On Grandaddys Place

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This is my Grandaddys place in Mississippi. He grew up there and bought it when his parents died. The original house is long gone, so he built a cabin there when he retired. I spent many summers there as a boy, and even helped to build the cabin. There are a bunch of rotted out forts and treehouses I built there. Shot many squirrels, and even my first deer there. We've fished a bunch too in the ponds on the property. When I was a boy one of the ponds was full of huge goldfish, but now it is not so. Drought and theft have ruined that particular pond. I love this place as much as any I've ever been so I thought I'd share it.








 
Andy, who lives there now? Nice memories, brings back some of mine. Thank you.

Dick
 
A place of endless adventure. It is great to have that connection to the past. I hope you have a chance to share your memories and tall tales with your children as you walk together down old yet familiar paths.

Eric
 
Dick,

My Mom, Dad, and Grandfather live there now. My Grandad is getting old, so my parents moved out there to help him out. His portion of the property is 110 acres, and there is another 50 that belongs to his brothers.
 
Nice shots... and that did just feel like a visit to the country. Thanks.


Mike
 
That's quite a bird feeder collection they have going there. Who are the most common visitors in those parts?
 
It sure is a relaxing getaway. There is something to be said for being ten miles from the nearest store. Plus, in this time of uncertainty there is a big advantage to having that kinda retreat location. There is a spring there. Food can be harvested. You've got all the tools you need to survive.

The bird feeders are all hummingbird. They have dozens that buzz around your head when you sit on that rear deck. It always suprises me how territorial hummingbirds are. They fight amongst themselves a LOT! The rear deck, btw, overlooks the pond in the last pic.
 
I love the great state of mississip! If my son still lived there I would've tried to retire there close by. He lived real close to the Bowie River down by Hattiesburg and also lived a good ten miles from town. There were a series of large ponds with dozens of big cypress and even an alligator in one of the more secluded ones.
Beautiful place Andy!:thumbup: :cool: :D
 
A link to your past that you find comfort and solace in.
My folks are getting ready to move out of the family home in the Santa Cruz Mountains after forty years. My older brother gets first crack at it. I didn't complain too much as other property owners subdivided and built monster homes on property we used to run our livestock and I used to roam as a boy with pellet Rifle and .22
The most angry I ever got at my dad was when he got rid of the last of our sheep herd. Too this day I dream of getting out of California and buying 40 acres to relive a piece of what I had growing up.
Thanks for the photos.
 
Andy ? What a place to come home to . I like the pine tree near the road .
That creek must hold considerably more water at times considering the height and abupt edges on the cut-bank .

The Cabin looks great . Cool , low and inviting up front and all business kept out of sight out back . I can just imagine how nice it must be to sit out front on a warm evening .
 
Sutcliffe, I can relate. Luckily for me the acerage in Mississippi is still dirt cheap. Its like 1200-1900 an acre. Almost dang affordable. I don't know what its going for in Cali, but I know here outside Atlanta its 12,000 easy. I think if I had to I could swing a loan to get the land out there, and thats comforting. I would easily work two jobs to keep that property in our family. And I'd love to add to it someday, though, the likeleyhood of that is slim. Other familys live nearby who value theirs as I do ours.

Kevin, we sit out on that back deck mostly. The pond is right below it and the church is off across the road in the distance. Hummingbirds flying around your heads and that view. Here in the south we put a dang beer cooler right out on the deck, and fry the fish right there too. MMMMMMM. Crappie (Cajuns call dat socalait) on the deck with a cold beer. We throw corn out at the end of the pasture so the turkey and deer come up to visit sometims too. Brother thats just good southern moments them are. My moms mom died almost a decade ago, but I can hear her jabbering out on that deck. Running here and there getting everything ready. Never shut her mouth, that one. Not a person listning, she'd run it endlessly. I can see grandaddy rolling his eyes. LOL. It was a fun place to grow up.
 
Socalait ? Is that be named cause you ber soaking her in de milk (Lait in french) ? Asks he in a poor Cajun accent ?

Andy ? You can get heavens own acres here for 900 U:S: an Acre . I,m talking good black earth and Deer for miles . Cool cedar trees and meadows to boot . The very occasional moose and bear . An hour and a half from Montreal and half an hour from a local town . Springs you can drink out of .
I was thinking that it was a lot to pay an acre .
 
A nice ramshackle mansion, with the green earth for a living room, and the sky for a ceiling.

Perhaps someday we'll all be rich enough to live in such a place.
 
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