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Garden DesignGrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-73129310059104680442013-07-22T16:07:00.002-05:002013-07-22T16:08:23.139-05:00Welcome Prince of Cambridge!<img alt="The Duke and Duchess of cambridge" src="http://www.royal.gov.uk/List%20Images/HomePage/home%20jul13%20baby.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Swiss, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Swiss, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz.</span></div>
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The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.</div>
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The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.</div>
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Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight.</div>
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<strong>Notes to editors</strong></div>
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1. The medical staff present were Mr Marcus Setchell, Surgeon-Gynaecologist, Mr Guy Thorpe-Beeston, Obstetrician and Dr Sunit Godambe, Consultant Neonatologist at St. Mary’s Hospital.</div>
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2. The names of the baby will be announced in due course</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.538em;">3. The baby is third in the line of succession after His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge. He is styled His Royal Highness Prince [name] of Cambridge.</span></div>
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4. A formal notice of the birth will be posted on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.<br />
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(source: The British Monarchy)</div>
</span>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-18297448651739849502012-02-20T15:30:00.003-06:002012-02-20T15:54:21.937-06:00The Double Strand<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnRevUcsFJve-NnAnLZhxTmUMdrnESTv6elGEMQJanDAAnSEsNxkFRRHAVPp2Y9wCyuARtqN9zRWJzIJp65UHoGpRItLBj3sC7W5uIKAfelv-ScWTMvYt1F3Drj-vQ1m9Spx5-MTsc_w/s1600/PearlEventFlyerFullPage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnRevUcsFJve-NnAnLZhxTmUMdrnESTv6elGEMQJanDAAnSEsNxkFRRHAVPp2Y9wCyuARtqN9zRWJzIJp65UHoGpRItLBj3sC7W5uIKAfelv-ScWTMvYt1F3Drj-vQ1m9Spx5-MTsc_w/s400/PearlEventFlyerFullPage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711333750947429794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Pull out your linen hankeies and your pearls!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">(<i>and waterproof mascara</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">It's going to be an amazing gathering and </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I hope that you will consider attending.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">It is my understanding that there are only about a dozen seats remaining,</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">so get your name on one of them soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; ">I'd imagine one could expect hearing all about why <a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-are-his-pearl.html">YOU ARE HIS PEARL</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#0d0600;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0d0600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCcxC9hvSxWHt-HD6gQ3BCbOBIqkneKcMv5NOAnAiQpwwJQv22G9vAUwEx4L3W8DoYDmtfNrs14lyuYoJzj6l5mEfCwg6I4baAGApD1twMlGXK52fKWbVdomgeeWugEtwqVOL4xPCSJg/s400/Pearls%2526GraceEventButton2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711334651529284962" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">For more information on this happy occasion, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/2011/12/pearl-event-ii-double-strand.html">please click here</a></span>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-37894536746129211052011-10-12T22:08:00.001-05:002011-10-12T22:16:21.631-05:00What is it all about?<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"I view my role now as more divine. Something more, not just a mother who wakes up and makes her kid's food. It's a mother who enriches and teachers the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It's a privilege."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">-Stephanie Nielson</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">She gets it. </span> </div><div><br /></div><object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://web.gbtv.com/shared/flash/video/share/ObjectEmbedFrame.swf?content_id=19887525&topic_id=&width=400&height=254&property=gbtv"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="tl"><embed src="http://web.gbtv.com/shared/flash/video/share/ObjectEmbedFrame.swf?content_id=19887525&topic_id=&width=400&height=254&property=gbtv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="254" scale="noscale" salign="tl"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>(<a href="http://www.gbtv.com">and I adore GBTV</a>!)</div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-25879792103558847232011-07-04T06:00:00.003-05:002011-07-04T08:34:55.265-05:00True Independence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3dZVxUW1IlXtLJHCDT96qkgF0Y6rIl1PAfkKDr27GCpOMVBfmvXNJ6d93Bbd6yYVoT8ZAqo8Pw7q0EJU1fytADtR1uZEV_ZBdxbXW1hGtvaW-2CrCD5ipJr82cdzruw6GHBC394d1Bg/s1600/FaithHopeCharity.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3dZVxUW1IlXtLJHCDT96qkgF0Y6rIl1PAfkKDr27GCpOMVBfmvXNJ6d93Bbd6yYVoT8ZAqo8Pw7q0EJU1fytADtR1uZEV_ZBdxbXW1hGtvaW-2CrCD5ipJr82cdzruw6GHBC394d1Bg/s400/FaithHopeCharity.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625348015132562946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/37933/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">image source and more information</span></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here is an article you may also find interesting: </span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><u></u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/04/10-things-might-not-know-about-our-independence/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10 Things You Might Not Know About America's Independence</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and if you would like to read more about the preservation of our </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Declaration of Independence, </span><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/preserving-the-declaration-of-independence-a-history/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">click here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span><br /></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-60032165763421041132011-04-23T23:13:00.001-05:002011-04-23T23:13:42.032-05:00The Hope of Easter<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tPKcxWCk8e4FJtgGZIP7S44XSkZoRfWVjJayHM42nl8Xxddy-fWGjA9jgNVQ1wl7kp0PM0nxvzulH0itW24OynFqrQTSk3Pdv6-e_YxXoRYfpnjKoNHBHKIUe_76R78M607JCyl98TU/s400/easter+lily.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323053416242820002" /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">51</span></span>Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">52</span></span>in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed..."Death has been swallowed up in victory."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s1600/DogwoodCross.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s1600/DogwoodCross.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 500px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s400/DogwoodCross.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455388505421941282" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> 55</span>"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">56</span>The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">57</span>But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.