tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38090568353011866282024-03-13T06:32:58.452-05:00Southern LagniappeSouthern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comBlogger1263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-79007961056418053992023-05-26T08:56:00.003-05:002023-05-26T08:56:59.743-05:00Memorial Day 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GU21kuyMEC8U1W-6BWA0B-j6PJlL4atiCHdrVuGqEpBCw3vmQha7RraP8nzK1aPNsmtbg6iLR52H3RtqRxHgdd458X_294UcRHs8amWICe9-KAepRmrUrcKUV1OLDkmNJtsZbL56LdltQgaTFcwY7l5ZksJtftnxmiHxYvtNVh8m2Uj-wupGC0ZCEQ/s940/MEMORIAL%20DAY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GU21kuyMEC8U1W-6BWA0B-j6PJlL4atiCHdrVuGqEpBCw3vmQha7RraP8nzK1aPNsmtbg6iLR52H3RtqRxHgdd458X_294UcRHs8amWICe9-KAepRmrUrcKUV1OLDkmNJtsZbL56LdltQgaTFcwY7l5ZksJtftnxmiHxYvtNVh8m2Uj-wupGC0ZCEQ/w640-h536/MEMORIAL%20DAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-60419036314255040702023-05-25T15:11:00.000-05:002023-05-25T15:11:19.136-05:00To God Be The Glory <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ea3RKgjBUhUBTB2C-7lhwrXfngQG7EObAWTVpWC-yLT0umhIsJ3iq5Z543OrTGrICXI53ho4coEb69L0KkiRr0ZqhcSJ8cm5-jWiHl_AidxgqUcw-QGzj3-wFTx-ZBpnYaYbG6hApYS9Qor247xWvlUcQ4r3XhhIFfkKDmytWI89Ns0jS9Ll1VXNIQ/s2000/VICKSBURG%20POST%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2000" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ea3RKgjBUhUBTB2C-7lhwrXfngQG7EObAWTVpWC-yLT0umhIsJ3iq5Z543OrTGrICXI53ho4coEb69L0KkiRr0ZqhcSJ8cm5-jWiHl_AidxgqUcw-QGzj3-wFTx-ZBpnYaYbG6hApYS9Qor247xWvlUcQ4r3XhhIFfkKDmytWI89Ns0jS9Ll1VXNIQ/w640-h458/VICKSBURG%20POST%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-10358891578680379832023-03-06T20:51:00.006-06:002023-03-06T20:54:19.007-06:00<p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Story of the Dogwood Tree</span></i></p><p>Nothing says "Spring has arrived!" more beautifully than dogwood trees in bloom. I took these photos several Springs ago, and would also like to share this lovely poem about dogwood trees:</p><p></p><center><i><b>The Dogwood Tree</b></i></center><center><span style="text-align: left;">Author: Anonymous</span></center><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">When Christ was on earth, the dogwood grew</div><div style="text-align: center;">To a towering size with a lovely hue.</div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVsobJ3tNtetaQdjb87CdbowYeoXJgHWonmL3TvyqhkU4CMHe5tqOHGVWqQmu_Ekql33QKPLiyLyM4C7kHwBVCihv5x9LzI_M8pzhMY5B6O5_77SwvPNEeyNYR2uXtNJ5iY_u2cE3KZA/s1600-h/dogwoodstones.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313879642482982034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVsobJ3tNtetaQdjb87CdbowYeoXJgHWonmL3TvyqhkU4CMHe5tqOHGVWqQmu_Ekql33QKPLiyLyM4C7kHwBVCihv5x9LzI_M8pzhMY5B6O5_77SwvPNEeyNYR2uXtNJ5iY_u2cE3KZA/s400/dogwoodstones.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Its branches were strong and interwoven</div><div style="text-align: center;">And for Christ's cross its timbers were chosen.</div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Being distressed at the use of the wood</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christ made a promise which still holds good:</div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">"Not ever again shall the dogwood grow</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be large enough for a tree, and so ...</div><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbUZcHYq8uGu8tOzyfIqeYerfM35lDBtFLdYroa_BzuWEXfSI1FSkqECev7tDwZ7TAspLYKc85qy2E0JA1YfD24f55niicJxx3mJbvSk5GjBnyYnM7tht1rOapp9QcOpH9gfKnjkuwYU/s1600-h/dogwoodstones3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313879796806295266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbUZcHYq8uGu8tOzyfIqeYerfM35lDBtFLdYroa_BzuWEXfSI1FSkqECev7tDwZ7TAspLYKc85qy2E0JA1YfD24f55niicJxx3mJbvSk5GjBnyYnM7tht1rOapp9QcOpH9gfKnjkuwYU/s400/dogwoodstones3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 286px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Slender and twisted it shall always be</div><div style="text-align: center;">With cross-shaped blossoms for all to see.