russel wright dish

my grandmother (melba fincher wright) and mom (sandy wright hays) have such a great collection of russel wright dishes. my mom has given me some along the way- thank you!!

art: mark hosford

mark hosford gave me this "goo hands" print-thanks mark!!

on the outside: Crocus

Alcia Fincher- my great grandmother

she made things too (dresses, hats)

art: harriet spleth

love her work. she's an artist and pilot.

art: justin augspurg

justin is a friend from church in cambridge.

grills- in honor of spring

our grill out the back door, and a small polaroid of a grill (bought for felix at mir art in the arcade, nashville)

michael jackson

my mama jim gave me this book when i was in about 3rd or 4th grade. love it! some kid ripped the cover a few years ago. i also bought an mj wooden plaque in 3rd grade at coach house gifts. ah...nostalgia.

james brown

a page in the new yorker advertising his last show, which he missed

and just tore out a new yorker page from feb 2011 with todd snider (fellow east nashvillian) on it.

Coasters from kathryn

believin' readin'

best reading...ever.

i've been a mom for 6 months now, and am only now reading the last four issues i have gotten in the mail.

night blooming

these are my memaw's birds she gave me this christmas sitting on our night blooming cirus plant (which has not bloomed for me yet).

closet

perhaps the most personal room in the house- full of old grandma jewelry and my inspiration book for dressing

bookshelf still life: antlers

thanks to my brother for getting these for me!

art: You get to stay in this world, 2009, jodi hays, oil on canvas

quilt given to gus wonder from memaw hand stitched by gladys grant, painting (mine) from 2009 titled "you get to stay in this world"- fitting for a guestroom, birds pillows, iron bed from memaw as a wedding present (bed was my mom's growing up)

art: Linda Martin

I love this work by outsider artist (discovered by my friend Sabine) Linda Martin. It lives over our bed.