</div><div><br /><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; " src="http://thediaperdiaries.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/easter-cross.jpg" width="913" height="686" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">58</span>Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.<div><br /></div>1 Corinthians 15:51-57<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Easter!</span></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-3145392524337330822011-02-28T16:50:00.006-06:002011-03-03T17:56:17.699-06:00A Life Well Lived<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVhkKiAAD8h0qjqD5t8g-HcoGGyfbVlqmC_-p62PAsW1KPbHQD-_hQ4Qn2FgFQyf5cg6pRI4aCFdc-B67sopmj4jc1dRc7xJmtaJjPTqUC1Ic-Jk7aiOq3VE-Q9Ngb-DWuUK3P7M9uaI/s1600/oak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVhkKiAAD8h0qjqD5t8g-HcoGGyfbVlqmC_-p62PAsW1KPbHQD-_hQ4Qn2FgFQyf5cg6pRI4aCFdc-B67sopmj4jc1dRc7xJmtaJjPTqUC1Ic-Jk7aiOq3VE-Q9Ngb-DWuUK3P7M9uaI/s400/oak.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580006527707373714" /></a><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KRacaXCm0UE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />My sincere apologies for not posting lately. You see, our family recently lost our patriarch, my dear precious father. He passed on quite suddenly and unexpectedly. We have all had to adjust to a new reality of life.<br /><br />My father was an amazing man. I would not be the person I am today without his guidance and influence. He taught us what was most important in life:<i> our personal relationship with God.</i> We are all better for having known him. I am confident that I will see him again in Heaven one day. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A celebration of his life was held at our church and I found the service to be tremendously healing. The setting was perfect-our old church's majestic sanctuary. The beautiful stained glass windows, the choir, the pipe organ and the bagpipes were a fitting tribute to a wonderful, multi-faceted man. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I would like to share with you a few words that were shared at his memorial service. I hope you find them as uplifting and assuring as I do.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"<i>This service of resurrection is a declaration of our faith in the living God, whom we have come to know in Jesus Christ.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the occasion of the passing of (my father), we gather to worship God who raised Jesus Christ from death </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and made resurrection the true mark of our future.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We have come as people of God to express our love for (my father) and to share our faith and hope in that life which is God's gift to us.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In celebrating God's love and the passing of this life, we readily confess our sorrow and our difficulty in always accepting death as a natural part of life. However, we dare to look beyond our sorrow to claim a deep joy in knowing that there is nothing in life or death that can separate us, and those we love, from the love of God which is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord." </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(see Romans 8:38) </i></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If my father was to speak to you now, I know that he would say, "I know that my redeemer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 6px;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">lives, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">and that in the end He will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">(see Job 19:25)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kg7aXEvCeXY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Many thanks to Pearls and Grace for the <a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/2010/12/prayers-for-granny-smith-green.html">kind post about my father's passing</a>. The love and prayers from friends like you help us every single day.</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:14-18)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">I will be back to posting about all things visually delightful and lovely, but for now, I've got my mind on the divine that I can not see, but I know is so very real.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.<br />Because He lives, All fear is gone.<br />Because I know He holds the future,<br /></i></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>And life is worth the living just because He lives."</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Gloria & Bill Gaither)</span></i> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-71247718746539287482011-01-31T08:24:00.003-06:002011-01-31T08:27:01.891-06:00VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mYyOTPtsdCOks4Nv2J38ek4WdB2418-iPKBhmH8xBgKte29tdGGSHZjw2Rq7GGHg4RlU5QhjF6SevUXtl7SzPMERcEyFygZxgvTjWiNZvEZGUiogJgoMKMmQbln5AZ_eeUOzioU44Ow/s1600/Violet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mYyOTPtsdCOks4Nv2J38ek4WdB2418-iPKBhmH8xBgKte29tdGGSHZjw2Rq7GGHg4RlU5QhjF6SevUXtl7SzPMERcEyFygZxgvTjWiNZvEZGUiogJgoMKMmQbln5AZ_eeUOzioU44Ow/s400/Violet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568356159984289330" /></a><br />Isn't she one of your favorite characters?<br /><br />Who's been watching?<br /><br />Does Mary need Matthew or another Turk?<br /><br />Ah, the saga is to continue next season!GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-4863982826362128412010-11-16T11:17:00.004-06:002010-11-16T14:37:35.853-06:00Engaged!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">It's official!</span></b></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDpYGRTaPMyJ9eqy_DsjVcs2gxV7d-CqI8CDBC5wmfD-uDmNX7h0vFe3-Q-ho29hAgb6F2O3DibHbBHKO4QUYjL2bD6EaQL3TKfJAsS-1OM3nmWn3dXwLM_SzRuhEybceunBXLJtWkTU/s400/KateWilliam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540198119382199538" /><div><br /></div><br />The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.<br />The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.<br />Prince William and Miss Middleton became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya. Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family. Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton’s father.<br />Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force.<br /><object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ISuo54nSCGI&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ISuo54nSCGI&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-23196364840423085392010-10-11T17:12:00.003-05:002010-10-14T16:34:45.457-05:00Fall is Ideal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1B1jo_i6CnnTKGG3V9uz1z2dkelAYiYg8W_-AZhD4IEO-EzCNgsN9Mu2YaRuboa6jPJvkRT0XXAAiqog7i09f1WiHJBLIHftupF-eZRRChrjG2DrZ_FD_F0k2z5PKSulu6364qTrS4I/s1600/BoxwoodPeaGravel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 468px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1B1jo_i6CnnTKGG3V9uz1z2dkelAYiYg8W_-AZhD4IEO-EzCNgsN9Mu2YaRuboa6jPJvkRT0XXAAiqog7i09f1WiHJBLIHftupF-eZRRChrjG2DrZ_FD_F0k2z5PKSulu6364qTrS4I/s400/BoxwoodPeaGravel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526918548683114610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fall is ideal for gardening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't get out of the garden and onto the computer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to get the plants established before our fall turns into winter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are any of you designing, planting and dreaming?</div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-76129132293380987732010-09-11T21:03:00.005-05:002010-09-11T21:48:19.325-05:00Are You Like Me?