TUESDAY TICKLES

 Make today count and stay safe out there, folks. Remember to smile—it’s contagious! ♥️

THE FARMING LIFE

My maternal grandparents had a farm and this was the life they led. I never got to stay with them very much growing up, but it was so different there from the life I had in a military family. They raised crops, cared for cows, pigs, chickens, and a few horses. 

I’ll always remember their large kitchen, the 50-pound flour bin, the large wood cookstove which produced all manner of delicious breads, cakes, pies, and other good things—with a farm dog lazing under it in winter. 

The well on the back porch, the handmade quilts we slept under. The large bedrooms with three double beds in them. The large covered porch where my cousins and I drew hopscotch squares with chalk and played when it was raining. My grandmother’s large flower garden. They had ten children, two who never reached adulthood, and one with a heart condition who died at age 29 the night my mother graduated from high school. 

The life they lived, which seemed like a storybook to me as a young child, is pretty much nonexistent today. And I know now that it was a lot of hard work and fraught with difficulties.

 

FRIDAY FUNNIES

 Have a great July Fourth! 🇺🇸💥❤️🤍💙