</div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQeKcHZ9A3XTfcDhmINAJQFRPqTxk5a4Tm9iwo_K9wLUPhxLvmIvsUEqD5-KQ7-dbz7Jp6ejjp1rTmpYg8Pd11y2q_okFcScdgmrkNii5lHUFgy-Zb-0qHXRMF4rcob-nFER2xsm7HwE/s1600-h/whitedogwoodbranch2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313954282021804610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQeKcHZ9A3XTfcDhmINAJQFRPqTxk5a4Tm9iwo_K9wLUPhxLvmIvsUEqD5-KQ7-dbz7Jp6ejjp1rTmpYg8Pd11y2q_okFcScdgmrkNii5lHUFgy-Zb-0qHXRMF4rcob-nFER2xsm7HwE/s400/whitedogwoodbranch2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 244px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Q4urBXycWwmxZmSwJUm0gJrF4TdpghXBRHfxGrQAOABN4-WtGYkZDfoF9RHLQVM8Df4fexr12ypbbcdfIpnMyxp6gG-6Qb2aeqUOyN9XVJCNh2yZbixp4JgJW-73hTM9-zH2bX4kNZ4/s1600-h/whitedogwoodcu1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313881943452769954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Q4urBXycWwmxZmSwJUm0gJrF4TdpghXBRHfxGrQAOABN4-WtGYkZDfoF9RHLQVM8Df4fexr12ypbbcdfIpnMyxp6gG-6Qb2aeqUOyN9XVJCNh2yZbixp4JgJW-73hTM9-zH2bX4kNZ4/s400/whitedogwoodcu1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 297px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The petals shall have bloodstains marked brown</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the blossom's center a thorny crown.</div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiO3NVy9oN5mLqpVGu6wnyfc1GN1pCNXB9PaG8341cX1Y42GpD42O2fQkYKbb3e56OmmSHjPKgrXEkCH8duMO2pNGPK9BUITEd53HSVFEhcl0DJf0W6MeqvIZaEP2Im65ADrAqUazu8s/s1600-h/dogwoodcu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313878656578662354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiO3NVy9oN5mLqpVGu6wnyfc1GN1pCNXB9PaG8341cX1Y42GpD42O2fQkYKbb3e56OmmSHjPKgrXEkCH8duMO2pNGPK9BUITEd53HSVFEhcl0DJf0W6MeqvIZaEP2Im65ADrAqUazu8s/s400/dogwoodcu.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">All who see it will think of Me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nailed to a cross from a dogwood tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313882764740076770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFl93QWm2mVjGKFMct4TbWbsL7BcZiJzu5suSVaG0erfzcjSa1CMFaohZhHgnN09yF3XzkibIh4DZvhbBgZjz-O6oavEQfs_RFmLv26PlGfXKloGRxdOTfJVy5wA3NqspHkaYCcCxma80/s400/whitedogwoodcu2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 318px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Protected and cherished this tree shall be</div><div style="text-align: center;">A reflection to all of My agony."</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjue-wd-GpU-ERzsp3sb2dguyv5411uFsDqIJGx5I6BAs9XrAH3V54TY3Jtf2_PI8uyU25i2j40BpG0Yop2KYK5c9Du2UY35v5e0TCfzmCspEkuvoUngHEvdk_4ihJbRwEEbOuh2mh13Pw/s1600-h/whitedogwoodcu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313954264989996722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjue-wd-GpU-ERzsp3sb2dguyv5411uFsDqIJGx5I6BAs9XrAH3V54TY3Jtf2_PI8uyU25i2j40BpG0Yop2KYK5c9Du2UY35v5e0TCfzmCspEkuvoUngHEvdk_4ihJbRwEEbOuh2mh13Pw/s400/whitedogwoodcu.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 273px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></p><p><br /></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-60460041906727826392023-01-22T20:47:00.000-06:002023-01-22T20:47:03.367-06:00The Glory of the Garden<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">’m
afraid I’ve come down with a case of Spring Fever, and it’s STILL January!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I can’t
wait to get out and start pruning what’s left of our plants that were devastated
by the weather event that happened in Mississippi on December 22, 2022. Within
a few hours, temperatures that had previously been consistently in the 50s dropped
rapidly into the low teens (12 degrees!) with <i>sub-zero</i> wind chills. The