<img src="http://people.eku.edu/pedersonn/mongoliaFire/american-flag.gif" alt="American Flag" width="321" height="183" /><div>I absolutely hate confrontation. I want to surround myself with beauty, peace and love BUT, sometimes you have to reach into your heart and think about the unpleasant. <div><br /></div><div>We MUST remember the evil and horror of what happened September 11, 2001. </div><div><br /></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining. Today, our nation saw evil -- the very worst of human nature -- and we responded with the best of America. With the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;">."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a Power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23:</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Times;"><blockquote><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me.</span></i></span></p></blockquote><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.<br /><br />Thank you. Good night. And God bless America."</span></span></p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-President George W. Bush</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It's not enough to only think of the horror that happened for one day each year on September 11th.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>DO NOT FORGET, DO NOT FORGET, DO NOT FORGET.</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;">GOD BLESS AMERICA.</span></div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div><br /><object width="873" height="525"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x7OCgMPX2mE?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x7OCgMPX2mE?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="873" height="525"></embed></object>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-91301186499241816212010-09-07T14:30:00.001-05:002010-09-07T14:31:17.532-05:00Are You with Me?<img src="http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/MM-Season-4-Episode-Gallery/episode-7-don.jpg" alt="Mad Men Season 4 Episode Photos" border="0" /><div>Are you in agreement with me that MAD MEN is the best show on television? </div><div><br /></div><div>The story line is multifaceted and intriguing. </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/MM-Season-4-Episode-Gallery/episode-2-peggy.jpg" alt="Mad Men Season 4 Episode Photos" border="0" /></div><div>The acting is superb.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/MM-Season-4-Episode-Gallery/episode-2-pete-trudy.jpg" alt="Mad Men Season 4 Episode Photos" border="0" /></div><div> I can't think of better casting, costumes and set design.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/MM-Season-4-Episode-Gallery/episode-3-don-car.jpg" alt="Mad Men Season 4 Episode Photos" border="0" /></div><div>Do you have favorite scenes or characters? I'd like to hear your thoughts. </div><div><br /></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-35899960197067310002010-09-01T07:40:00.001-05:002010-09-01T07:40:17.262-05:00Sultry September<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OMM49uLt6b0hPKLGK2PpmNeJJt1tnj682v0z2R8rXiVhNs-F-u4C7LYl730Q528r7kJy7YooxmK5_R6AgR-vC3TOXiScLjgOUlHbNNnGGJq6ft1R7PcGAtzBsmqRqz1QVAvjWBo0IZQ/s1600/BunnyWilliamsGuest+House%3F.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 615px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OMM49uLt6b0hPKLGK2PpmNeJJt1tnj682v0z2R8rXiVhNs-F-u4C7LYl730Q528r7kJy7YooxmK5_R6AgR-vC3TOXiScLjgOUlHbNNnGGJq6ft1R7PcGAtzBsmqRqz1QVAvjWBo0IZQ/s400/BunnyWilliamsGuest+House%3F.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511922859982517314" /></a><br />September may have arrived, but here in the American South, it's hot as blue blazes!<div><br /></div><div>I don't want to rush any season, so I'm still savoring, ah hem, the sweltering weather.</div><div><br /></div><div>For those of you who are feeling that crisp in the air, how about some green velvet?</div><div><br /></div><div>We can always count on Bunny Williams' interiors to make us feel warm and cozy!</div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-25583965717610600082010-08-31T15:09:00.002-05:002010-08-31T15:17:38.982-05:00Well Worth Watching<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPnylzrnFFZNUYXnm9YY-uCaiEkx64-yMaYJrexIBzK92YJhYUr8TT8PmwgyQbq6AHtxg4FI7vMxxhVj6c1_TX5sSMGFlJ46AXZE0397SONk2gVB3I3Vf2fnQjfiKW8eYlaBXbj9o0JM/s1600/Cherry_Blossom_Washington_Monument.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPnylzrnFFZNUYXnm9YY-uCaiEkx64-yMaYJrexIBzK92YJhYUr8TT8PmwgyQbq6AHtxg4FI7vMxxhVj6c1_TX5sSMGFlJ46AXZE0397SONk2gVB3I3Vf2fnQjfiKW8eYlaBXbj9o0JM/s400/Cherry_Blossom_Washington_Monument.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511670306379211170" /></a><br />Regardless of your politics...<br /><br /><object id="cspan-video-player" classid="clsid:d27cdb6eae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" align="middle" height="500" width="410"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=295231-1"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="system=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?programid=231521&style=full"><embed name="cspan-video-player" src="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=295231-1" base="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="system=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?programid=231521&style=full" align="middle" height="500" width="410"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>When you find some quite time, watch and see what you think. This clip last about one hour. </div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-27813986127479866062010-07-29T09:00:00.002-05:002010-07-29T09:01:56.848-05:00Sometime You Need a Treat<img id="photo_section_2LargeImage" alt="" title="" src="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1714/str1714de.80471_md.jpg" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Every now and then, you need a treat. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;">It can come in many different forms from simple to dramatic.</div><div><br /></div><div><img id="photo_section_2LargeImage" alt="" title="" src="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1714/str1714gb.78106_md.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Personally, I like a good hotel getaway.</div><div style="text-align: left;">A relaxing hotel stay can be like going to the spa.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img id="photo_section_3LargeImage" alt="" title="" src="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1714/str1714de.80479_md.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My most recent "treat" was at the St. Regis.</div><div><br /></div><div><img id="photo_section_1LargeImage" alt="" title="" src="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1714/str1714mf.78107_md.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Isn't this a lovely way to dress a passageway? </div><div><br /></div><div><img id="photo_section_1LargeImage" alt="" title="" src="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1714/str1714lo.78083_md.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The main lobby is a mixture of what I'd call modern French.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(photos above from the St. Regis. Thank you for the pleasant stay.)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Here are some detailed photographs that I took. </div><div>The bathroom fixtures that I noticed were Kohler and Kallista (basically the same company).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57rMHAGIVdeO9jVp5I_C72C6byb0QyQ27LYSu01sob4L4l3I6ZiLAhalWE7Qzfbf5EN_i7RRqBzO5KIkR7JlYTe_vC6noSDpdGz3tgjZk9k_AiiT84dZasWlcA5EI-Kvv6MPwe7H2B_0/s1600/IMG_7360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57rMHAGIVdeO9jVp5I_C72C6byb0QyQ27LYSu01sob4L4l3I6ZiLAhalWE7Qzfbf5EN_i7RRqBzO5KIkR7JlYTe_vC6noSDpdGz3tgjZk9k_AiiT84dZasWlcA5EI-Kvv6MPwe7H2B_0/s400/IMG_7360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323845410345586" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbAcGOflu7HmU5SeMrvNfsWh0WLmMgpNQ7v1zp0IhhJEwEwMGn92uROgg1l_TjdNoqdSUotmToz_eoK0NJwd0EWAgx8vHqyvZuLu8mSTLiu4dkXm83X8R53d2HrSXNkUT5acS7O_4LYM/s400/IMG_7345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323058159173714" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought this was a cleaver idea: sliding mirrored French doors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The doors opened to connect the bedroom to the bathroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The construction was quite simple, operating like barn doors.