Back Again - Wow - This could get to be a habit!!!

 Went South for the Grandson's 3rd birthday this month.  That boy has more toys than Santa Claus and with such a large family in the local area he's bound to get more.  I think my daughter-in-law said there were 34 people there.  I'm still learning all the names?!?  Had a good time and we really enjoyed the short stay.  Got there on a Thursday and left on Monday.  Anywho - on the way down we passed these cotton fields that were almost ready for harvest.  They were beautiful and looked like fields of snow.  Lots of people around who have never seen cotton growing.

 These two pics were taken through the truck window while we were hauling down I-75 through Georgia.

 Along the way back we stopped for gas and there was a cotton field right next to the station.  I asked the station owner about the field and he said it was his and they were getting ready to harvest and process cotton.  So, I asked if I could take a stem so the grandkids could see it close up and he said I could so I did.

I remember Mom telling me about working in the cotton fields when she was a young girl, living in Arkansas.  She said that it was the way they earned enough money to buy a pair of shoes and some clothes for school.  Mostly went barefoot in the summer.  Mom said that at the end of the day her fingers were bloody and so sore she didn't think she'd be able to work the next day but work she did.  It was tough times and she came from a large family of 13 kids.  I can't even imagine HAVING to work that hard when I was a kid.  I remember bailing hay in the summer, driving tractor to plow, disc, plant and cultivate the fields where I worked.  It was sun-up to sun-down and not much else in between cept sleep.  I have to admit though, we ate like kings, all three meals. 

Lisa, our daughter-in-law, had decorated for Halloween and had quite a trail up to the front door.  I happened to admire one of her decorations and she gave her extra one.  I guess you could say we adopted it and brought it home.  However, it's a low cost adoption and it don't take up much room or eat much - Yuk Yuk. 

Happy Halloween Ya'll