freezing temperatures remained in the area for three or four days and wreaked
havoc on many landscaping plants and even evergreen plants that are usually
hardy in the winter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Gardeners
everywhere were whining and wringing their hands when they saw the results of
Mother Nature’s wrath on their sad-looking, shriveled, brown-leafed Sasanquas, Drift
Roses, and even Star Jasmine plants. I cringe when I look out our windows at
our dreary flower beds and the plants we will have to replace in the spring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I found
an explanation of why and how this happened. According to an article in the <i>University
of Mississippi News</i>, written by Jeff McManus, Director of Landscape Services
at Ole Miss:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">“</span>During normal conditions, plants slowly
reduce the amount of water and nutrients they pull into their vascular system
as the temperatures drop. This rapid drop did not allow plants enough time to
acclimate to the temperature changes, causing the water in the vascular system
to freeze and damage the plant cells.<span lang="EN-US">”</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">Of
course, we’re all wondering, “</span>What can be done?<span lang="EN-US">”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">According
to Mr. McManus:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>“</b></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>This rapid
freeze will most likely affect the flowers of spring blooming plants that set their
buds on previous season growth, including azaleas, forsythia, and winter
jasmine. The temptation to take action and prune the plants now should be
avoided as this could result in even more damage. Even if the plant is damaged, the damaged material will protect
viable plant parts from future cold snaps.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b> <span lang="EN-US">“</span>A <span lang="EN-US">‘</span>wait-and-see<span lang="EN-US">’</span> approach is recommended to determine how
the plants respond at the beginning of the growing season in the spring. You can check for life in woody plants by
scratching the bark on stems to see if the material underneath is green. If
green coloration is found, the branch is still viable and alive.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b> <span lang="EN-US">“</span>Stems can also be bent slightly to see if
they are still pliable. If the stem or branch snaps off, then it is likely
dead. Look for green tissue inside the stem if it breaks to see if it is
viable.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b> <span lang="EN-US">“</span>Pruning should not be performed until new
spring growth emerges. In the spring, cut back stems and branches that do not
leaf out back to live tissue to encourage new healthy growth.<span lang="EN-US">”</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">That is
not really what I wanted to hear, but I will try to be patient and wait until early
spring to do my pruning. In the meantime, I’d like to brighten this gloomy
story by sharing a </span>lovely
poem by Rudyard Kipling. As someone who loves flowers and gardening, it spoke
to my heart <span lang="EN-US">– and I can’t wait to restore “Glory in MY Garden,”
too!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Source: <a href="https://news.olemiss.edu/help-your-landscaping-recover-from-the-winter-freeze/">https://news.olemiss.edu/help-your-landscaping-recover-from-the-winter-freeze/</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYH_hTFFXDDLf7-c_OPcVN8RLyw_egOX_e8yQ5FnnYUmbvjntbsfwy4wB7_2fORViiyEXbKEF_vVxiKlv51hFR9QPjrs12iBDOlu7g0WkfaqYvX6ubXDbw0ZJ60pMWkFMsp7KXcGyxq4cZaSqwv2yA3keAnFOahKEhSRQ86_VGP0hdl_GV2rfUsBX1lw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYH_hTFFXDDLf7-c_OPcVN8RLyw_egOX_e8yQ5FnnYUmbvjntbsfwy4wB7_2fORViiyEXbKEF_vVxiKlv51hFR9QPjrs12iBDOlu7g0WkfaqYvX6ubXDbw0ZJ60pMWkFMsp7KXcGyxq4cZaSqwv2yA3keAnFOahKEhSRQ86_VGP0hdl_GV2rfUsBX1lw=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-79051715100982162412023-01-02T09:00:00.002-06:002023-05-25T15:12:41.952-05:00It's All in How You Look at It