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Notice how the hardware is hidden under the molding. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrQ9ytR_ZjrWgEuLvF6cn8AG3yFvaXhY270UY22bR2-EE0-ci9eTlf20TKqX5M2fB6pmjlFt9a2qlltH4iykawdqjRR5a2y9EIwTEDqvo6kFS0iJqQ1WBVXlUDszvW6zF_-FIgatlrQU/s1600/IMG_7357.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrQ9ytR_ZjrWgEuLvF6cn8AG3yFvaXhY270UY22bR2-EE0-ci9eTlf20TKqX5M2fB6pmjlFt9a2qlltH4iykawdqjRR5a2y9EIwTEDqvo6kFS0iJqQ1WBVXlUDszvW6zF_-FIgatlrQU/s400/IMG_7357.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323830387984338" /></a><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyro8P9joQt-8FOEORpdm8U5pJ8UyYWZ3le8OEJLjbBHNo-QVDaGQM48LIa0oB9ni3XPvSs0W3yS6JtMIh0Zh7yW5WtYIl1uzCF8qVSU6tav2X1cEqGYVgMIS57ArT4m-kLvrBYIVxJ8k/s400/IMG_7342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323050017092994" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lighting was a modern traditional mix- all chrome/nickel and crystal.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOfSihl4o0Fk5uzbFMM5jNjmeU7tG1BV2qLiNiC8syphB3Q4-s7l8r9bixs2Ly9O18Ek8JFcpx7p3oN2F29cyoJ7el8573PaYPqsSoJszyACTljrmJxWhoBgrqZM-Rsf8XQpJHBHS8J0/s1600/IMG_7354.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOfSihl4o0Fk5uzbFMM5jNjmeU7tG1BV2qLiNiC8syphB3Q4-s7l8r9bixs2Ly9O18Ek8JFcpx7p3oN2F29cyoJ7el8573PaYPqsSoJszyACTljrmJxWhoBgrqZM-Rsf8XQpJHBHS8J0/s400/IMG_7354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323828958618626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJj57me3DjfnO821hOqTf9N1NHXEB1ZHCh3OQeJKW7NGdBMtz3vGxzAP-A-NqV1LzZrbX-BuhR3zlt0KtLECOcS_GAq0NdPnQnLSJgKK9Nqbkkv6HMhuIbKOqlv-dv-j8iXHXzYbXg5c/s1600/IMG_7353.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJj57me3DjfnO821hOqTf9N1NHXEB1ZHCh3OQeJKW7NGdBMtz3vGxzAP-A-NqV1LzZrbX-BuhR3zlt0KtLECOcS_GAq0NdPnQnLSJgKK9Nqbkkv6HMhuIbKOqlv-dv-j8iXHXzYbXg5c/s400/IMG_7353.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323820963629458" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Two more nice touches to the bath: a hidden television behind one of the mirrors, </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLO_OuXkQeBNWzWRvR1lOEO2iVq_OI_77TOY9vqXAI-ka7Eq7bKln9qrnAd17HENJ31J868ikO9JCdACpiA6yc4-y26QePbDD1E4hfSk8PRtnuSSV3BsVatrf8pxYTN07Vad6IPCw2YY/s1600/IMG_7351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLO_OuXkQeBNWzWRvR1lOEO2iVq_OI_77TOY9vqXAI-ka7Eq7bKln9qrnAd17HENJ31J868ikO9JCdACpiA6yc4-y26QePbDD1E4hfSk8PRtnuSSV3BsVatrf8pxYTN07Vad6IPCw2YY/s400/IMG_7351.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323069698647170" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and an environmentally friendly dual flush toilet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQOtCkSroT65ehU3hFvtLz5vfgXXIf1K90f-7JaDgBEhXABUyAiz4tv2KsEQlZFeBrZFxhCWdhXFnXdkiCDEeURYsBHHyUcKKzsgRR-4hpDR4QqgL-Dxrfj2Oak4oCuHtpjazCFXxdJI/s1600/IMG_7346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQOtCkSroT65ehU3hFvtLz5vfgXXIf1K90f-7JaDgBEhXABUyAiz4tv2KsEQlZFeBrZFxhCWdhXFnXdkiCDEeURYsBHHyUcKKzsgRR-4hpDR4QqgL-Dxrfj2Oak4oCuHtpjazCFXxdJI/s400/IMG_7346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499323063487123170" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So what kind of "treats" do you like? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-91591536683230731912010-07-22T21:21:00.000-05:002010-07-22T21:21:49.766-05:00Summer Loving<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2717" title="grease-soundtrack1" src="http://thehostess.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/grease-soundtrack1.jpg?w=242&h=237" alt="grease-soundtrack1" width="442" height="437" /><br /><br />I am SO there! Who's going with me? (<a href="http://tartanscot.blogspot.com/">Tartanscot,</a> no need to reply, honey, I KNOW you will be there! :) )<br /><br /><br /><object width="873" height="525"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j5wvrZONZog&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j5wvrZONZog&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="873" height="525"></embed></object><br /><br />I'm thinking we should dress up too!GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-6662535590147905082010-06-23T14:10:00.005-05:002010-06-23T14:48:50.989-05:00Southern Accents Magazine to Return?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_s7T-tDFOD3PcRxxSN2tqYO2S1wBNzP9WqXn9jC34aNRo22IQExaTje4nbtzwv65O9mIvV-Cj9q16R3TOsjpUGbXPi9NXYB_eop0JE0LVzOI-4gbk9jkWRoa9pHu1b7HrSq0Gp2To91I/s1600/SouthAccCover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 507px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_s7T-tDFOD3PcRxxSN2tqYO2S1wBNzP9WqXn9jC34aNRo22IQExaTje4nbtzwv65O9mIvV-Cj9q16R3TOsjpUGbXPi9NXYB_eop0JE0LVzOI-4gbk9jkWRoa9pHu1b7HrSq0Gp2To91I/s400/SouthAccCover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485951437918938834" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This just in:</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>A little birdie told me yesterday that Southern Accents Magazine is being "courted" by another magazine publishing company.</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I would be thrilled to see it back in print.</div><div><br /><div> <div><img src="http://img4.southernaccents.com/i/2009/03/silver1-goblet-mug-l.jpg?400:400" alt="Casual Dining" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(Antoine Bootz)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll admit though, I would have high expectations for it's revival. I certainly understand that change is all part of growing and progress, but some things just need to stay the same. Do you agree? </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img4.southernaccents.com/i/2009/07/minton-2-living-room-l.jpg?400:400" alt="Heart of the Home" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Pieter Estersohn, one of my favorites; Joe Minton design)</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The "suitor" will remain nameless (<i>I don't want to complicate anything</i>) but, </div><div style="text-align: center;">could a corporation that is based in the north really understand The South? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Would a mixed marriage work?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">One stipulation that I would have is that the editorial staff be based in The South. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(If<i> you don't know the humidity, haven't smelled the magnolias and experienced the renowned hospitality, how can you write about it?</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Southerners know The South.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(<i>How many times have we watched a movie and rolled our eyes at a horrible fake accent?</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Publishing company, prove me wrong. Show me that you "get it". </div><div style="text-align: center;">We want <i>OUR</i> Southern Accents back!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img4.southernaccents.com/i/2009/02/topkitchens-airy-l.jpg?400:400" alt="Views, Airy, Open" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Rob Brinson)</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm excited by the possibility of Southern Accents returning, but also <i>very</i> concerned that it would not be produced to the same standard. </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img4.southernaccents.com/i/2009/10/2009_showhouse/57356-library-panel.jpg?400:400" alt="Southern Accents 2009 Riverhills Showhouse, Tudor-Style Oak Paneling" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Emily Minton Redfield)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*****Addition*****</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to make sure that I have not stepped on our northern friend's toes by stating that they may not "get it". I relish in our differences. That is what makes our country so unique. I adore regionality--the accents, the food, the culture. