FIRECRACKER 100!!

100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

Aunt Annabel Taylor

This beautiful lady was born on the "Fourth of July"
"1911"

And what Firecracker she is!!

Sons Claude and Shelby on each side of their Mother.
Many relatives and friends joined to honor our
"Favorite Centenarian".

This sweet lady is the aunt of my "Sweet Old Bob" 
and we love her dearly.

Bob and Aunt Annabel

Bob is the little boy at the bottom of the picture and Aunt Annabel is the lady at the right.
 She is holding her son Claude.
Aunt Annabel's granddaughter, Courtney, mailed out squares of fabric to family members. They were asked to make these into squares for a quilt expressing some sentiment about Aunt Annabel. 

This was a total surprise and she was delighted

A hand painting of the "Homeplace". 

That flash at the bottom might be a great granddaughter. Not sure, she is moving so fast.
Wish I had the energy of either one of them!

As another surprise, her three granddaughters announced that they had became members of 

"The Daughters Of The American Revolution"

Susan, Aunt Annabel, Shannon and Courtney.

Thank you for visiting our tribute to a
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We Love You Aunt Annabel!

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UMMMMMM!! GOOD!!!!

EVERYONE LOVES FRESH VEGETABLES!!

I am no exception, so my daughter and I made a trip to the local Farmer's Market today. 

Is this not a sight to behold?

We arrived early Thursday morning just after everything was displayed and ready for sale. 

Even if you didn't want to purchase anything the sight of all the colors intermingled was a work of art.

We enjoyed seeing Heirloom Tomatoes.

I had never seen a fifty pound sack of peanuts.  I am the city girl who thought potatoes grew on top of the ground.

The first person I ever saw digging potatoes was Sweet Old Bob. I smarted off to him that I thought they grew in mesh bags. Hey, from then on he knew what he was in for!

We passed up these. Didn't have a need for these!

Did you guess it? They are pig's ears. Ugh!

You name it they got it!

The following is what we brought home!

Blackberry preserves, three types of eggplant, California Pink, heirloom tomatoes,

Purple peppers, S. C. peaches and raw peanuts.

I will be sharing my recipe for 

deep fried Julienne Cut Eggplant .

Shelled Butter Peas.

Of course we will be making

 good ole southern "boiled peanuts".

Later, I will sharing some of the meal/s 

we prepared with our bounty!

Hope your enjoyed our outing. Please leave a comment if you want some peach cobbler!

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Time To Cool Down!

 It is sweltering in Savannah this time of year!

Everyone is looking for a way to keep cool!

I thought this might be a good time to review our 

50th anniversary tour of Alaska.

Grab a glass of iced tea and

 come along, you might find it refreshing.

Mendenhall Glacier

This was my third visit, in 25 years, to Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, near Juneau, AK. I can attest to the fact that the glacier is receding. I don't know why. It might be natural cyclical environmental patterns or manmade global warming (I will let others debate that) but it is indeed receding. I wish my earlier pictures were digital. We have held our pictures side by side and we can surely tell the difference.

My oldest daughter Kim and me.

Sweet Old Bob was experiencing health problems during this time so our daughter went with us. Shortly after the trip Bob had brain surgery. His health has improved greatly and

he gets along very well now. For that we are very thankful.

Glacier Bay

Margerie Glacier is 1 mile wide and 800 feet high from sea level to the top

Preparing to leave on a flight over Juneau Ice Fields, from Skagway.

Put your iced tea on the traytable, 

buckle up and enjoy the ride .

These are not super highways in the mountains, they are glaciers.

We are coming back down into Skagway.

You can see the terminus of a glacier at the upper left. The gray water is called "rock water" due to the amount of ground rock suspended in the water.

Don't you feel refreshed now? I knew you would! I hope you enjoyed the tour. Refill your iced tea, put your fingers on the keyboard and leave a comment to let me know you took the tour. Thanks for visiting.


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