Pioneer settlement....

Pioneer day October 2010

Making butter

See the wood handle fans behind the pews?

My grandmother used to fan me as I laid on

the pew with my head in her lap.

Frying cracklin's

General store

I'm told this is Miss Lovie.

For some reason, this just touches my soul.

Some things I remember:
My grandmother's tea cakes.
Hiding behind her long skirts when meeting a stranger.
Her sweeping the yard, and tending the flowers.
Her sewing a pocket in the bosom of her slips to keep her money.
Her cooking with hog lard, and living until l04 1/2.
My uncle buying my first coca cola for a nickle.
My aunt's general store where, when I would
visit, she'd give me a "store bought" dress.
Cane syrup my uncles made.
My aunt's huge biscuits loaded
with fresh butter and the cane syrup.
Hiding under the porch, listening to grown ups talk.
Playing with my cousins in the watermelon patch.
Knowing that my grandchildren loved the farm as I did.
So many things.
Have a wonderful day.