under: Family time, Food, Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Herbs, Hummingbirds, Koi, Koi Ponds, Lake and Pond, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, music, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, Pondless Waterfalls, Sunrises, Sunsets, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: 2019, 2020, 2020 Events List, Carters Nursery, Carters Nursery Pond and Patio, Family time, Goals, Happy New Year!, New Years is Coming!, New Years Resolutions, New Years Traditions, Quality Time, Quiet Time, Tempus Fugit, Time, Time flies, Time in a bottle

The New Year is Coming! Fast! In fact this is the last Friday of 2019! Pretty crazy that it has gone by so quickly… But, it’s true that “time flies”!

2019 is on the way out! What does 2020 hold for YOU???

A good friend once told me the older you get the faster the time flies. It took me a while to understand that, but now I think I do. In a simple way, the older we get, the less time we have in our future… The demand is still there, but the supply is dwindling. So time becomes more and more valuable! That makes sense in my mind.
So along those lines, 2020 is coming fast & I want to make the very best I can of every moment! 😊

Im already working on my 2020 Events Calendar for Carters Nursery (I’m very excited for next year!).

What do you want in 2020? Do you set goals? Do you make “Resolutions”?

I don’t normally do New Years “Resolutions” but I’m considering a couple this year… IF I do, I will post them for all to see 😊 It may help my accountability to any resolution I make? We will see…

Good luck! & Heres to a GREAT 2020!

– See y’all next year!

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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Throwback Thursday | #throwbackthursday

November 7, 2019, 9:28 am
Filed under: Family time, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love | Tags: #throwbackthursday, 4 Carter Men, A picture is worth a thousand words, Dad, Family, Family History, Family Pictures, Good Times, History, Memories, Old Pictures, Popaw, Son, Throwback Thursday, Time, Time flies

Here’s a cool throwback Thursday collage. 4 Carter men down through the years 😊

I don’t have a good picture of my Popaw as a boy (upper left) but I do for my dad, myself and my son 😊

I LOVE looking back at old photos! Can you see the family resemblance 😊 Doyal, Charles, Mark & Jacob Carter!
This is my offering for #throwbackthursday !

Have a Great Day!

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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Throwback Thursday… #throwbackthursday

October 24, 2019, 6:59 am
Filed under: Family time, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love | Tags: #throwbackthursday, Brothers & Sisters, Daily Blog, Family, Family Pictures, Family time, Good Times, Old Pictures, siblings, Throwback Thursday, Time, Time flies, Time in a bottle

I’ve been going through pictures again 😊 Grouping, dating, archiving, etc… I LOVE timeline photos equally as well as I do “before and after” pictures of projects and places. Here’s a couple of my sister and me – Kids (early 70’s), Young adults (89) & a fairly recent one. Wow! How time flies !

We haven’t aged tooo bad… I mean, I’ve seen worse 😊 Christie looks great!

My offering for #throwbackthursday !

PS: 1989 is the year I started my business! I was just a kid 😊

Mark Carter

Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio

2846 Old Medina Rd.

Jackson, Tn. 38305

Ph.# 731-424-2206

http://www.cartercountry.com

YouTube pg. –

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dPkQiE04jcr385SOL0gkw

Facebook pg. – https://www.facebook.com/mark.carter.775

Pinterest pg. – https://www.pinterest.com/cartersnursery/

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Sunday Reflections…

August 18, 2019, 7:12 am
Filed under: Family time, Food, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love, Outdoor Lifestyles, Sunday Reflections, Sunrises | Tags: Coffee, Coffee Mug, Family time, Good Times, Love, Morning Coffee, Quality Time, Sunday Inspiration, Sunday Mornings, Sunday Poem, Sunday Reflections, Time, Wake Up

I was up late last night and into the early morning hours. Playing with my new camera 📸 This morning all I wanted was a cup of coffee 😎

I walked into the kitchen to fix some coffee, Jo said ‘look by the chair’… Sure enough, she had me fixed up and ready at my favorite spot😊

“From the cupboard two mugs are brought
Grounds are measured, water hot
The drips fill up the coffee ***

From the spout the bold brew streams
One sweet with sugar, rich with cream
The other black, reflection gleams
Both give rise to wisps of steam

Anticipation piqued
Each unique

At first, slow sips with careful words
Not too much, don’t get burned

Pleasure comes with each sip
The words caressing from your lip
Drinks become deeper, feelings slip

My cup’s now empty, but my heart is lit”

~ Jaron

Have a great Sunday!

Mark C.

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26 Years In The Blink Of An Eye! ❤️

July 24, 2019, 5:46 am
Filed under: Family time, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Love, music, Outdoor Lifestyles | Tags: 26th. Anniversary, Best Friend, Best Wife Award, Blessed, Blessings, Family time, God Bless, God Bless America, Good Times, Happy Anniversary, Marriage, Quality Time, Summer Time, Thankful, Time, Time flies

Just a quick mention of today’s importance- Today marks 26 years of marriage to the Best Girl I know! 😘 It’s gone by fast and it’s never gotten old! I’m a blessed & thankful man!

These are all pics from our Wedding and from Anniversaries past. Today we celebrate #26! All I can say is, I’m a blessed man!

Happy Anniversary to the best girl in the world! They say “Time Flies When Your having Fun”… Well I am! And it has! ❤️💥

Happy Anniversary! Heres to another 26! 🥰

Mark C.

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Throwback Thursday, Bringing It Home | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee

July 18, 2019, 7:49 am
Filed under: Family time, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: #throwbackthursday, Before & After, Family, Family time, Good Times, Great Son, Growing Up, Learning The Ropes, My Son, Quality Time, Son, Throwback Thursday, Time, Time flies

Do y’all know what “Throwback Thursday” is? There’s no shame if you don’t 😊 It’s a fairly new social phenomenon… You post old photos from the past & hashtag it like this – #ThrowbackThursday OR #TBT – Then post it on your social media page for all the world to see 😊 I had already done today’s blog and was about to publish it this morning when my son came out to go to work with my crew. I literally got a lump in my throat thinking about how fast time flies by… So today, a short #TBT for ya.