- More from the weekend... This basket found at a purveyor of antiques in Hayesville. The handmade tag reads: Jeremiah basket, Handcrafted from Natural Reed by Dorothy Sprinkle. I left the shop, but kept thinking about the basket. The woman at the counter said, "You're back!" I tell her that I want the basket because it was made by Dorothy Sprinkle. Neither of us knows her - I just like her name and she made a lovely basket.- A man emerges from Louise's Garden Shop in Hayesville holding a loaf of her bread in a paper bag. He hands it into a woman inside the car and says, "Smell this! And it's still hot!"
- Taking a new way back to Atlanta and getting a little lost. But the scenery sure was lovely: a lake, some farms and lots of forest. Finally emerging next to a familiar sign at a long ago shuttered store with a hand lettered sign out front that advertised Cold Cokes. I knew just where I was and headed home.
12 comments:
is a basket a antique if
it's younger then Uncle Sam
tho as a basket it does
seem quite grand
a man with a bread gets
a woman to smell
from the shop it was hot
and her he did tell
lost in the woods
till a sign sent me home
Cold Coke that way
be more careful when you rome
How could you not buy anything by a Dorothy Sprinkle?? :) Lovely basket! A Longaberger one that size goes for a mint.
And I'm glad to see your spices are not directly over your stove, as heat degrades the quality -- with all your cooking, I feel content that you are getting the best tastes you can!
whoo-hoo!!
xoxo
What are you going to put in it?
Hot fresh bread is a little slice of heaven :)
And how could you not be intrigued by a name like Dorothy Sprinkle? The basket is a hand-crafted beauty!
North Georgia is beautiful, good country to get lost in. Lovely basket.
Ellis -
Good point about the basket. It's probably not an antique - I imagine it might have been part of an estate collection or something. Thank you for my poem!
Jannie -
Isn't Sprinkle a good last name? Friend Leisa says that she knows another woman with that same last name in Western North Carolina. Must be common up there.
I must confess that the spices I use are in the pantry - those above the sink are for show. :)
xoxo
lg -
It's already been filled with books and magazines that I am currently reading. Perfect for that.
Talon -
The bread looked delicious, too. And I love my new basket - it has so much personality. Jeremiah denotes a squareish basket.
Sage -
I was lost, but kept running across landmarks I knew - Lake Burton, Mark of the Potter, etc. It was a relief to run up on the Cold Cokes sign. :)
Inspiration struck this morning after I had only barely begun my morning blog rounds! But I am here now. :-)
That's so sweet about the bread. Warm fresh bread is just heavenly, isn't it? And the Cold Cokes sign guiding you home...in its way, that's even better.
I love that basket!
I love your anecdotes. You really should write a book of them.
We had an older lady in one of our education classes whose last name was Saucy - and her e-mail started with "saucyms." Love it!
a feast for the senses. I'm not craving a cold coke, freshly baked bread, and an afternoon antiquing for Dorothy Sprinkle one-of-a-kinds.
I do like that basket- n it'll surely come in handy. Cool name of the weaver attached too!
Warm bread is one of my Faves- off your diet now tho, huh.
A lake n farms are a great find. Glad you found a familiar place to know the way home. Sometimes general direction is all that's needed.
FB -
The name of the place was Freemans. I wish someone would re-open it as a country store, but there are so many of those gas station / convenience stores nearby on that highway. Maybe I should do that and sell Cold Cokes. :)
MZ -
Me, too. It's already it in its place.
RK -
Thank you - I might think about that. And Saucy is a great name. It reminds me a little of my Aunt Sally, who wanted her grandmother name to be Sassy. Cute.
Wendy -
A feast for the senses - I like that.
Snaggle -
Yes - I'm resisting baked goods for now. Groan. And I loved driving by Lake Burton - it is a man made lake, but so lovely.
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