Dave Gardner was a popular southern comedian in the 1960s, and one of his favorite sayings was, "It's all in how you look at it and all in how you study it."<div><div><div>I took a picture of a shady little creek running through Mynelle Gardens in Jackson, Mississippi, a few years ago. It was a warm spring day, and the ferns, rocks, and trickling water were a cool, welcoming sight.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IwBF-dxti7UwPgHMkbXv5hPXfFH77CFR3mFQkJ4PfYwUhBSF4dV_o9lQxQsX_N48nKjDue7cMxH3jOznBfldks7N6Q_cd_B5yOZQzwjBLlE_ycDImpA5RkSxo-L3RZ0Map2IRouZMDxouh3BFnAmdVEd-acf6VTJAQE61j1lmPepvjowz-rUQH3T7A/s1570/MYNELLE%20FERNS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1570" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IwBF-dxti7UwPgHMkbXv5hPXfFH77CFR3mFQkJ4PfYwUhBSF4dV_o9lQxQsX_N48nKjDue7cMxH3jOznBfldks7N6Q_cd_B5yOZQzwjBLlE_ycDImpA5RkSxo-L3RZ0Map2IRouZMDxouh3BFnAmdVEd-acf6VTJAQE61j1lmPepvjowz-rUQH3T7A/w640-h426/MYNELLE%20FERNS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I've always liked the picture and wanted to use it in our new home, so I had it printed on a large canvas. Unfortunately, when we hung the canvas, I was disappointed in how it looked on the wall space. Something just wasn't "right," and it didn't take me long to realize that the shape and size of the wall dictated that a vertically-shaped picture would look better than the landscape orientation of the canvas.</div><div><br /></div><div>I turned the picture vertically to see how it would look and was amazed at the transformation. Not only did the image's shape look much better on the wall space, but the picture itself was transformed. The little creek appeared to be a rock face with water trickling down it, and the ferns and plants seemed to be growing out of the rocks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7fc6kXz-pSND-Re3BMpS814tOb04ol4L1LfocFHOHceehErBqv6DimpA-YP3Mq-jMeN8GY_64o4XDnwuyYBNfesgOwSXE6yRdTwq0rxIxItlO9a0CaqvJDlB2lbMpA4EO6105g6zB2aT7JOzGF97Zv-cOGdjR_qd4sxuMR9f49FnI-feP4d6nInD6w/s1570/mynelle%20ferns%20%20vertical.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="1045" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7fc6kXz-pSND-Re3BMpS814tOb04ol4L1LfocFHOHceehErBqv6DimpA-YP3Mq-jMeN8GY_64o4XDnwuyYBNfesgOwSXE6yRdTwq0rxIxItlO9a0CaqvJDlB2lbMpA4EO6105g6zB2aT7JOzGF97Zv-cOGdjR_qd4sxuMR9f49FnI-feP4d6nInD6w/w426-h640/mynelle%20ferns%20%20vertical.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div>Perspective is an amazing thing, and as I stood and looked at the picture on the wall, I wondered if anyone would notice that it's actually a picture of a creek turned 90 degrees on its side. I guess it will depend on "all in how they look at it and all in how they study it," right?</div></div></div>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-28314381868442472962022-10-16T08:54:00.001-05:002022-10-16T08:55:52.359-05:00Writing with a Southern Accent<p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">My favorite form of punctuation is the <i>comma</i>. I also use a lot of <i>dot-dot-dots</i> (also known as <i>"ellipses"</i>) to enable me to continue my "run-on" thoughts in a run-on sentence and to, hopefully, keep it from sounding like I'm "running on."</span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I confess that I don't always use commas and ellipses correctly, but tend to happily and generously sprinkle them in and amongst my writings to slow down my thoughts as I'm writing ... and to give my reader a chance to pause as he or she is reading my babblings.<i> [Did you notice how you slowed down when you got to the "dot-dot-dots?"]