Old Fashion Words Explained

My computer decided to die, had to bury it and get me a new one.  Those things were not made to last, at least not at my house. Anyway,  live is good.  I thought I would give the answers to an early blog that I did.  So here goes.

We were fixing to take a trip and do some site seeing.  Mama told us to put all our bags in the cooter hull.  Dad was driving and I think his foot must have gotten stuck to the foot feed, because he was going really fast.  On our list of things to see was this house that was said to be hainted.   When we arrived at the hainted house, we could smell the carne really bad.  We guessed that some poor animal had died and no one had buried it.  Later we stopped to eat at this nice restaurant and there was a lot of young boys there and they were flirting with me and my sister.  Mama said for us not to even look at them, because all they had on their mind was poon taine. 

Looking forward to fall

We're planning on a vacation to Tennesee this fall.   The colors are really gorgous along in October.  Just riding and enjoying the view makes me a happy camper.  The colors just aren't as vibrant in southwest Georgia.  If you have never been up around the great lakes in mid October you have missed some beautiful sites.  I lived there for about thirty years and always marveled at the beautiful fall colors.  So plan you a vacation this fall and head north.  You want be sorry that you did, just don't go to late, because the snows often come early.

Back Porch Living

Sitting on the back porch early in the morning, drinking coffe and watching the birds flock to the feeders.  We have a new one this morning that hasn't been coming.  He is a beautiful yellow color with a black stripe down the back.  I love to watch them fly in and out of the yard.  We have ducks and geese that swim out in the pond and they too are fun to watch as they take their baths and chase each other around.  There is nothing quite like sitting on the back porch and enjoying nature.

Back porch thinking

Having coffee early in the moring on the back porch and remembering the sayings of days gone by.  For example cooter hull, haints, poon taine, carne, foot feed, to reckly, fixing to, just to name a few.  If you remember these days, let me know if you remember what these words mean.  I thought it might be fun to see how many you get right.  I'll give the answers next time, unless you already have them figured out.

Ghost Stories

I remember as a child growing up, my Mom telling us ghost stories.  I would be so scared that I would sleep with my head under the covers.  I still remember some of those stories.  My husband past away 4 years ago and some times I can still smell the cigarette smoke as though he was here.  We were discussing ghost stories at the office this morning and I was surprised that other people had their own ghost stories.  Two of the girls said that they can hear noises in their home that can not be explained.  One said that when she takes pictures in the house you can always see a strange image in the photo.  Strange, but maybe there are things lurking in the night!