Wordless Wednesday

Mater Look-A-Like ??

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The GRAND~girls thought that this old truck looked like Mater.

Shelby didn't want her picture taken but Reagan and my niece Anna were willing models.

I LOVE rusty things and this truck just did it for me.

The truck had a for sale sign of $10,000.00,

little to much don't you think?

Yay It's Friday!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Don't Forget!

To just strut right up to the voting booth and exercise your right to VOTE!!

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My Feellings Are...

Ba humbug!

Just can't even get into the

Halloween thing, this year.

Do You Smoke Your Meat?

This is the first time I've ever seen a smoke house in action!

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Pretty cool don't ya think?

No one told me I could open the door and look in

but I'm curious like that. I was nervous that I was gonna get caught.

The Sweetheart sure wanted me to grab him some.

But he wasn't the one that felt that heat when I opened that door.

I'm sure it was to hot to grab!

I was just happy to snap a picture!

Who cares about eating the meat?

Back Porch Cookin

Back porch of the old homestead in Guysie, GA. Mule Days

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Sunday~Stills

This weeks theme for Sunday Stills

is Red and Green.

It's a stretch by counting the green grass

and the red shirts.

The pictures were taken yesterday

in Guysie, GA. at Mule Days.

Meet Sam!

Sam weighs in at 3300 pounds.

The Redheaded woman is his owner

and she was the sweetest thing to introduce

Sam to the girls.

He was a very gentle animal

He was hitched up to pull their wagon.

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Last Night

We road over to catch the sunset from the St. Simon's Island Pier.

This was my view to the right.

A look back towards Brunswick and the Sydney Lanier Bridge.

Looking back over my shoulder to the left

is the St. Simon's Island Light House

With September's Full Moon.

After snapping a few pics of the Light House

I turn to go back to the truck

and this awesome oak was a beautiful silhouette

against the evening sky.

I hope y'all were able to enjoy the gorgeous full moon last night.

After viewing this post I got the following email:

John Gaster sent you a message.

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Gigi, your photos of St Simon's isle brought back childhood memories of our many visits to St Simon's. Back in the 1930s & 40s one of our uncles had a travel trailer & we had great fun camping in a trailer park about a mile from the beach & pier. Currently the beach has vanished, (just a large stone breakwater now) washed away by hurricane but it used to be so nice, a long sloping beach just right for kids. The old original wooden pier has been replaced with a concrete pier but the size & shape remains about the same.


We crabbed and fished from the pier, shrimp boats used to tie up at the pier to unload their daily catch. We would tie a galvanized water bucket on a rope and lower it down to the shrimp boat while they were shoveling & unloading shrimp. The workers would fill our
bucket full and running over for a quarter, just 25 cents.

When WW2 broke out the pier was used as a base for Navy PT boats to go out and hunt for German Submarines. What a sight for us kids watching the Sailors loading their machine guns etc. preparing the PT boats to go hunt German Submarines just off the Georgia
coast. In May, 1942 on the pier we watched (just over the horizon) fires from US oil tankers sunk by the German Subs. Usually the day after the beach would be littered with things from the sunken oil tankers, life jackets, cans and wood etc.

I love St Simmons, we visit each time we go to Georgia. Georgia is in my heart and I always feel at home once we cross the Georgia state line.

We had a great Griffis reunion this year, camping at 8,000 feet on the top of the mountain.

Love all of you,

John G (Aunt Shirley's brother)

and Clemons's first cousin.

Happy

Hope your Thanksgiving was filled with all you hoped it would be!

Love to you all,

gigi

Finally

Finally a few signs of fall around here!

If you look real close you can see just a bit of color other than green.

But the temperature are still close to 80*.

Sunday Stills

Sunday Stills

This weeks challenge: Landscapes (Fall Foliage)

Things down here in south Georgia are still pretty green.

Last week we went to north Georgia about 6 hours away hoping to find a little color.

On Tuesday we went to Blue Ridge and rode the Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad.
As you can see from these pictures we found very little color.

It was still a pretty ride and a great getaway for the two of us.

The 26 mile round trip follows along side the Taccoa River. It was really a pretty and peaceful ride.

The train ride starts at the historic depot, built in 1905 in downtown Blue Ridge, then stops for a layover in the quaint sister towns of McCaysville, Georgia and Copperhill, Tennessee. There is a blue line running through the middle of town. One side is Georgia and the other is Tennessee. With one foot on each side of the line you are standing in two states at once.

It was one of the few sunny days we had on our trip.

Sorry Sunday Still friends, this is the best I could do for "Fall Foliage".

It's just still to Green down here in the south.

Friday Shoot Out

Friday Shoot Out

This weeks theme: Classics of Childhood

Chosen by Ellisa

Sure am glad there are no rules in our gang :)

Play grounds and parks are the happiness of children and the relief of parents and grandparents!

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Shella Bella

Rea In October