Old Houses, Birds, and Ice Cream

I have blogged about 

my great granny before.

I was lucky enough to know my

great granny, mother to my moms

dad. She lived with her two 

old maid sisters, and one of 

her son's. I loved her old home.

When we visited my grandma in 

Ga. we would also make a trip

over to the town my mom was 

born in and visit great granny.

Couple of times, my cousin and 
I would spend a few days with

great granny.

A week or so ago, out of the blue

my cousin sent me a message 

wanting to know if I remembered

great granny's address.

HAHA...NOPE!

But, I was able to go on Google

Earth and since I knew of 

a landmark, I was able

to trace back to her home.

This was a pic I took, wow, 

years ago. I was in mom's home

town with her, visiting gravesites, 

my daughter was prob around five

years old, when we drove by the 

house and I snapped this pic.

Cute home. I can walk through

it with my mind and tell you where 

things were.

Anyway, after looking up the address

for my cousin I then went online and

grabbed this shot of the house now.

I know great granny did not pay 

that for the house when she lived

there. But, the difference is the big

tree in the front is now gone and it

was old. So BIG when I was young and 

it looks like it sort of took over the sidewalk. I 

remember it being right at the edge of 

the walkway when I was young.

The front steps

leading to the porch has been

redone. Looking at the specs

of the house, I realized that it

was built in 1870. That home, 

as it stands is 155 yrs old. 

It has an area that you can go in 

under the house, that has a 

sump pump and according to 

my moms cousin, who lived here 

after my great granny was gone, 

the house is haunted.

This next pic was taken of the house

my mom lived as a young child.

We drove by it and I snapped this

pic the same year I took the one 

of great granny's. I have never

been in this house. But mom said, 

of course, growing up that the porch

was not screened in. 

I had taken a few pics as

we drove by that day and I 

managed to get the house

number so I looked it up.

This is it according to the 

internet now.

WOW..

That is a big change. 

Built in 1900.

Mom hated that it looked so 

run down when I snapped those

pics but wished she could see it

now. When I saw it 40 yrs ago,

mom pointed out that it used

to have a big tree to the left of 

it. One of those trees that

grows hedgeapples. She said they

would use a broom stick and play

baseball with the apples.

Kids will never understand!

lol

Check out this cute pic.

My birdfeeder clicked it.

I love the bird coming in 

for a landing.

 

This babe looks just like that,

a baby looking right into 

the camera.

SMILE, you are on candid camera!

So far, this has been up for several

months, and only finches are visiting

it. But hey, with that it is saving on 

seeds! 

This is a shot of ladies night out.

All female finches.

Now to leave you scratching your

head.

There are dogs on the package,

it says Dogsters, but yet the market

saw the need to post this sign.

OH MY GOSH!

Now, go have an ice cream of some

sort, but not one for dogs,

and enjoy, 

Pam