Weekend Wind-Down #159

A little over a week ago, our friend Andrew came up from Gainesville, Florida, to perform at a experimental music fest here in Athens. He makes and performs POST-MASH-UP music under the name IRONING. Before heading back to Florida to play another show, Andrew stopped by RANCHO COCOA to meet the bunnies before we all headed off to brunch at The Grit. We couldn't get over Andrew's awesome CATS-ALL-OVER-AND-FOREVER FLEECE HOODIE...









After brunch, Missy and I headed out of town to Lexington on a whim...we heard that there was a cool NURSERY out that way and we decided to maybe try and find it. We stopped in Lexington's little downtown area and checked out their ANTIQUE MALL...



























Ever since our beloved THYME AFTER THYME went out of business, we've been looking for a garden nursery that could match it's specialness, so we were excited when we finally came across GOODNESS GROWS...





















An auspicious sign: I ended up WINNING this cool little CANDLE HOLDER/HURRICANE LAMP in a free drawing they were having in celebration of their spring re-opening for 2013. Yay!











FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Sanni telling me that Susan Sarandon bought three of my necklaces from her shop!
RAOUL - Dancing to The Suzan at The 40 Watt during Slingshot.

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Daylight Savings.
RAOUL - Lose an hour for Daylight Savings. BOOOOO.

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Andrew's fleece jacket with the cats all over it.
RAOUL - Susan Sarandon buying three of Missy's necklaces from Community in downtown Athens. Bonkers!

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Is this where the meat is?"
RAOUL - "Zazzy Rascal"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Falafel burger and tater tots at Clocked.
RAOUL - Brunch at The Grit with Andrew.

WORST MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - The worst meal was forgetting to eat.
RAOUL - The vegetarian hotdogs from Clocked are blah.

THREE THINGS ON YOUR TO DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK?
MISSY - Sew bunnies, make hairpins, mail out Etsy orders.
RAOUL - Punch one-inch buttons for ATHICA, take consignment stuff to Dali Mama, clean and organize back patio.

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Siouxsie & The Banshees, Alessi's Ark, Rachael Dadd, The Judybats, Fleet Foxes, Grass Widow, Morrissey, Velocity Girl, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, St. Vincent.
RAOUL - Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sissy Bar, Bearsuit, Velocity Girl, Eggplant, The Halo Benders, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Morrissey, The Art Museums.

Last Thyme After Thyme

After 25 years in business, our most favorite garden center and one of our most favorite places in all of Clarke County closed it's gates forever this past weekend. Since buying our house back in 2007, we've gone back to THYME AFTER THYME year after year in order to stock garden with locally-grown native plants and flowers. Though they discouraged people taking photos at Thyme After Thyme, we always did whenever we could because...how could we not? The place is beautiful and abound with great gardening scenes and ideas. We went back to Thyme After Thyme for one last time this weekend to take photos and to buy autumnal plants and flowers for our garden. We went on their very last day and stayed until the last hour. Needless to say, we're so very sad to see them go...











































We also paid a visit to Thyme After Thyme a couple of weeks ago when Missy's parents were in town, and they got a chance to see it one last time as well...