i’ve been thinking about home a lot lately. maybe because i wanna be there with my family as my sis-in-law enters surgery to remove her tumor growth thingy this week. maybe i wanna be there because there’s a permanent chill in the New England air that will only get worse and won’t go away for many moons……
maybe i wanna be there because that’s so much a part of who i am.
that’s where i’m from:
dirt roads.
pecan orchards.
climbing trees.
roosters crowing at my great-grandma’s in the morning.
honey suckles.
camping on the sandbar at the river.
sitting on the back porch & watching the heat lightning after the sun sets.
falling asleep to the sound of crickets and bullfrogs and breezy summer nights.
four-wheelers and go-carts.
fishing. i hate fishing, but i was there….
pick-up trucks.
boiled peanuts.
sweet tea.
fried chicken.
mashed potatoes.
homemade ice-cream.
deer-hunting. [yes, i can shoot a dang rifle - VERY well]
pig farms, cow fields, and chicken houses (all of which stink worse than you could ever imagine!)
tobacco & cotton fields….
yes, cotton fields.
and… boondocks:
THAT’S where i’m from….
where are you from?
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what exactly is a honey suckle?
Hee hee. Judging from your list, I’d say I came from right next door!
Watermelon. I’d add watermelon and seed spitting contests. And red clay/dust.
M
Four seasons (wet, wet and cold, wettest, and sometimes even wet and hot)
Green landscapes
gorgeous mountain peaks
swimming in ice-water-drip-off-streams from the snow melt on the mountain
Evergreen trees and as a result Christmas tree farms EVERYWHERE
the smell of the air just before and just after a good rain
great coffee
wild berries (especially blackberries) fresh off the bush
massive squash (zucchini, squash and pumpkin really)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…and I’m sure they’d love to have you sitting right there on the porch WITH them
snow days in October and April
beef on weck
4 beautiful seasons (although winter takes up 1/2 the year)
campfires on a cool October night
chicken wings!
snow, cold, snow, cold—and then winter comes
muck farming–onions and cabbage
white Christmas
beautifully comfortable summer days—all 11 of them
Friday night fish fry
OK–that’s enough—I’m getting hungry!!!! (and cold–must be winter is near!)
Well, wishing you a happy birthday at 4:30pm isn’t so bad I suppose:)
I am from FL….
Taking a canoe
Alligators swim over the surface of Lake Monroe
Gopher turtles cross the roads
Deer come out of no where too!
Sprink break capital, but I don’t participate
Osteen is the south just 5 min away, with their
own four wheelers in the mud
and ” roadkill” cafe(its called somethingelse).
The cows lay in the field, one stands to call the meeting
the fog sits on the tree branches first thing in the morning
I-4 traffic, no thanks
riding in my dad’s boat over the intercoastal in New Smyrna
Crossing the state to Clearwater Beach, the most beautiful one
making homemade pancakes at Deleon Springs resturaunt
Walking around downtown Deland
at all the antique stores
The Shakespeare festival and Fringe in Orlando
Love it!
The only place with Alligator alley in the south,
(which my dad had to stop his bus to let a gator
cross the road)
The rumor with where I live is the people that made the roads..
are still lost here somewhere.
We have a forest, but its up north
Then there’s Old St. Augastine,
Sanibel Island, The Keys, Venice FL(you can dig shark teeth
right out of the sand), and so many other places….
I once was walking back to work across parking lot, heard teh rain start
to fall, and ran right into the store as it started coming down…
Seeing two rainbows across the sky at one
and the picture perfect sunsets…
67 counties all together….
So that’s all i have to say…:)
lettuce fields
fog in the morning and evening
espanol
rolling hills
the train park
spreckles sugar factory
castroville artichokes
twin smoke stacks at moss landing
beaches of the central coast
salinas river (no water)
crop dusters
bicycles
apricot trees
west street
driving around
i think i got lost in spam world…oh yea, forgot the orange trees, here is a song they sing here in 4th grade I taught to my preschoolers
Orange blossoms
” I like to wake up in the morning, where the orange blossoms grow, where the sun comes peepin’ into where Im sleeping, and the songbirds say hello, I like the fresh air and the sunshine, its so good for us you know, so I’ll make my home in FL where the orange blossoms, orange blossoms, orange blossoms grow”
Mini the manatee
“Mini the manatee swims in our bay she swims so slowly she can’t get away from motor boats creeping along the way watch out for sweet mini who swims in our bay.”
Pat the Panther:)
” Pat the panther stalks along, big and rough, and tough and strong, but if you keep gobbling the forest up, Pat the panther is out of luck.”
and then there is this one last song about an alligator, its sung in indian language:)
I come from mosquitoes carrying you off.
Boiled crabs and shrimp on Saturday nite.
Beignets and coffee at cafe du monde with powder sugar all over my blue jeans.
I am from the land that says, Where ya at?
I am from bayou land
I’m from the city of azalea bushes and cherry blossom trees. Oh to be there again…
oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mandelicious!
Happy Birthday? Happy Birthday!!!
I’m from…
warm sand under my feet
salty air
sounds of crashing waves
hot sun on my face
need i say more? I wanta go home…..
I almost thought you were from East Texas, too…but we really didn’t do boiled peanuts. More like and Rc and a moonpie
I am 10 years from corn fields, cold winters with snow forts and a town of old Germans.
I am 22 years in humid and hot, 100 acre cattle field and horses to ride anytime you want–with the Fireant festival and Stagecoach road.
I am 2 years from hilly Arkansas, where folks are right proud of their state and love you to pieces!
I am 2 years from beautiful Colorado…and falling in love with everything God makes.
i tagged you on my blog!
I could have written your list, myself! That’s home to me too! But, unlike you, I get to still enjoy those things. So, you come on “home” anytime you can. We’ll have the welcome mat and a picture of tea waiting on ya.
curvy, hilly roads
more trees than sky
breathtaking fall colors
homemade everything (especially bread…yum…)
mosquitoes and heavy dew
lightning bugs
mint sun tea
ahhh……
I’m about 20 miles from the place you described.
(Fresh reader so bare with me)
Boiled peanuts make you from the Carolinas, correct?
You are part of the trials we are going through.They sometimes seem too heavy to bear,but as you and i know- all will be alright.We have a tremendous group of christians praying for Jessica.The calls continue,also cards and questions about visiting and/or help in any way.Mandy, today i saw a bald eagle fly over our pasture, this was a first. God is still in the Miracle Business.James 5:13 thru 15.Can’t wait to sit with you on the front porch!!!!! Love Mom