Time Travel Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hello my Bloggy Friends!
Let's time travel back to 2010, I know, not too far to travel, but still it is going back in time.
We have this lake here in Tennessee, called Reelfoot Lake.  The history of the lake is that it was formed or grew larger due to one of the largest earthquakes recorded in this area of the United States.

You can click the link if you're a history buff....
Between mid-December 1811 and mid-March 1812 a series of catastrophic earthquakes shook West Tennessee and the rest of the Central Mississippi Valley. Judging from reports and eyewitness accounts, the quakes would have measured among the highest ever recorded on the modern Richter scale. Some reports said that the quakes were strong enough to awaken sleepers in Washington, D.C., and allegedly some tremors were felt twelve hundred miles away in Quebec City, Canada.


My hubby and I took a weekend trip to Reelfoot Lake, it's not a tourist spot.  Mostly the lake is a fisherman's paradise, and, well, we don't fish.  But, we do take hikes and pictures.  Enjoy!!

 Family cemetery we found, cool point of view, huh?

 How did those get bent?  Oh, and I don't have a picture, but we disturbed a rather large snake while visiting this family cemetery.

 Little girl's gravesite.

 The trees at Reelfoot lake are very interesting. Yes, that's me!

Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Time Travel Thursday 8-9-12

1962,

• the year of the Cuban missel crisis with the Russians and JFK
• folk music evolved to protest music thanks to artists like Bob Dylan(does anyone understand him?)
• A new hit  tv show was on prime time: The Beverly Hillbillies(my personal favorite)
• James Bond became an instant legend in 1962 with his first movie, "Dr. No."(does anyone drool over the new James Bond: Daniel Craig like I do?  Man, he is HOT!)

And,
my mom had her 3 little girls photographed by Olan Mills

Left to right: Kathy, Patsy, Margie

Matching dresses and cute as buttons.  Look at their chubby little hands! My twin and our little sister weren't even a sparkle in my parents' eyes yet....what a cute set of little girls!

A few years later, this photo was taken. 1964

Right to Left: Margie, Kathy Patsy

Come by tomorrow for some more Puddin N Pie!

Time Travel Thursday 7-25-12

Yesterday I left you wondering...what time period should we travel to today?  Hmmmmm....
Since it's summertime, let's travel back to 1962ish where my mother made matching dresses for her 3 baby dolls.

See you later in the week for my newest scrapbook layout. Thank goodness I've made My Cricut Craft Room Design team, so I can take all these photos and put them to good use.  I'm really, really excited about a "movie night" layout I'm working on.  Can't wait to share!

Time Travel Thursday 7-12-12

Hi Followers!
It's one of my favorite days of the week: Time Travel Thursday.
I'll be making something from these photos, but for now you can see some cute pictures.
It's so very hot here in Tennessee...why not take a dip in the pool.  My three sisters prior to my birth (watch out world, the twins are coming)

 Fill up the pool....

Remember to stop at this link and enter into the giveaway for my grandmother.

Time Travel Thursday

It's the day of the week where we venture into my family's photo albums to see what we can see.
And...
Away...
we...
Go....
Today's photo is in homage to my paternal Grandma, Lila Seay from Georgia. 

L-R, Lila, Fred(husband), aunt clara, uncle clarence, unknown, aunt eula 

She was a lady of many tales, she could spin a yarn like nobody else.  She was the sweetest, kindest and wisest woman on the planet.  And, I miss her very much!

Her birthday would be this Friday, so maybe, just maybe we'll giveaway something special in memory of my grandma. Come back tomorrow, but if you want to enter into this week's giveaway click this link.

even the dog is smiling!

Some of my favorite sayings of my grandmother were:
"Georgie if you do ______for me then I'll dance at your weddin."
"He's just a ring tailed tooter....."
Some of my favorite stories included:

• We are kin to Jessie James the famous outlaw(oh boy!!)
• She was a triplet, that was switched at birth and her real name was Delila. Her triplet sisters died young.  I've asked my dad to confirm, but he can't.  He says, "Your grandma, she was good at telling tales." 
• When she was young her hair was black as night, with a white streak down the middle like a skunk.  
• My great grandfather married an Indian squaw

One more little story and if you're still reading, thank you!  I know most people have clicked onto another blog by now.  My sweet grandma came to live with us after our grandfather passed away.  She was 75 years old and illiterate.  My twin and I were learning to read and write in school and my VERY smart mother had us sit on either side of her and teach her our lessons.  She was our captive audience...I can just see us chirping away in her ears--in stereo!

Before long my grandmother was reading on her own.  She subscribed to Harlequin romance book club and every month she received SIX romance novels and read them over and over and over again!  Yes, she loved them! At her death she had a gagillion romance novels.

When we learned to write my grandmother would have us write her letters to relatives, but soon, Lila learned to write too!  It was an exciting day the day my grandmother wrote her first letter.  I can remember it to this day.

Her pride in herself that she had written on her own without any help at 75+ years her first letter.  Later she also learned cursive writing.  What a bright woman!

Lila and my mother, circa 1975. My mother was probably younger than I am now. 

Hand me a Kleenex please

If you've stuck around this long to listen to my time travel Thursday, leave me a comment about a favorite memory of your grandparents.  Come back tomorrow to see what we'll be giving away in honor of Lila Seay.