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For anyone not familiar with Southern style, please read the following excerpt from a <i>great</i> article that was featured in our beloved Southern Accents magazine years ago:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Gracious and eclectic with a strong architectural basis. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">John Chrestia</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">True "Southern style" has a subliminal sense of theater and joie de vivre, complimented by a definite bend toward elegance. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Joseph Paul Davis</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A sense of gracious invitation. Warm, personal colors. Respect and reverence of our past. Subtle intelligence. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Barry Dixon</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Decoration in the traditional or classical sense with an emphasis on comfort, hospitality, and liveableness, sometimes with a historical reference point, but not necessarily interpreting "period" interiors. Many Southern homes are renovations of once-grand architecture or even auxiliary buildings on the plantation grounds. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Ann Dupuy</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The attributes that define Southern style are a quiet assuredness...a confidence...a warmth that embodies the phenomenon of "Southern hospitality." -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Charles Gandy</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Southern style, to me, is rather eccentric, embodying classic roots with a unique application. Comfort and relating to the outdoors is always a strong consideration for design in the South. Color is also very important, many times pulling in color schemes from nature. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Cathy Kincaid</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Southern style is unpretentious and extremely comfortable with an air of informality and relaxed elegance. --</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Josie McCarthy</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Southern style means friendly, comfortable, approachable interiors. In the South, it's all about being welcome. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Celerie Kemble</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A sense of one's heritage and the importance of making a home welcome to family and friends. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">J.R. Miller</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Southern style speaks of gracious living, hospitality, and restrained taste. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Betty Lou Phillips</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Our Southern roots compel us to make hospitality and good manners a priority in our daily living. There is an underlying quality of dignity in the way we decorate. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Cindy Smith</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Casual elegance. An inviting style. The mix of both formal and informal rooms that are integral parts of life in the Southern home. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Jim Strickland</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">What elements do all great Southern houses have in common?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Houses of the Southern Tidewater, from Virginia to Louisiana, seem to epitomize Southern style. These unique structures were developed to cope with intense heat and humidity. While each geographic area has its own distinct architectural expression, all embody the same basic strategic elements; abundant porches for shade, high ceilings, exterior shutters, raised living levels, and careful geographic orientation to take advantage of prevailing breezes. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Norman Askins</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Our warm climate influenced our architects to build our historic mansions and modest bungalows with 12 and 14-foot ceilings and rooms with many tall windows and French doors for cross ventilation. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Gerrie Bremermann</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Easy charm; an enormous appreciation for the out of doors, which most often includes a wonderful garden; either formal or rambling. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Dan Carithers</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The environments, whether modern or steeped in history, have a thoughtfully acquired sensibility -- they are tactile and enveloping. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Darryl Carter</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Wonderful porches. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">John Chrestia</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">All great Southern homes have a traditional mindset of running a proper house, whether it is contemporary or traditional. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Joseph Paul Davis</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A chameleonic quality to live happily among various periods and personalities. Innate hospitality. Openness. --</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Barry Dixon</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Traditional or contemporary--formal or informal--there is usually something inherited reflecting the Southern sense of family. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Jimmy Graham</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">All great Southern houses have piazzas/porches, high ceilings, cross ventilation (a center hall) and wood floors. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Amelia Handegan</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">An open door to hospitality and a sense of gracious living. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Jackye Lanham</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">What piece of furniture or accessory should no Southern house be without?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Dining room furniture. Of all forms of American furniture particularly associated with the South, the majority seem to have been created for entertainment, and most especially for the dining room; hunt board or slab, sugar chest, Jackson press, and pie safe. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Norman Askins</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Something wicker is a must. Originally, wicker furnishings were chosen as a response to Southern climate, now they serve an equally important role by keeping formal rooms a bit more casual, relaxed, and enjoyable. --</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">José Solis Betancourt</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I have a fetish for chairs -- lots and lots of chairs. I love chandeliers, banquettes, daybeds and large, useful coffee tables. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Gerrie Bremermann</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A comfortable chair. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Dan Carithers</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A sumptuous wing chair strategically placed in a conversation area. This tends to be a magnet where inevitably the first guest will be seated. