Parthenon - Nashville, TN

The Nashville, TN Parthenon located in Centennial Park is very interesting to visit.  The Parthenon is one of the buildings that was built in 1897 in Centennial Park for the 100 year birthday of Nashville.  There were many other building and they were made of plaster.  After the celebration that lasted for 6 months, they were all torn down except for the Parthenon.  In later years the exterior was replaced twice with concrete.  The photos of the centennial celebration are very interesting.  It would have been fun to join the 1.8 million people who attended.  There is a collection of original paintings, and a large gold gilded statue of Athena that is a replica of the Athena statue in the Greek Parthenon.

Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN

We stopped at the Ryman Auditorium this evening, but were too late for the tour.  I snapped a few pictures of the beautiful building that used to be the home of the Grand Ole Opry.  It was originally built as a church in 1891.  We'll do the tour in a future visit.

New Home For Rusty Chair

I found this rusty chair on Saturday while we were in Glendale, KY.  Well, before I left town, the chair had convinced me to take it home.  Here it is on the front porch:

This is what it looks like with its cushion.  I'll use this chair next summer under the large Maple tree in the front yard.  It is light weight and will be easy to move to the yard.

Eagles Concert

We went to see the Eagles on Saturday night, October 16 at the new KFC Yum Center in downtown Louisville, KY.  What a fantastic show!  They sounded so good, and they played for three hours.  If you ever get a chance to see them, I highly recommend their show.   I bought a t-shirt that depicts their Hotel California album cover.  I snapped a close up shot of the front and back of the shirt.

 

Photo Fabric Collage Book For My Sister

Here is a peek at the fabric book I made for my sister for her birthday.  It is filled with pictures of the two of us when we were children that I printed onto white cotton.  I added pockets to the pages to hold little notes of shared memories.  She loved it!

Apple Galette - Cute Apple Pie

This turns out great.  To make it easy, I used a pie crust from the refrigerator section of the grocery.  But you could make the pie crust in this recipe or make your own favorite pie crust recipe.  Be sure to use the parchment paper to save yourself a cleanup from the filling that escapes the pie.

Pretty Little Bluebirds Fabric Collage Wallhanging

I used a piece of the wonderful burned ceiling tin that I selvaged from a razed building here in Rineyville for the wall hanging. The tin is sewed to the wall hanging with glass beads that I added at each hole. The background fabric is part of a vintage towel. The pastel picture of bluebirds is from an old greeting card, and it is printed on white cotton.  It is sewn to a piece of cotton floral print. Embellishments include antique lace, white rick rack, mustard colored plastic buttons and plastic belt buckle.  I will be listing this in my Zibbet shop.  If you are not familiar with Zibbet, please take a minute to have a look.

Butterflies and Flowers

The butterflies have had a nice summer. The Zinnias are in bloom and they like them as much as they do the Butterflybush.

Amaryllis Belladonna - Naked Ladies

These beautiful flowers come back each year.  They spring up quickly, the blooms open and then they last several days.  This photo is taken about day three after the blooms opened.

Vintage Photo Sunday - Girls With Doll

I have a lot of old snapshots in photo albums from the 1920s.  As near as I can tell, the albums depict the Carroll, Iowa area.

I enjoy looking at how women dressed in those days.  Aren't these dresses cute?  It would be fun to know about the doll too.