A few cousins and I went into the "D & L Video" store and the lady working immediately asked whose grandkids we were. You kind of stand out when you're not from there.
Everyone knows my grandparents. They lived in Gordon their whole lives. My Papa was a train engineer.
One of the great things about Gordon is the pecan trees! I have a hard time buying pecans at the grocery store at $10+ for one small tray...C'mon! Really?!?! Here they are all over the place, but it requires a little more work....some picking, cracking, and shelling, and I've got gallons of pecans to last me...well, honestly not very long beause I eat them too fast!
Here are my cousins with a bag-full of pecans - Justin (aka Jacward....any twilight fans figure that one out?) and Joe...both 17 yrs old ....hearthrobs if you ask me!
This is the home that my Papa built....and I mean he built it all....dug the foundation out and all! And yes, that's a pecan tree right in front of it! =)
It's a great home! And seems like a great way to grow up and live with such close community...where neighbors drop in (often unannounced) just to check on each other, to drop off some fresh baked goodies and cakes, to look out for one another, to not worry about locking your doors. Is that really all in the past? Is it really a world that doesn't exist anymore?
Hi Laruel,
ReplyDeleteVery good blog you have here. I grew up in Gordon and rode the school bus with your uncle Jim Brooks. You are right about the numerous pecan tress (pronounced pee can)in Gordon and how hard it is to pay for them now. We had 3 or 4 pecans trees in our yard and would pick them up every year to sell to the man with the tuck who bought them just in time to give us money to spend at the Georgia State Fair in Macon. Thanks for the memories. Thanks for the good work you are doing. Robert Fowler