Spooks Galore!

Fall Soccer

Erin and I went to see a great soccer player

last night. She is a star!!

Richland Creek

This is the rock that Erin put on her blog.

Richland Creek is a beautiful area in Newton

County, AR.

The bottom photo was taken several years
ago. I recall the rock was covered with moss
now it looks as if the moss is gone? Wonder
what happened to it?

Cancer is ugly!

Nature Trail

Took my little blue bike to this trail
and rode 8 miles yesterday. It took an
hour. I did not have to get off and push
even ONE time. I am so proud, but I
could never walk up Meek hill, Fleta!

Hay for my Ridge Chicks

I wanted Patsy to see that I am taking

care of the Ridge Chickens. My pen gets

muddy and what I call marred. So I went

to the feed store and bought a bail of straw

to strew around in their pen. They were as

proud a I would be with a new rug in my

home!

The white Bantie is not a Ridge Chick. She is

one of my old ones that I have kept. Siggie

loves her and will eat all her egg because she

thinks the white chick laid it. When we gather

the egg and one had poo on it...I showed Siggie

and she yelled, 'Chickens don't poop on the eggs'.

Decoration Day 1950

Someone shared this photo with me this week.
It was taken first Sunday in June 1950. My
husband's father is the man with the white hat
and hands on his hips. His grandfather is the
one with overalls and hands on his hips. His
great grandmother is sitting on the ground near
her husband's grave with a rag tied on her head.
Larry looks like his grandfather.

Another Sky!

Look up, Look up
What do you see
Hope is there
Waiting for thee!

Happy Birthday, Hillary

Hillary has a birthday today--Oct. 26. I

hope she will be such a great President that

we will get to stay home from work someday

because it is her birthday. I hope she will

remember the working people in our country.

I hope she will remember that she is not

queen...only president. I hope she will do

something about health care for all of us.

I hope the word WAR can move to a back

burner on the government stove!

For Helen

For Helen
SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks!
Copy and paste into a post. *Use the 1st letter of your
name to answer each of the following... *they have to
be real places, names, things...nothing made up!
You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl.

1. What is your name? Betty
2. 4 letter word: Bunk
3. Vehicle: Bel Air
4. City: Berryville, Arkansas
5. Boy Name: Benjamin
6. Girl Name: Brenda
7. Alcoholic drink: Bloody Mary
8. Occupation: Beautician
9. Something you wear: Blouse
10. Celebrity: Bing Crosby
11. Food: Bread
12. Something found in a bathroom: Bubble Bath
13. Reason for Being Late: Battery dead
14. Cartoon Character : ) Bugs Bunny
15. Something You Shout: Boo
16. Animal: Badger
17. Body part: Brain
18. Word to describe you: Blunt, Blah, Blubbery,
Bulbous, Browser, Brainy,
Benevolent, Beloved, Beautiful.
If you believe those last three, you are
not my Sister!!!

Watching the Sky

A Friend indeed!

Yesterday on my walk, a friend went along.
It made the 30 minutes just whiz by and I
learned a lot of new stuff. Bats are good
because they eat misquitos. If you catch a
big frog by putting a bucket on top of it...
the entire bucket will jump around your
yard like it is alive. I wanted my friend to
come home with me...but her father said
'supper is ready'.

From Patsy

Ingrid Elizabeth

This is Ingrid's dance photo last year.
I scanned it from the billfold one I had.
Isn't she a sweetie. She is going to be
an angel in the Nutcracker this year.
Astrid is shy! What will Siggie be?

New Scanner

Well, when my computer crashed, I could not
get my all in one printer, scanner, etc. to load
and I know I could probably went to the hp site
and got the drivers, but I have been wanting a
scanner again. It is not as easy to find one now.
Walmart does not even carry them. They are
not expensive. They will scan documents and
let you save them a pdf files. They will scan
negatives. Oh, I wish Smartest, sweetest,
bestest sister lived closer because she would
figure out how to scan the negatives. I have a
big box of Larry's Mom's old negatives. Do you
think dumbest, sourest, sister can learn how to
scan an old negative. I doubt it for I could not
even get the scanner to work, but after a day
I realized...you have to turn it on!

The scanned picture is Hiway 7 going north
near McIlroy Gap just a few miles from Jasper.
The photo was snapped in the 1920s. Today
Arkansas 7 carries 1000s of tourist through the
Ozarks; however, in the 1920s it was but a narrow
dirt track, impassible after heavy rains. Granny's
father took 3 days to come to Russellville to get
supplies for the family. One day down the mountain,
one day in town where he slept at Henry's mule barn,
and one day back up to Ben Hur, AR. Even in 1949
when Larry was born, his mother came down the
mountain from Ben Hur 2 weeks before her due date
and boarded until June 16 when he came into the
world. Her Daddy came along and stayed with her
as she was only a girl without a husband.

New Reading Material for Patsy

Patsy, two guys dropped these off Saturday. I can
send them your way if you want to read them. Remember
these guys coming by and Daddy sitting for hours
debating subjects with them. Most folks hide when
they see them coming up the road but he was happy
to have a good argument....like you!

Cliff Hollow

This big hole in the cliff had stairs built up to it so
I had go look at it. Can't figure out what the holes
were. They are really not caves. Daniel and Squire
Boone would only live at a camp a month or so and
then move on to a new site so they would not be
discovered by Indians. Daniel Boone's son James
was tortured and murdered by a group of Indians.
Daniel Boone was related by marriage to Abe Lincoln.
His parents were Friends (Quakers).

