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Granddaddy, Elkins, Voliet, Meek, Legion, Up Coming Trip

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 My granddaddy. He has been gone many, many years now. But, I still remember  him just like it was yesterday. This is my mom's dad. I took this pic with my camera,  I told you all before, I always had a camera. It was taken in  grandma and granddaddy's living room on one of our visits to Georgia. My granddaddy was a man of  very few words but I will never forget me sleeping on the couch in  the den, next to the kitchen when we visited. Graddaddy would come in after work and while he warmed his meal that granny left in the stove for  him he would sing to me, "Hey,  hey, good looking, what cha got cooking"?   He also called me string bean. Now, I finished out growing at 5'2, like in the 6th grade and that is exactly where I stayed. For a 6th grade girl though, I was considered tall. Oh,  and I was skinny.  6th grade,  which at the time was considered Elementary school.  Can you find me? When I went into 7th grade I was ...

Morning, King of the Yard, He/she/frog/Toad, Door Decor, Goat Kisses, and Sunflowers

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  Friday morning was a great morning. Started it out on  the deck, coffee, the girls, the birds  signing, cool temps that remained all day, the sound on my wagon water pond and it was not raining. shot down to the wagon. You can tell that I still have a ways to go with that rock, but I will get there. Here are the birds that sang to me Friday morning,  or talked to other winged critters in the woods. Speaking of woods, the squirrels have stayed within the safety of  those trees since I moved here. But as soon as I moved that bird feeder to the backyard, here they came.  Along with the chipmuck and the ground hog, both of which I have not seen in  a week....YAY. But when I walked out on  the deck Friday morning with  my coffee, this is the site that awaited me.  Little shit sitting up there like the king of the backyard. Of course, he was just sitting there to let his food settle before he went back down to try out some more food. Now, I ...