</i></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My own rule of thumb about when to use a comma is quite simple: When I finish writing a story, I read it o</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ut loud and when I need to take a breath in between phrases, I insert a comma ... or if I really get short of breath while reading, I will add the little</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> dot-dot-dots, instead of a comma. </span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My photography website is called "Photography with a Southern Accent," so I suppose that it's possible that my southern accent could carry over to my style of writing, too. Could that be the reason I use so many commas to slow it down?</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">By now, I'm sure you're wondering why in the world I spent valuable time babbling on and on about <b><i>comma</i></b><i><b>s and dot-dot-dots</b></i>, of all things. To be honest, as I proofread this, I was kind of wondering the same thing! </span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, at least, in the future ... <i>if</i> you ever read one of my stories again ... maybe you can imagine me reading it to you in my slow, southern drawl, slightly pausing for effect after each little comma and dot-dot-dot.</span></span></span></blockquote>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-85058044165841446682021-06-02T20:41:00.000-05:002021-06-02T20:41:34.346-05:00Reverend Newit Vick: "The Founder of Vicksburg"<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: times;">NEWIT VICK MEMORIAL
AND FAMILY GRAVESITE</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">As it was
May 18, 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">The Rev. Newet Vick Memorial was
established in 1984 by Crawford Street United Methodist </span></span><span>Church with assistance by the
City of Vicksburg, Warren County, and individual citizens.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I recently visited the Newit Vick
gravesite and arrived around noon and was greeted with freshly-mowed green
grass, a wheat field in the background, and towering magnolia trees,</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">their
blossoms scenting the noonday humidity. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">And I felt a sense of awe at standing
on hallowed ground.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs986Zn_g3YBwYeYdo6Sq6gKFQC4rcz5zxvTMFdv2WYwKBsj4qqRBCou09jsBTFR47Fkzc5fK9KoiSQUQIw5Wnw9oNukYL-jPvH9U3Pvzy97dQazLjLFucdhyphenhyphenZDDwbEb1yR8sU-o0gQfJk/s1820/NEWIT+VICK+FAMILY+GRAVESITES.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1820" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs986Zn_g3YBwYeYdo6Sq6gKFQC4rcz5zxvTMFdv2WYwKBsj4qqRBCou09jsBTFR47Fkzc5fK9KoiSQUQIw5Wnw9oNukYL-jPvH9U3Pvzy97dQazLjLFucdhyphenhyphenZDDwbEb1yR8sU-o0gQfJk/w640-h315/NEWIT+VICK+FAMILY+GRAVESITES.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDpmoxH9-vm8MpMINbKSgMks1gMPDvV5rf0gMeSVnPtrp4iFCVfB2-T0p7ltncc1soO0oFHJnz9tSbd7v4Nuvlb5LhqWRL-nvnvJF1jpA5w3dOzKZ0cuhqqLIQrBT2orC2FdIKXHInWVH/s1560/MEMORIAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDpmoxH9-vm8MpMINbKSgMks1gMPDvV5rf0gMeSVnPtrp4iFCVfB2-T0p7ltncc1soO0oFHJnz9tSbd7v4Nuvlb5LhqWRL-nvnvJF1jpA5w3dOzKZ0cuhqqLIQrBT2orC2FdIKXHInWVH/w266-h400/MEMORIAL.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi5Hlu5cFghFEabuEDGYBTa3S2R68SgvnGlfJmXgYdhVsYb1DDF2IwEU-4-kzMTGA0qv8ea6LgOryCJDT8c_3H0f522U95zZNDi8FlNFy0ENUiSJmoanTHT2JQOfhZ3PdrbgDsL4VPBHA/s1530/MARKER+MAGNOLIA+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi5Hlu5cFghFEabuEDGYBTa3S2R68SgvnGlfJmXgYdhVsYb1DDF2IwEU-4-kzMTGA0qv8ea6LgOryCJDT8c_3H0f522U95zZNDi8FlNFy0ENUiSJmoanTHT2JQOfhZ3PdrbgDsL4VPBHA/s320/MARKER+MAGNOLIA+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">The granite
Memorial stands alone and stone slab markers enclosed within a low brick wall
mark the</span> burial site<span lang="EN-US">s of</span> Rev<span lang="EN-US">erend</span> Vick (1766-1819), his wife