Cliff at Bona Dea

There a holes all in this cliff at Bona Dea Trail. I
am reading a book about Daniel Boone. He lived
in caves in Ky. while he hunted there. Once he
hunted over a year and when he and Squire were
heading home to the Yadkin to sell their work
they were robbed by Indians of all the furs, horses,
and guns--everything they had. How would it be
for us to work over a year and suddenly have nothing.
One of his children (Jemina) was fathered while he was
away many years. Guess he and Becky worked out this
problem for they stayed together until death. The story
is told she told him she thought he was dead and the child
was his brothers.

I am going to the libaray today to look for some books as
I don't have to work Friday and tomorrow. Larry is going
to the DR. tomorrow and I am playing co-captain.

Three and a half miles

No, this is not me...it is one the young chicks that passed me.

I walked 3 and a half miles yesterday on this trail.

I took an hour and lots of folks passed me but I made

it.

Elephant Ears

When I walk in the evening I can see the back

of Laura and Eric's house and these pretty

Elephant Ears. They are really big. You can see

Astrid's little dog beside them to give you an

idea of how big they are. They are on the south

side of her house and she has been able to leave

them in the ground and they come back the next

year. I think they are so pretty.

Sky Watch Friday!

Here are my two photos of Sky's this week for

GA Dot's Sky Watch Friday.

Both these girls are age 11 and attend my school

and guess their name??? SKY!

Last Year!

Last year about this time the leaves were
turning near our little meadow...this year
they are green and all staying with their
trees. Every year is different from the
last.

Arkansas Cotton Mouth

This is what we call a Cotton Mouth

as inside his mouth it is white. A

Arkansas Copperhead will bite you if

you step on him, but a Cotton Mouth

is meaner. He will bite you because

he thinks you stink! This one was huge

around the middle.

Water is Life!

I found some pictures of Galla Lake in 2005, November.

Then the one I took the other day on my walk and one

from back in the summer riding in the little 'Wren'. You can

see how we depend on the heavens to send water. I

always have conserved water for when the Sisters were

growing up we had to carry it in a bucket to our kitchen

from a spring in a cave one half mile away!

Water is life without it we would die in a few days. Don't

waste precious water. I never do. I could never water a

yard of grass. I can take a hose and give a plant or flower

a drink, but watering a lawn would grate at my backbone and

remind me of carrying all those buckets of water when

I was a girl!

I am glad I do not live in AZ like Baby Sister does. I

would not have a blade of grass to stand on!

Recycling at its utmost!

We are doing our part. This deer ate 10
families gardens...and now we are going to
recycle him!!!

Flag made with hanging chains!

What I saw on my Walk

I have been walking 30 minutes to an hour

a day since Sept. 22. I could not walk before

and had not been able to for 3 years. Anyway,

here are some things I saw on my way yesterday--

the shimmering lake in the sun and Bell off

barking at something up a big tree. I had to stop

and look at each a while so the 30 minute

walk took 50 minutes.

Above the Clouds

High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds, —

and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of —

wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence.

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Girl with Grit!

Pop turned two of his squirrel dogs out

yesterday as it was cooler. Opal treed a

squirrel and Pop shot it in the woods

in front of Siggie's house. Siggie started

yelling at Pop to come down the hill to

her house. He went down to see her

and she cried to hold the squirrel. Now,

this is not what most 2 year old girls

would do...but Sigrid has grit! Something

a hunter needs...brother Richard would

say. Laura is laughing on the porch because

Pop was trying to figure out why Siggie was

crying and it was because she wanted the

squirrel!

Thief in the Night!@

I love taking the photos I want from my kinfolk!
And I wonder, Patsy, what color is that head
wrap? Did someone make it for you? Did Clayton
and Richard ever let you wear Dad's Navy hat?
Is that picture taken on the Rock Quarry?

Richard said where I lived looked just like the
Rock Quarry...and I agreed. Rocks everywhere.

Pop has a new hunting friend!

Pop has a new hunting friend. Poor hunter

was without clothes for the sport so he went

to K Mart to find a hunting suit for his friend.

They are excited about frost coming and leaves

falling and going to the woods. She told Pop

she did not have a gun....and wanted one ....and

wanted it to be PINK...her favorite color!

When I snapped the photo the Hunter said:

"Gigi, I closed my eyes. You'll have to take

another one". So eyes were shut on purpose!

Question for Smart, Sweetest Sister...I called

Richard and visited on his birthday and he wants

to know if our cousin, Barbara Mote is dead or

alive. I told him you would know. Tell me and I

will relay the info to Richard.

Richard and his Friend

What I love about blogging is stealing other
kin's pictures...this is brother and Billy Joe
Rudd before a coon hunt. Is Billy Joe the
one with a light on his head, Patsy?

Story Teller's Birthday

Richard turns 68 today. He has told all
of us about the day we were born except
Patsy who is a year older than he. They
grew together and live only a mile or so
apart in their old age.

Last year, Richard came to see me. His
daughter Brenda brought him down the
valley to visit. I hope he has a great day
with all his children and grandchildren
around to listen to his stories. Who will
fill his shoes as the family story teller
someday....I doubt anyone could do the
job with such pizazz as Richard Charley!
Happy Birthday, Brother!