the flood of nashville

You can plan your days, work overtime to meet deadlines, make major life decisions and have certain expectations of how things will move forward; and then the city you live in gets flooded and all things come to a halt! This past weekend Nashville was hit with record breaking amounts of rain that caused major flooding all over the city. Thankfully, I was not personally affected by any damage to house, car, etc...but have friends who were, and the museum has been closed due to slight flooding and power outages. Weeks and weeks worth of work and projects to meet a mid-May deadline will have to be shifted, but the days off of work have allowed for a mental break that was much needed. And the reminder that we can only control so much in our lives and we have to hand the rest over is always a good thing.

I wasn't able to get out and get many pictures, but luckily my friend Paul, who is a fantastic photographer, was able to get some pretty amazing shots of downtown.

tunica crawfish festival

Work has been all-consuming these days and I will post on that soon enough, but really haven't had time to focus on much else! I did, however, make it to Tunica, MS last weekend for the Tunica Crawfish Festival. Always a good time! I didn't get too many pictures of the actual "eating of the crawfish" as it was too dark and who has time to take pictures when you are eating crawfish, right?! But it was a great weekend, and we got in plenty of time with Lily, my friend Myra's, niece. Too cute! One thing I do want to note is that I was on a swing for the first time in maybe 15 years, and it was one of the best moments I have had in a while. Like flying! Why as adults do we stop doing those things that made us feel so free when we were kids?

spring cleaning

I have been blank on finding anything to post lately. Work has been so busy and I have been dealing with some draining personal stuff so it is not surprising that I can't seem to find a cool new blog to post about! Anyway, I am sure I will get out of this little phase soon, so in the meantime I am just relaxing and enjoying the shift in the seasons. I have been spring cleaning and am happy to get rid of some of the clutter that not only takes up space in a closet but in one's life. I have no problem putting dumpy sweaters into storage and replacing them with new spring clothes. I am excited to have some dear friends moving here soon, and to be reconnecting with others I have missed. And really, I am just happy to not be too worried with my to do lists right now, and more concerned with the smaller things. Like how great it feels to have my sweet pit bull sleeping on me while I type this! Off to enjoy the night, but first, here are a few little pics I have snapped today with my new photo app!

beautiful weekend in MS

I went to Oxford, Mississippi to visit some friends this weekend. It is always good to be back in my home state. Good food, friends, beautiful weather and no plans made for a great weekend of relaxing and wandering around.

my first baby quilt

I featured the sweetest fabric I have ever seen in my life a few weeks ago, and mentioned that I would post more photos. Well, here is the final quilt! I was really excited to hear my dear friends were having a baby, and knew immediately I wanted to do this for them. This book features a really simple concept for making a great quilt, as well as, the fantastic way to make the personalized patch. But it was when I came across the fabrics that I knew I had to do it! I was very happy with how it turned out, and really had a lot of fun working on something that I hope will get lots of use!

lola the star

This pup is goin' places!

A few months ago we entered Lola into a "Beautiful Bullies" contest in a local pet magazine called Nashville Paws. She was featured in the newest issue as a runner-up!! She also made it into the table of contents so that was pretty cool too. Love my Lola!

charley harper memory game

I have been eyeing this Charley Harper memory game for some time now here, so I was excited to come across it while wandering around Anthropologie last weekend! Memory games have always been my favorite. I was never very good at board games as a kid...I always lost interest and preferred to just play with the pieces. But, I could rock a memory game!

This version is just beautiful...there are so many pieces, and the illustrations are so vivid. I have already played with it quite a few times!

first day of the year

I read that whatever you spend the first day of the year doing, you will do more of in the new year...so I grabbed my camera and headed outside!

I don't really make resolutions, so this is about as close as I get. But, I realized recently how much I missed taking photographs...and that I have too much to learn to not keep my camera with me more.

Over the summer my grandmother passed on to me, a quilt that had been made by her Aunt Cora—but was never finished. It is so amazing...tiny little swatches of vintage fabric that make up a larger flower pattern. And not only is the honeycomb pattern intimidating enough, but the fact that is was all done by hand...well, that just put me over the edge!

I plan to finish it one day. I want to spend some time finding the appropriate fabrics for the back and binding; as well as, have a little more experience under my belt. But, what a special thing to receive!

(Aunt Cora is featured in the last picture)