| Making granola reminds me of living in Clarksville, TN. My mom owned "The Rose Garden Tearoom" pictured here, and we all lived upstairs. Every week I would go down to the kitchen when all the employees had left for the day. I would gather all the ingredients to make granola (my grandfather's recipe). Oats, cashews, honey, raisins, etc. would go into a big pot on the stove. I would stir and stir and always wondered why the granola never looked like granola? It never really tasted like granola either, more like uncooked oats with honey poured on them. A couple of days ago, I looked up a recipe for granola and realized, you have to bake it in the oven. Oh! |
Hah! I love your stories. What a happy squirrel too. I wish I could try some of your leftovers!
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ReplyDeleteI'm wondering about the history of the Rose Garden Tea Room and when it became a tea room. My great grandmother & her brother were raised by her aunt & uncle, Edna & Alexander S. Wood, in Clarksville after their mother died at a young age. I have a postcard that was sent to Mrs. A.S. Wood at 512 Madison St in the early 1900s. I don't know if that was the Wood's house or if Aunt Edna was just staying there. She moved to NJ between 1900 and 1910. Do you have any info.? I love your photos!
ReplyDeleteShe must have been visiting. The Woods were living on Madison St in 1900, but it wasn't 512. The Northington's were living there. Edna Wood's mother was a Carr. Maybe she was related to Michael Carr Northington.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary Ellen, I was unable to reply to your comment, so I hope this gets to you. At the time the house was a home for nurses. Was Edna Wood a nurse? Other than that, the house was built and lived in by Mayor Northington, then in the war, housed nurses with the hospital next door, then owned by Oscar Beach ( my great grandfather) until 1987. It was then bought by my mother and grandmother in an auction and turned into a tea room. Thank you for your comment.
ReplyDeleteI think she was just staying there on a trip from her new home in N.J. from what the post card says. Her husband probably passed away around that time so I imagine she was still getting things in order. I'm trying to figure out a way to send a copy of the post card to you. my email is:
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