Following the incredible Mule ride, I believe I went to Aunt Mary’s to see Uncle Charlie. Many gathered on Aunt Mary’s & Uncle Charlie’s porch to see Charlie as he had been in the hospital. Thank goodness he was feeling better and sitting on the porch enjoying everyone.
This is the porch you always want to be on – again, extremely hectic and a bit frantic with so many leaving the school house and dropping by to see Charlie. Love this porch! Go swing in the swing at the end of the porch and wave at everyone as they drive by!
Plans were made to go over to Julie & Scott’s for a hot dog cook out and sitting around the fire pit that evening.
To digress -there was a time when Uncle Charlie had everyone over for Seafood boil and cooking out. Julie, I think you took on your Dad’s goals.
I must say I was pretty tired at this point, but I got over to Julie’s (where I was to spend the night) and got my stuff upstairs and got a glass of wine. I was ready. I think we went through the same ritual as we had earlier in the day – we set up tables, got the food out, set up, got drinks and chairs. Soon we ate, talked, cleaned up. Wemoved from cleaning up the kitchen to all sitting around the fire pit. That was wonderfully relaxing, and not so frantic. Lots of talk – again, all about age and getting old. Though we had kids around us who really couldn’t relate. Plans were made for breakfast the next morning. My brother requested breakfast at 8:00 am. Of course this crowd does it right. Waffles, sausage, bacon and big ol’ Paula Dean quiches (really incredible and I don’t think we even got all the ingredients into the pie shells).
Paul Dean Quiche:
Bottom layer (1/2 bag of Spinach, a lot of bacon bits (we didn’t put it all in as it so much we thought it was all in and Scott handed us a whole other plate of bacon- oops too late – that became snacks), 1 1/2 cups grated cheeses, 6 eggs mixed with heaven cream (a lot) poured over all the other ingredients) It was great but WOW! To say the least I was full until dinner that night.
Next on the agenda was riding around the country in the convertible with the girls, Olivia and Mercedes. Again, so much fun. We went the back roads to Maw Maws and to the Mitchell’s to see if that house was still standing and on the Salem Church where Maw maw and Paw Paw are buried. Always interesting –
It’s is the Smarr graveyard. Where all Smarrs go.
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All that’s left is the front porch.
Maw Maw & Paw Paw
Maw Maw’s footstone look ok -thank you Olivia, but Paw’s is really being taken over by leichen.
Mercedes did some work on it, but we needed a toothbrush and stone cleaners.