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Darryl Carter</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A bar, a grand piano, and a well-used dining room table. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">John Chrestia</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A huge dining table where the entire family and friends can congregate and talk all day long and into the night. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Joseph Paul Davis</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A silver service, a set of fine china, sterling flatware, and table linens because we do love to entertain at home. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Jimmy Graham</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">No Southern house should be without a bowl for camellias. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Amelia Handegan</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Family pictures. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Cathy Kincaid</span></span></span></i></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Vintage family silver. English 18th-century sideboards and secretary. -- </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Cindy Smith</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Are there elements in your own work that are uniquely Southern?</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like most traditional Southern houses, I want the houses we design to be closely related to exterior spaces, celebrate morning and midday sunlight, and, at the same time, shield themselves from the cruel afternoon sun. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Norman Askins</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our work incorporates a honed quality into even our most contemporary of projects. This ever-so-slightly worn quality suggests history and timelessness. This appreciation for aged beauty is inherent to Southern style. Southerners have long frowned upon the nouveau while showing an appreciation for their rich and proud history. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jose Solis Betancourt</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yes, I love old portraits for their funny faces and outfits. I also love antiques that are a bit wacky mixed with very comfortable overstuffed upholstery, which is clearly more casual. The North, until recently, was always very stiff and uncompromising; it is that whole Puritan thing. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joseph Paul Davis</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I would like to think that like most Southerners, my work exudes quality and consistency with style and grace. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Charles Gandy</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A not-too-perfect mix of new, antique, primitive, and found objects with some traditional values to create a very personal and timeless space. Never be a slave to perfection and rules. You need a little attitude! -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">J.R. Miller</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Painting the porch ceilings sky blue. Using fine things in a relaxed way, say silver julep cups for water every night at supper. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suzanne Rheinstein</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wood floors, especially old heart pine. A "generational" feel to new design; incorporating the look and feel of grandma's back porch that was enclosed to enlarge the kitchen once electricity became available in the area or to accommodate a growing family. High ceilings. Great detail on the front door. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jim Strickland</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For whatever reason--heredity, the water, or just plain stubbornness--when I design something, while automatically keeping in mind universal laws and objective ideals, I'm afraid that "Southern thing" seems to always emerge. Call it quirky, eccentric, charming, witty, whatever it is, it seems to always be hiding in the camellia bushes. I'm not ashamed of this but rather think it gives character and depth to my work--but I will leave that final opinion to my critics. -- </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ken Tate"</span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">Here's our chance folks, let's tell the publisher what we want to see in our Southern Accents magazine. Leave your comment below:</span></span></b></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span>Chime in Y'ALL--I want to hear all about it!</span></b></span></i></p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i></i></span> </div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-30882290164072728522010-06-14T07:00:00.004-05:002010-06-14T07:00:04.718-05:00Edith Wharton: The Decoration of Her House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcoa6_nkBzjTDFni83pSwxWq-dhNdajWC1WzVqwnGVp0FdHGrhZKZaqgK6tHgy4gIBaJfR3argEgTEokXLF7bLpm2psVGyVxQmuBraOo2sbg4u-LSPU5zdHQ0z6F7SaXBspWwa0OpPBc/s1600/Looking+north+from+The+Mounts+Walled+Garden+by+David+Dashiell+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcoa6_nkBzjTDFni83pSwxWq-dhNdajWC1WzVqwnGVp0FdHGrhZKZaqgK6tHgy4gIBaJfR3argEgTEokXLF7bLpm2psVGyVxQmuBraOo2sbg4u-LSPU5zdHQ0z6F7SaXBspWwa0OpPBc/s400/Looking+north+from+The+Mounts+Walled+Garden+by+David+Dashiell+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481356941923158018" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">(EdithWharton.org)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;">Care to ohh and ahh over Edith Wharton's house and gardens?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the PBS show, Moment of Luxury, designer Bill Stubbs takes a trip near Lenox, MA to the author and designer's legendary house. Unfortunately, my PBS station does not carry this program. Thankfully, there's the internet!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96G2yBTMSKEwzAfUYMs-f_Yv0DdaCWZ8CBORpvcOHpJr_Q-iGXIDeu91Ok2fNtmR0kzydf2In-eivUlbRitzovmyRe6bawgheFXxz952wVIcingY3gAQk1UiGt3rM0f5oXDlJjxUPguk/s1600/The+Mount+dolphin+fountain+and+lime+walk+by+David+Dashiellweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96G2yBTMSKEwzAfUYMs-f_Yv0DdaCWZ8CBORpvcOHpJr_Q-iGXIDeu91Ok2fNtmR0kzydf2In-eivUlbRitzovmyRe6bawgheFXxz952wVIcingY3gAQk1UiGt3rM0f5oXDlJjxUPguk/s400/The+Mount+dolphin+fountain+and+lime+walk+by+David+Dashiellweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481356945040174418" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size:x-small;">(EdithWharton.org)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96G2yBTMSKEwzAfUYMs-f_Yv0DdaCWZ8CBORpvcOHpJr_Q-iGXIDeu91Ok2fNtmR0kzydf2In-eivUlbRitzovmyRe6bawgheFXxz952wVIcingY3gAQk1UiGt3rM0f5oXDlJjxUPguk/s1600/The+Mount+dolphin+fountain+and+lime+walk+by+David+Dashiellweb.jpg"></a>Believe it or not, there is an Edith Wharton blog:</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">http://www.edithwharton.org/blog/</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-444" title="edith_wharton" src="http://bygonebooks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/edith_wharton.jpg?w=347&h=480" alt="edith_wharton" width="347" height="480" /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(bygonebooks blog)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The estate and gardens website is:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">http://www.edithwharton.org/</span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This</i> is my kind of reality television!