Thursday, July 09, 2009

These are carving from dead trees left by Hurricane Kathrina,on the beach between Biloxi and Gulfport,Ms.

 
 
 
 
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hibiscus in pm,lasted from 6am-8pm

hibiscus in pm,lasted from 6am-8pm
beautiful any way

my red conferate rose hibiscus

my red conferate rose hibiscus
suppose to be white in the am and red in the pm, not, red all day then drop off

Neuse River Near New Bern Nc

Neuse River Near New Bern Nc
Kayaking on the Neuse

Irving after 2 days

Irving after 2 days
Kayaking the Neuse

Randy and Irving

Randy and Irving
After an outing on the Neuse River

Irving getting out of the Neuse

Irving getting out of the Neuse
Watch that step

MY PROFILE

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SPRING HOPE, North Carolina, United States
I AM 73 YRS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 1957, HAVE 4 CHILDREN,8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GRANDSONS.I LOVE TO DO CERAMICS,CROCHET, BOWL,READ AND WATCH TV.MY FAVORITE SHOWS ARE ANY LAW AND ORDER,ALL CSI'S AND I LOVE TO READ NICHOLAS SPARKS BOOK AND RICHARD PAUL EVANS BOOKS.I LOVE ANY TV SHOW THAT HAS MURDERS TO BE SOLVED.2 great grand daughters. Stevie and Charlize,,they are all amax\zing.

Road Trip

My Grandson Joshua, Great Grandson Tristan and I went on our road trip to Ms.We left Spring Hope Nc Jan 10, 5;50AM.Joshua drove most of the way, Never once did Tristan ask are we there yet or unbuckle his seat belt.We drove to Gautier,Ms.
We visted family in Gautier, spent the night and Friday. we eat great seafood,We went to a Sam's Club in Gulfport, Ms{they are slowly making a come back from Katrina, and we were able to get Barq's Root beer in a long neck glass bottle, for you who have never had Barq's in a glass bottle, It is the best.Spent Friday night in Picayune,Joshua and Tristan visted kin on his daddy's side of the family.Sat.We did some shopping, They have great smoked sausage in Picayune,We then traveled to the very small town of Jayess,Ms. there we visted with my stepmother and half brother and his wife. From there we went to the small town of Conehatta, Ms.There we visted my sister and her family, We also had very good home cooking.{My sister Norma is one of the worlds best cooks}We spent Sat. and Sun. nights with them. On Monday Am we went to Williamsville, near Philadelphila.Ms. They sell most everything,[This store was started in 1907 and is still owned by the Williams family,who were the grandparnets of Payton and Eli Manning, {Everyone should know these great quarterbacks} I got great bacon,hoop cheese. and Tristan got his first pair of cowboy boots.He loves them so much that he doesn't like to take them off,Josh also got him a pair of cowboy boots..When we left there we had to get the oil changed so we stopped at Wal-mart's.Alway one when you need them.After that we started on our trip,We stent Monday night in Pigeon Forge, Tn. They still had all the Christmas lights on, and it was beautiful.And the motel we stayed in was very good and it being the winter season, It was very inexpenses.On Tuesday morning we started out for home.We arrived back home on Tuesday,Jan 15, at 4:30pm.It was a great trip,with great traveling companions, but it was good to be back home.

Big Grandmaw,Joshua and Tristan's Road Trip

Tristan ready to travel

Tristan ready to travel
tristan

Tristan

Tristan
Tristan on the beach in Biloxi, Ms

Road Trip

Road Trip
Josh and Tristan on Beach In Biloxi Ms

Joshua and Tristan

Joshua and Tristan
Willians Bros Store

Tristan's cowboy boots

Tristan's cowboy boots
New cowboy boots

Tristan in front of Elvis's Caddy limo

Tristan in front of Elvis's Caddy limo
Tristan

tony,ginger and I went on a road trip////

we left on Thursday 8/07 at 4 am.first stop Nashville,TN.they did lots of looking while I rested, they saw all of the country music hall of fame,Walk of fame, the Ryman Opry House,even had a picture taken on the stage.Friday we did some more looking,had supper at the most wonderful place, it was inside a cave like place with lots of fish swiming around inside a very big fish tank,It was like setting inside the tank, went to the the Grand Ole Opry. mostly older performers but it was nice anyway.We went to Memphis,TN on Sat.did the whole Graceland thing, some of it I could not do, some of it Tony wheeled me in a wheelchair.On Sunday we went to AR.stayed in a cabin on top of a mtn at Petit Jean State Park, It was nice,Monday we went on the see a longtime friend and visted with her and her family.More later.http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8188062040129679981&postID=82944051777964618#
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Here are some photos.

ginger and tony on stage at ryman

ginger and tony on stage at ryman

this is the piano that Elvis and Floyd Cramer played at Sun Studio in Memphis in the late 1950's

this is the piano that Elvis and Floyd Cramer played at Sun Studio in Memphis in the late 1950's

this is where we ate supper

this is where we ate supper

this is at Elvis's gravesite

this is at Elvis's gravesite

tony fishing

tony fishing

sunrise from our front porch in the nc mtns

sunrise from our front porch in the nc mtns

sunset over the blue ridge parkway from our porch

sunset over the blue ridge parkway from our porch

Irving,Margaret,in front,Linda,Kirk,Randy,Ginger

Irving,Margaret,in front,Linda,Kirk,Randy,Ginger

I once was 6ft tall, now look at charles

I once was 6ft tall, now look at charles

kirk fishing, He loves this job

kirk fishing, He loves this job