Elizabeth (1772-1819)<span lang="EN-US">, </span>and other family members: <span lang="EN-US"> their
first-born son </span>Hartwell
Vick (1792-1833), Theo<span lang="EN-US">doria</span> Hartwell Vick (17 months, 17 days old) 1830, Martha Virginia (1831-1836), <span lang="EN-US">and the
Vicks’ daughter </span>Martha
Vick (1800-1851).</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2TKzvH0ZxITq3CicniTnGkqsDr20Nvy6CA41oxMdqD-EZu6m2_p7ejniDzAXrf8CRWA2kqylh_RVmDkl2hLTKnYOqgfM6jwiZqjIlDPEaS5IvLayFH324SXd9fxOBZ7VzgpB6xqnD4pA/s1560/VICK+GRAVESITE+CORNER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2TKzvH0ZxITq3CicniTnGkqsDr20Nvy6CA41oxMdqD-EZu6m2_p7ejniDzAXrf8CRWA2kqylh_RVmDkl2hLTKnYOqgfM6jwiZqjIlDPEaS5IvLayFH324SXd9fxOBZ7VzgpB6xqnD4pA/w400-h266/VICK+GRAVESITE+CORNER.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">The old stone markers are
difficult to read, but I captured pictures of them, and have also included </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">photographs from the “Find-A-Grave” website of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">Martha Vick, John Wesley Vick, Hartwell Vick, Eliza Vick Morse, and a
photo captioned “Newit Vick,“ which may or may not be accurate. You can click on the images to enlarge them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">Newit and Elizabeth Vick</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTzUbEpM4fc5PzXxJycvx_elxeMT3ZHqhVLOTgjbF5LQe1QP2fNIHkcwByI6Dl93KJJznitgVmgjPbary1ihrj_XbJwvR66C5XZvz-j06JIg-kWe7hSiNejwFUtUD6n3rJXzmjiO2PW03/s1560/NEWIT+AND+ELIZABETH+MARKERS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTzUbEpM4fc5PzXxJycvx_elxeMT3ZHqhVLOTgjbF5LQe1QP2fNIHkcwByI6Dl93KJJznitgVmgjPbary1ihrj_XbJwvR66C5XZvz-j06JIg-kWe7hSiNejwFUtUD6n3rJXzmjiO2PW03/w640-h426/NEWIT+AND+ELIZABETH+MARKERS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The inscription reads: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In life they were united.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In death not divided.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jesus smiles and says, "Well done,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Good and faithful servants ye.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Enter and receive thy crown,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Reign with me triumphantly.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9vjMm2Nyy9MTHD6n_jO3P-PitiRFeCYnMXtADvWW14glGDXWQD8hiR0mS6Z7EidtgC07_JBwK8XiP4wg6yrnP7ILfcbeEw7JqAko4BdK7BJ2ppczXLxhGVl744k_cGeDm3QSFBpJeUWm/s1560/NEWIT+ELIZABETH+MARKER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9vjMm2Nyy9MTHD6n_jO3P-PitiRFeCYnMXtADvWW14glGDXWQD8hiR0mS6Z7EidtgC07_JBwK8XiP4wg6yrnP7ILfcbeEw7JqAko4BdK7BJ2ppczXLxhGVl744k_cGeDm3QSFBpJeUWm/w640-h426/NEWIT+ELIZABETH+MARKER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Newit Vick [1766-1819]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUzHm6yX_elp7FYETCazNAzjMjGbhCxxulX4ZIL2c6HQAnAeLIglbpNdTIHAwMpsJL4KCrs470ozcYZZkcNQYbPWPo2JhV4b1SFuBg6OjAHloExvt1_AmLtahdQ-2r3scsB7YYDv52Mjv/s549/Newit+Vick+Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUzHm6yX_elp7FYETCazNAzjMjGbhCxxulX4ZIL2c6HQAnAeLIglbpNdTIHAwMpsJL4KCrs470ozcYZZkcNQYbPWPo2JhV4b1SFuBg6OjAHloExvt1_AmLtahdQ-2r3scsB7YYDv52Mjv/s320/Newit+Vick+Photo.jpeg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLfU5-8d0yNULUZlaHrc2Ev5UatVOmmvhM751jRYzKzG8TFHJNW_xVATPQ4KctHuR71_yh2P0oYwmruWCD0vH4EtC6nt0Oysnx-mOAXoSyYlnpOa0ATQEOpSdMiM3X3KlXw_9NyYZHtpx/s1560/NEWIT+INSCRIPTION+CU+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLfU5-8d0yNULUZlaHrc2Ev5UatVOmmvhM751jRYzKzG8TFHJNW_xVATPQ4KctHuR71_yh2P0oYwmruWCD0vH4EtC6nt0Oysnx-mOAXoSyYlnpOa0ATQEOpSdMiM3X3KlXw_9NyYZHtpx/w640-h426/NEWIT+INSCRIPTION+CU+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Elizabeth Vick [1772-1819]<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34-2JnsT3tjcHm1pjzm_p1XN-piBgo0vlYot0ch_WLgxfin06-M4YTeVn8lRJQmSMpfr0es5hg-iDyyoc6oxuruxsE24IEnqDvOWnmRBYn0alr700bF7o6GvzE4ll1tKliUqnBjQUAB84/s1575/ELIZABETH+STONE+CU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34-2JnsT3tjcHm1pjzm_p1XN-piBgo0vlYot0ch_WLgxfin06-M4YTeVn8lRJQmSMpfr0es5hg-iDyyoc6oxuruxsE24IEnqDvOWnmRBYn0alr700bF7o6GvzE4ll1tKliUqnBjQUAB84/w426-h640/ELIZABETH+STONE+CU.jpg" width="426" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hartwell Vick [1792-1833]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUrP0WeSAMmpCun1fbfcAvXfLEmAusPfNp6Rt9AtLAOGf_v8mzobXx2uZSFck9KXrE0NNNciWLHBUsU4HA4IqsO7Q1lH78X3w4y04lFZEKwn9VvYSIlnWKhuptKmiHwMR3CRYqj7fORm8/s500/Hartwell+Vick+Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUrP0WeSAMmpCun1fbfcAvXfLEmAusPfNp6Rt9AtLAOGf_v8mzobXx2uZSFck9KXrE0NNNciWLHBUsU4HA4IqsO7Q1lH78X3w4y04lFZEKwn9VvYSIlnWKhuptKmiHwMR3CRYqj7fORm8/s320/Hartwell+Vick+Photo.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmN7YCzSlNv2hpWBNu57lQ9jDgkMJfxnotdA4r22srMeo5eFrARGIitBQP6DGhfIj1mQexcWbIAsAqfu-xxROb7OJJEOwFBStaCzhbryKU2tRpZYfDxAXvcEVAW8H_NF_0blQ7Z4-WmU0/s1575/HARTWELL+VICK+STONE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmN7YCzSlNv2hpWBNu57lQ9jDgkMJfxnotdA4r22srMeo5eFrARGIitBQP6DGhfIj1mQexcWbIAsAqfu-xxROb7OJJEOwFBStaCzhbryKU2tRpZYfDxAXvcEVAW8H_NF_0blQ7Z4-WmU0/w426-h640/HARTWELL+VICK+STONE.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hartwell Vick Close Up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XV_TUEVJulp2xw9lGMhet5ndo3jCrB1zNCN8cgNlE05pRocTYOWkaRKGL3iPW_BRFMEV0dtZLrkkuw-S7yM37gXOD2_Mw9jlJsg6yzWn1moHR00FxknpfdLh5PVyj_utZO2JwnM5Vzk6/s1560/HARTWELL+VICK+CU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XV_TUEVJulp2xw9lGMhet5ndo3jCrB1zNCN8cgNlE05pRocTYOWkaRKGL3iPW_BRFMEV0dtZLrkkuw-S7yM37gXOD2_Mw9jlJsg6yzWn1moHR00FxknpfdLh5PVyj_utZO2JwnM5Vzk6/w640-h426/HARTWELL+VICK+CU.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Daughters of Hartwell Vick</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Theodoria [17 months, 17 days, 1830] and Martha Virginia [1831-1836]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQWaaCCTk_9KKgbWhfJ1dc3zr5v2wfLrgTeETOSYRIhyVZX9xhbxmk6yR6MXoOBjroG3vG0niZktgAReDcAEM7Gd_b4Q5qDc2LsuJhG-f5QS5PIqzm1O3KP7jXsQI517Ee9-isIL6QBNU/s1575/DAUGHTERS+OF+HARTWELL+VICK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQWaaCCTk_9KKgbWhfJ1dc3zr5v2wfLrgTeETOSYRIhyVZX9xhbxmk6yR6MXoOBjroG3vG0niZktgAReDcAEM7Gd_b4Q5qDc2LsuJhG-f5QS5PIqzm1O3KP7jXsQI517Ee9-isIL6QBNU/w426-h640/DAUGHTERS+OF+HARTWELL+VICK.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Martha Vick [1800-1851]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqwgJDP4jEW48ofyHlibGxMKLV4YmKE4TXn2TKlUpc1Td4Y_dk6RKqv3gGBefml9oUk-vamrMc4V5tTYumJMrr7QB7GUc5BZubwotw0-edyGskiNTIcZ_y3K2Lsy9Mpp1Smi9zvR25UmC/s207/Martha+Vick+Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqwgJDP4jEW48ofyHlibGxMKLV4YmKE4TXn2TKlUpc1Td4Y_dk6RKqv3gGBefml9oUk-vamrMc4V5tTYumJMrr7QB7GUc5BZubwotw0-edyGskiNTIcZ_y3K2Lsy9Mpp1Smi9zvR25UmC/s0/Martha+Vick+Photo.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGiAIwg5TBQKCMlw_Xk3No_jJIQEZLQzbme_aXL2VSymprk9wlULm0IDjyGYZ2o4mtdSdJXuZZHS82SzJAQJD6Xva3mgC6ADovrjwN5Esn_eYzRuh_cYjMLkvimairwuFPauLzudpbkj3/s1560/MARTHA+VICK+STONE+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGiAIwg5TBQKCMlw_Xk3No_jJIQEZLQzbme_aXL2VSymprk9wlULm0IDjyGYZ2o4mtdSdJXuZZHS82SzJAQJD6Xva3mgC6ADovrjwN5Esn_eYzRuh_cYjMLkvimairwuFPauLzudpbkj3/w640-h426/MARTHA+VICK+STONE+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Inscription reads, <i>Blessed are the pure in heart.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeiEN2X8XbmPcCImk2bJcd4aIXe2gMv5rCuvq8lMQVBXWeSsMRDA-efZyVkrDI509wGNdI5Ac5XRnD1c69c9669s7lZw1Ts6D6CXA917wLqTPLKqglSCmm2QT83QbICNlznKjP-wyxO_7/s1560/MARTHA+VICK+STONE+CU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeiEN2X8XbmPcCImk2bJcd4aIXe2gMv5rCuvq8lMQVBXWeSsMRDA-efZyVkrDI509wGNdI5Ac5XRnD1c69c9669s7lZw1Ts6D6CXA917wLqTPLKqglSCmm2QT83QbICNlznKjP-wyxO_7/w640-h426/MARTHA+VICK+STONE+CU.