On Granny's Farm III

Luckytrim

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Back at Granny’s house, there was lots of stuff to do at night. The two
Youngest of my aunts were still at home at this time, Janet (16) and Hazel
(13), and on those summer nights they taught me to play Rummy,
Crazy eights and such. Chinese Checkers were big, or there was granny’s
Jigsaw puzzle, and we competed to see who could put the first piece in.
Granny would still be chugging away, getting something ready for
Tomorrow’s something or other.
Weekends always brought reinforcements in the form of kin. I had a lot of
Cousins, within three years or so of my age, and my Cousin Shirley was
even born on the same DAY as me, but not, of course, in the same place. So,
the House was always loaded with kids on weekends. Granny’s table would
Seat six kids along one side.
In the winter at Granny’s there was sledding, Skating, and plenty of room
down in the meadow for some really awesome snowball fights. In cities,
the snow is just not the same. The meadow was good for 200 snowmen or
three or four snow-forts, with plenty of Ammunition for each.
Granny kept a huge jigsaw puzzle working, on a card table against the wall
in the kitchen. That table was there from my earliest memory. Today I
can still conjure up an image of me running full tilt UNDER that table. I
went away to the Navy. When I went back to the farm to visit, I
commented that the puzzle table was gone. I was told it had been gone
longer than I had been gone, I just hadn'’t noticed. I wonder at what point I
stopped paying attention...........
When Granny Shelton died in 1988, her obituary listed 38 great
grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren.

Granny and my Boys, circa 1985

 

Johnny West

Well-known member
Wonderful, just wonderful.

Having lived in WV for several years your writing is just as I could imagine life there for you.

I miss the ramps (and beans).
 

Luckytrim

Grill Master
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Addendum ;
Last night , in my Dream, and totally out of context, I saw Granny on the Porch, ringing the Dinner Bell...
No matter where we happened to be on the property, we would hear that bell, and come runnin' !
 
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