I would like to introduce myself. I'm a soon-to-be 80 years old girl of the fifties who remembers my grandmother telling stories when I was a child of how the Confederate soldiers would stop by her house when she was a little girl to draw water from her family's well for a cool drink
I'm a real product of the South where cotton is known as “white gold”.
After marriage a farm was our livelihood where we raised a family and did our best to contribute to the growth and progress of our area
Farming was a good way of life back then even though, financially, it tended to be feast or famine depending on the weather.. We would pray for rain but not too much rain which was a never-ending cycle
After retirement it was so nice to realize that whether it rained or not didn't impact my way of life too much.
Back then on the farm we raised cotton, soybeans, corn, pigs, cows, horses, sheep, ducks, chickens, gardens for personal use and a slew of pets that included a rabbit, a cat, 2 dogs and even a raccoon named Coco.
It was truly a busy but fulfilling life.
Some of the sayings that I grew up with in the South and are still uttered today you may recognize as well:
Chester drawers -A chest of drawers
Barking up the wrong tree- you are talking to the wrong person about that
Bless your heart- a statement of pity
Roasin ears- corn on the cob
Put it up- place it there
I reckon- I guess so
Croaker sac- a heavy duty sack woven for transporting heavy produce like potatoes
Over Yonder- over there
Too much sugar for a dime- the cost is too much to make sense
Galls me- rubs me the wrong way
Sass- children's back talk
Pert near- almost
I will be writing more on this platform God willing and the creek don't rise= if things go as planned.
I hope you do well here and find this exciting ,good luck to you.
Thank you.
Welcome young lady :) to Steemit. Lovely to have you around here. Thanks for your nice words on my post https://steemit.com/steemit/@kakradetome/i-m-bringing-my-dunkin-donuts-crew-to-steemit-and-the-different-things-they-call-me-at-work-no-racism-was-involved-here-it-was. Very great post here. Looking forward to more of your posts :)
Thanks so much!
:)
You do pretty well for age 79! nice post
What a lovely post. Hope you decide to write more soon.
Thank you very much. I have several post ready but just haven't had time to get them up! I am now following you.
Look forward to them.
I love hearing stories passed down. What a treasure to have a grandmother who told you stories and you remember them! I heard some from my grandmother who was a pilot in WWII. It's so amazing to hear how different things were less than 100 years ago and, to hear history from a real life person. Puts things into perspective. I look forward to reading more from you :)
Thank you for reading. Wow, your grandmother a pilot during WWII. What a big deal that was back then. We welcome some of the changes but others....not so much.
hello team 101.have a nice day ahead=)
WOW! What a great introduction post! I've almost said welcome to steemit, when I saw that it is 10 month old! Great job and happy to meet you! Upvoting and following you of course!
Now following you. Thank you
Welcome! It sounds like you live the dream life. Can't wait to see more.
Thank you.
Welcome. Looking forward to hearing more and hoping the creek don't rise.
Thank you!
love those cotton fields - welcome
Thank you.
Beautiful story and pictures.
Thank you.
You're welcome team101
Nice to read your post, @team101. It's interesting to see that an old girl like you is into SEO and Marijuana: https://steemit.com/@team101/posts
She was supporting her daughter's post.....me.
Up up up, beautiful. You'd live my friend Martim chilcutt from Denver CO and Kalamazoo MI. Look him up, you two should pen pal. I'll give you his info if you're interested. Love Flows! =)
Just keep on posting! love Steemit
WOW! What a childhood. I loved spending summers on my aunt's farm, but my parents never did wanna take it up. Live on, youngster! On steemit at 80! Yeehaw!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing :-)
Great words and great pictures! Nice to have you here in Steemit.
Thank you.
Very nice post, I enjoyed it!
Thank you!
Welcome.
My grandmother told me stories (second hand) that she had heard from people who where soldiers and civilians during the civil war. This was in rural Louisiana, where I grew up.
Thanks, I'm originally from Ms. many, many years ago. We used t go to New Orleans all the time because we loved the food so much.
Nice to meet you @team101, I'm a farm girl from the Westcoast. Love your post and memories, they will be kept safely here on the blockchain for the younger folk to read and learn from.
Thanks, we farm girls have to stick together. Haha
Very interesting!
Thank you!
Wow, how nice that you are here. I love your intro post! I will follow you! :-
Thank you very much, Bart!
Welcome! I'm from Tennessee so I recognize all of your southern sayings. lol My favorite is happy as a dead pig in the sun. I hope you enjoy your time here and thanks for the nice introduction.
Thanks, I'm originally from Ms. many, many years ago.
Hey Team!! I love your intro, some of the photos aren't loading for me. Wish I could see them all
Thanks so much. I wish the pictures would be there for you!
great to see you on Steemit !
thanks for all the recent comments as well
Thank you. My pleasure!
You are the coolest 80 year old I've ever met for being on Steemit!!!
Thank you.
Welcome to steemit. You are inspirational for people like me and full of enenry. Hope that you will have great time at steemit. You have got nice writing skill too. Keep steemiting
Thank you.
ohhh love the fact your doing cotton :D woohoo such a lovely intro, pleased to be stemeing with you❤
Thank you. Now following you!
That was a very good post. So you supported confederates? just curious, nothing much.
And I don't get your profile picture, are those black hairs or something?
Thanks for reading my introductory post. I am from the Southern part of the USA but the Confederacy existed many years ago well before I was born. The profile picture is one my Siamese cats that I have written about earlier. I have never gotten around to fixing the size.
ok, yeah I understand the confederacy existed in the 1860-65 period, got to know about that while reading Andrew Carnegie autobiography, and Lincoln's as well. I was asking about your personal emotional inclination.
Thanks for explaining the picture.