Goodbye, Mississippi

Here we are on the road again. This time we are headed up the road only five hours or so to Tullahoma, Tennessee. I get to see a friend I haven't seen for a year. She used to be my just down the hill neighbor, but she moved away a year ago.
The girls are in their car seats, softly snoring. They played hard in Mississippi. Their little cousins are the same ages as they. Two three-year-olds and two four -year -olds. And one mellow little boy, six weeks old (he's theirs, not ours). They painted and played they were chickens and mommies and sweeties, and jumped and ran, and ate candy and crackers, and melted down, skipped naps and crashed. Charmed their nana and granddaddy and tias too.

What more can be said? Little ladies posing.
Nana's swing.



Granddaddy's pond and the ancient sea shells to be found around it. I guess Mississippi must have been under the ocean at one time.
Olivia digging in the red sand. We took a little nature walk there at Granddaddy's place.....



Jay, brother-in-law Jeff, and Granddaddy worked on building Nana and Granddaddy a car port. They need one. Last weekend we came arrived home from the coast in a pouring rain. The five steps between car and house were enough to get you very, very wet. It sho' can rain in Mississippi.
Jay has been craving crawfish. He lucked out; crawfish was in season this visit. We got to enjoy a crawfish meal with family and old friends. Eating crawfish is a fairly organic experience. Not nearly as organic as eating raw oysters; the crawfish are cooked. But there is some sea weed and sand to be found in the crawfish pot..... Not to mention the optional step of removing the little crawfish colon before eating...... It's good-tastes like shrimp.

Next post: Gulf Shore Pictures.