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brew a fresh pot of coffee or tea and sit back and enjoy:<object width="512" height="328"> <param name="movie" value="http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf"> <param name="flashvars" value="video=1337154241&player=viral"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" flashvars="video=1337154241&player=viral" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="328" bgcolor="#000000"></embed></object><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- width: 512px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- width: 512px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">(Mr. Stubbs, don't you want a Southern perspective on your show? I wouldn't mind tagging along. We'd have a glorious time, I promise!)</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-66012437674287163562010-06-09T16:20:00.006-05:002010-06-09T17:00:15.553-05:00Skinny Green Giant Needed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr_aXily7oubYVMUIp4qUQT37Pd1DEalvG4rBBFJqidbz5WFqvQjNFfAT8hJFhvIm3JBHG0aJL5PjUBNy-xEuNq27fecbi4XnDV5BwZkvxeBS0S4Eycy7b9bjH2WUSwHpUBRBv2hp0Qo/s1600/hedge2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 431px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr_aXily7oubYVMUIp4qUQT37Pd1DEalvG4rBBFJqidbz5WFqvQjNFfAT8hJFhvIm3JBHG0aJL5PjUBNy-xEuNq27fecbi4XnDV5BwZkvxeBS0S4Eycy7b9bjH2WUSwHpUBRBv2hp0Qo/s400/hedge2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480888772096454418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">(BennyBeg.co.uk)</span></div></span><div><br />A neighbor of ours recently cut down NINETEEN (yes, 19) trees in their yard. I am mourning the lush green canopy that was once there. The privacy the tress provided was perfect. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have decided to make lemonade out of the lemons. <div>I am going to refurbish the formal garden at the back of our property. I need to select a "backdrop" hedge that will accompany an old stacked stone wall. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswFnzU0MxQSyIib92AlD3_tEtg8tMp2NvPm9YcmyOLeQQo5aCp6Coq6FjDBqI2zlnzYjHU__HIqtJnp5GwGoTCBEhusiuW-0d7y3chm8JcefPClEpg1cB5ayBjBgMAjTUCGj1Ydql5OE/s1600/Gardenboy+(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswFnzU0MxQSyIib92AlD3_tEtg8tMp2NvPm9YcmyOLeQQo5aCp6Coq6FjDBqI2zlnzYjHU__HIqtJnp5GwGoTCBEhusiuW-0d7y3chm8JcefPClEpg1cB5ayBjBgMAjTUCGj1Ydql5OE/s400/Gardenboy+(2).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480896865397911106" /></a><br /></div><div>Here's the problem: I need an evergreen plant that will take part sun/part shade, grow to about 12' minimum height, BUT I need it to be narrow (or can be pruned as such). </div><div><br /></div><div>A master gardener friend recommended the following:</div><div><br /></div><div>osmanthus-or tea olive</div><div>The tea olive would be nice for it's white blooms and scent.</div><div><img src="http://erthturf.com/TeaOlivePhoto.jpg" width="399" height="450" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:x-small;">(Google Image)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>arbrovitae-Does anyone have experience with "Nigra"? This is certainly skinny, tall and evergreen.</div><div><img src="http://www.thenurseryatmountsi.com/images/arborvitae_hedge_small.jpg" width="306" height="426" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:x-small;">(MountSi Nursery)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>yew-taxus media "hicksii"</div><div><img name="mainImage" src="http://www.westonnurseries.com/_ccLib/image/plants/DETA-975.jpg" border="0" alt="Taxus x media (Yew)" style="margin-bottom:6px;margin-top:10px " class="frame" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Weston Nursery)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>The yew can be pruned into anything and is a typical hedge for an English garden. </div><div><br /></div><div>Can any of you offer suggestions on these plants or others? </div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-8249314606458951122010-06-03T07:00:00.000-05:002010-06-03T07:00:06.185-05:00No Words Needed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s9sSNafO7OJh37mxcXxc6nlsAHb0SXFqjkvqra79ijCUDJip1uWv240a9fxdXi3rhb0gcb-_kpowANk3tMchadWB1pMn922ojrHk3WBsWDytCHkmRSnw4Qe-LTjxiR_9Vbmx6VxFFIY/s1600/LoungingInBed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 483px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s9sSNafO7OJh37mxcXxc6nlsAHb0SXFqjkvqra79ijCUDJip1uWv240a9fxdXi3rhb0gcb-_kpowANk3tMchadWB1pMn922ojrHk3WBsWDytCHkmRSnw4Qe-LTjxiR_9Vbmx6VxFFIY/s400/LoungingInBed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478387105525817602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">(someone please remind me of the photographer's name)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't this an adorable image?</div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-45793634574062042092010-05-12T22:42:00.002-05:002010-05-12T22:43:27.045-05:00Wordless Wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKj35yKgOK9g8yG_GPReqg8j2n5d7XrNRwIJXh4PpkcH7k1khfPkWUVx7dvZwBNm9_sDZkKm6BYnNGCnEWuRKjRytKHXx5lwC5zXAuU8gtiMiFy4XLV0emrvUfHgpttyuKNlBri7HeyI/s1600/6a00e5505fecd388330120a8c8c423970b.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 501px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKj35yKgOK9g8yG_GPReqg8j2n5d7XrNRwIJXh4PpkcH7k1khfPkWUVx7dvZwBNm9_sDZkKm6BYnNGCnEWuRKjRytKHXx5lwC5zXAuU8gtiMiFy4XLV0emrvUfHgpttyuKNlBri7HeyI/s400/6a00e5505fecd388330120a8c8c423970b.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470595085527088194" /></a>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-53425495488314439612010-05-03T06:00:00.003-05:002010-05-05T23:05:10.125-05:00It is with Much JOY<center><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8ryk0IARdLvGUTAgEapZ-fWy85TbEjqb6-Y8e2WmUyn_iGdRqVLyZ2GOuD2ODlgZ9IJbxI4CzXIl0mTQ9EdY4XNdj6wFmP02ETOHF-GtbyWHO8jpBSd61O4omDcYe4t-tiHVM2DJ_Jo/s1600/IMG_2013.JPG" width="863" height="686" /></center><center>***</center><center>***<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Due to the flooding of Opryland in Nashville, </span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THE PEARL EVENT has been canceled</span>.***</center><center>Now, I'm just hanging on to see when and where the next event will be.</center><center>I'll keep you posted!</center><center>***</center><center><br /></center><center>It is with much joy that I tell you all about</center><center> </center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">THE PEARL EVENT</span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">in </span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Nashville, TN</span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">on </span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">June 26th</span></center><center><br /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal;font-size:16px;"><center><a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll270/ktate_photo/option6.jpg" /></a></center></span></span></span></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></center><center>My dear friend, <a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/">Pearls and Grace</a>, will be speaking at this ladies event and </center><center>is sure to warm the heart of everyone present.</center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center><center>Yesterday was <a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/">Mrs. Pearls and Grace's</a> birthday! </center><center>I hope she had the most wonderful, fun-filled day possible.</center><center><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iCHQvKc86Vkl4TDCVEOFLhOiUlt0JMAX3tNgT0A8JbQi34U9EiKORqD0RhtBGLnXmx99dKpyE3yTrVoCh8tLf5DjtrUh-TNfb5ZYenEZthj5kw3vaSjppPjpmKJPaGUa7KUMKgKxw_U/s1600/IMG_4956.jpg" alt="[IMG_4956.jpg]" border="0" /></center><center><br /></center><center>Please visit <a href="http://pearlsandgrace.blogspot.com/">her blog</a> and find out what has inspired The Pearl Event.</center><center>You will be so glad you did. </center><center><br /></center><center>I'd love to know if you are going to attend The Pearl Event.</center><center>Just leave me a comment here!</center><center> </center>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-10409281707259743752010-04-30T08:00:00.002-05:002010-04-30T08:16:07.099-05:00Hats Required<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno6OXhTXoNaNOfdxVfgnNFPbm0zQKj82LTy5Umn4uujDTk49itXO4EY6bydMNH2qYnr3KvBCfT7uVQThmewGBKxlWf-U1WUo41gfZht-EIdf4r2wgr-JxX27-6rTPgJfxUYZ2L_MIPHo/s1600/engravedJuleps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno6OXhTXoNaNOfdxVfgnNFPbm0zQKj82LTy5Umn4uujDTk49itXO4EY6bydMNH2qYnr3KvBCfT7uVQThmewGBKxlWf-U1WUo41gfZht-EIdf4r2wgr-JxX27-6rTPgJfxUYZ2L_MIPHo/s400/engravedJuleps.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465916021077537090" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="photocredit"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Brooke Slezak</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, </span></span><span class="byline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">by Holly H. Goff)</span></span></span></div></span><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Snip some mint, adjust your chapeau and review Stephen Foster's 1853 lyrics! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's to a fabulous festive weekend!</div><div><br /></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-39999623845699427372010-04-26T07:00:00.000-05:002010-04-25T22:57:21.047-05:00Show Me Something Beautiful<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQFf5y2zfxTis4Gjps9NzgfFtSlgjTQk8bWL8BxY9fclYDVMzP0vk118GB_84Lqj-QRrVjyzRj_g1-ZoR5Cp4rm1mtRBAcoQ0BoHJw7Hb5tdOcBCx7AZCBVXLYTr_0VNZuY6VTZDLKDk/s1600/peony.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQFf5y2zfxTis4Gjps9NzgfFtSlgjTQk8bWL8BxY9fclYDVMzP0vk118GB_84Lqj-QRrVjyzRj_g1-ZoR5Cp4rm1mtRBAcoQ0BoHJw7Hb5tdOcBCx7AZCBVXLYTr_0VNZuY6VTZDLKDk/s400/peony.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464283568093562290" /></a><br /><div>Aren't these peonies absolutely beautiful? </div><div><br /></div><div>I did not have my camera with me to capture the actual ones I saw today, but it was this same variety as shown above. </div><div><br /></div><div>Did you know that a peony plant has a very long life? </div><div><br /></div><div>I can hardly stay out of the garden. It has kept me away from the blog and I have missed you all!</div><div><br /></div><div>Have you found something beautiful lately? Open your eyes. It's all around you. </div><div><br /></div><div>If, by chance, you have your camera handy, take a picture of it and email it to me. I'd like to see it and possibly share it with everyone. Tell me all about it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Who can deal with more beauty in their life? Where do you find it? </div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-58214467101273105812010-04-02T07:00:00.000-05:002010-04-02T07:00:13.071-05:00Easter Blessings<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tPKcxWCk8e4FJtgGZIP7S44XSkZoRfWVjJayHM42nl8Xxddy-fWGjA9jgNVQ1wl7kp0PM0nxvzulH0itW24OynFqrQTSk3Pdv6-e_YxXoRYfpnjKoNHBHKIUe_76R78M607JCyl98TU/s400/easter+lily.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323053416242820002" /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">51</span></span>Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">52</span></span>in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed..."Death has been swallowed up in victory."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s1600/DogwoodCross.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s1600/DogwoodCross.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 500px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi497G-PQTSGh-WamERxZE8NBgjh_0Kg95Lm4QTxFszAvwlq1FRzxqTPlnpBfZAbX_QFL3t8zG2jsP0njJQS-w1ayT_I5PC33cItAybWcQVwj1F0F3d-KJ59yPxvo9p9qA9XvaMxBGXue0/s400/DogwoodCross.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455388505421941282" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> 55</span>"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">56</span>The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">57</span>But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.</div><div><br /><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; " src="http://thediaperdiaries.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/easter-cross.jpg" width="913" height="686" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">58</span>Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.<div><br /></div>1 Corinthians 15:51-57<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Easter!</span></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965073488341862741.post-2046671682878835462010-04-01T07:30:00.002-05:002010-04-01T07:30:02.108-05:00Anyone Hungry?<img alt="AprilFoodDay" height="250" id="Header1_headerimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMei0idisWBO8NMoTsrU_bBGENDar-ZwhgID2_3sCt-kN1c_JF1caZts-GWbspH_5tL_l4fBphjaUBnz7wpZy0iGgVRIqAdgehr8E8g1maUoSS1IDABAteDbBuDAhFrrAxgRFuLCJo9Ds/s1600-r/header1+copy.jpg" style="display: block" width="1000" /><br /><div>Don't you just love the thoughts of sitting down to a delicious meal? I sure do.</div><div><img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://www.brinker.com/company/brinker2005/06_02.jpg" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>How many people can't do that these days? More than you think. I was very surprised that at a local church food bank. There were church members taking advantage of the services. They used to be the ones stocking the shelves and the freezer. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think the blogging world is pretty amazing. Want to see what a community of internet folks can do to feed America?</div><div><br /></div><div>Everyday, the television is filled with dire reports about the current economic climate and many use the blogging community to take a break from the constant bad news. However, we can not ignore the fact that friends, and even some blogger friends, have lost their jobs because of the recession.</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKOHzubT-fMcGqeXjSzWH5Ml9qSiOM9vu0EJCjeZ04elXwZzX0C921leimV0ZIrwbDF40TD5_4HpPMWC8wtXDuCT2ikhtsxGFDIY6k7oF1K5vkNN7_mHrWKwTdutxMFDLcy2z3n2PFGiQ/s1600/audrey-hepburn_quote.jpg" alt="[audrey-hepburn_quote.jpg]" border="0" /></div><div><br />People who never had a worry in the world now have to think about where their next meal is coming from. People who never would have dreamt that they would need help are now showing up at the local food banks. There is not enough food being donated to meet the rise in demand. There is not enough money to buy the food for the food banks. </div><div><br />Former advertising executive, Chris Cox, the editor of <a href="http://easyandelegantlife.com/">Easy & Elegant Life</a>, and fundraising professional, Meg Fairfax Fielding, editor of <a href="http://www.pigtown-design.blogspot.com/">Pigtown*Design</a>, teamed up to create a blogger action day on April 1, 2009, which is being called <a href="http://www.aprilfoodday.blogspot.com/">April Food Day – Bloggers Fighting Hunger. </a></div><div>We are going to do it again this year!</div><div><br /></div><div>Please consider making a contribution to <a href="http://secondharvest.org/">Feeding America</a> (formerly <a href="http://secondharvest.org/">Second Harvest</a>), a national food bank with 200 member banks across the country. Every dollar contributed provides seven meals or 10 pounds of food. A gift of $25 provides 75 meals. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>To <a href="https://secure2.convio.net/a2h/site/Donation2?idb=1305264116&df_id=1560&1560.donation=form1">DONATE NOW, CLICK HERE</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't want to do cash, but have a stocked pantry? Donate food to a local food bank of your choice. Find one near you by <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx">CLICKING HERE</a>.</div><div><br /><div><img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://coloradoblogging.com/foodbank.jpg" /><br /></div><div>Happy <a href="http://aprilfoodday.blogspot.com/">April FOOD Day</a> Everyone!<br /><br /></div></div></div>GrannySmithGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.com3