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eliza White Vick Morse [1801-1890]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Burial Site Unknown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI1uzdojD9wtEjsd_k_TeovVvbgPsSGtqgr7PDd2HIOqn79t0XF1oy1-6kVpoHQNR2wSbzmJ4zjDlgB_EEzz0YYdtLvfBseEkDV9Pc_FrNJphg-jpNCS22Pnm_cut5J2BD6veQwIcqvEv/s2048/Eliza+Vick+Morse.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1488" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI1uzdojD9wtEjsd_k_TeovVvbgPsSGtqgr7PDd2HIOqn79t0XF1oy1-6kVpoHQNR2wSbzmJ4zjDlgB_EEzz0YYdtLvfBseEkDV9Pc_FrNJphg-jpNCS22Pnm_cut5J2BD6veQwIcqvEv/w290-h400/Eliza+Vick+Morse.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div>John Wesley Vick [1806-1888]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoKqbZm4GtZB_lcTGc8Z4vUqkNbup9TtVdVvY5jr6PctI9bFcDtMl3EobXmYVKdNJsUZWPyW5T2t3xsvMVO2Aac1YbrFq61g7qgHkqVJxYMCHlC4HKbnspKd7NMhJWfAVuZyF2PS28BkO/s163/John+Wesley+Vick+Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoKqbZm4GtZB_lcTGc8Z4vUqkNbup9TtVdVvY5jr6PctI9bFcDtMl3EobXmYVKdNJsUZWPyW5T2t3xsvMVO2Aac1YbrFq61g7qgHkqVJxYMCHlC4HKbnspKd7NMhJWfAVuZyF2PS28BkO/s0/John+Wesley+Vick+Photo.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JAT3phGshQraJs14ZnnNOwg6qEx0zT_qwURhZgBEnFxuSAulOPJPVZ3c6kKfJsjmPYaeuCubQK7l6Evk8LYXQag1aLtJNwi0XfB3beSG78jj-QnCejais_DoFSYBlXHSAS-dLDocq9TS/s1560/J+WESLEY+VICK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JAT3phGshQraJs14ZnnNOwg6qEx0zT_qwURhZgBEnFxuSAulOPJPVZ3c6kKfJsjmPYaeuCubQK7l6Evk8LYXQag1aLtJNwi0XfB3beSG78jj-QnCejais_DoFSYBlXHSAS-dLDocq9TS/w266-h400/J+WESLEY+VICK.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAUraGz30jMk7Sb1vp2CDhivKfNzNz2ZdG89WqxSPz1ayADr-aihxznxGVNlgGBLh7Qhp8ub7bBheDAtlYW9hJHdxwYbrA-DOtMtaIRnhlLAoLwyf-vPmTfqLSvYWOw8QMlLbsDvwAP3A/s1550/BRICK+WALL+NEWIT+AND+ELIZABETH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1550" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAUraGz30jMk7Sb1vp2CDhivKfNzNz2ZdG89WqxSPz1ayADr-aihxznxGVNlgGBLh7Qhp8ub7bBheDAtlYW9hJHdxwYbrA-DOtMtaIRnhlLAoLwyf-vPmTfqLSvYWOw8QMlLbsDvwAP3A/w640-h448/BRICK+WALL+NEWIT+AND+ELIZABETH.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times;">If you are in the Vicksburg area and would like to visit the Vick Memorial, it is</i><i style="font-family: times;"> in a rural setting northeast of Vicksburg</i><i style="font-family: times;">. </i><i style="font-family: times;">Drive north on Hwy 61 from I</i><i style="font-family: times;">-</i><i style="font-family: times;">20 1.5 miles</i><i style="font-family: times;"> </i><i style="font-family: times;">to Culkin</i><i style="font-family: times;"> Road</i><i style="font-family: times;">. Exit east on Culkin. </i><i style="font-family: times;">About 1.5 miles east is a fork in the road, with Oak Ridge R</i><i style="font-family: times;">oa</i><i style="font-family: times;">d on the left.</i><i style="font-family: times;"> <span lang="EN-US">Continue on </span></i><i style="font-family: times;">Oak Ridge about 2.3 miles. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times;">This marker is on the right side of the road, and t</i><i style="font-family: times;">he site is on the right, partially hidden by an embankment. </i><i style="font-family: times;">The Newit Vick Mon</i><i style="font-family: times;">ument </i><i style="font-family: times;">can be seen </i><i style="font-family: times;">through the driveway. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6d70mdqOMDkdCIppOHlLIfceSemo2sdS8JtPPYBqf-r9llAbYafL_V_AKEpsafEOIPrWKn0s82OGZm_CanQ9WJ99I35JNkUwNTihwP_pTOCafM75WI942i2H90jITF5KpuNxQzaIKCQH/s1560/ROAD+SIGN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6d70mdqOMDkdCIppOHlLIfceSemo2sdS8JtPPYBqf-r9llAbYafL_V_AKEpsafEOIPrWKn0s82OGZm_CanQ9WJ99I35JNkUwNTihwP_pTOCafM75WI942i2H90jITF5KpuNxQzaIKCQH/w426-h640/ROAD+SIGN.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7tJikzohc6Izu6IokGc2PDcwtC_4TNxqrvqSkU-WcSyktgRlNHUuQiKKqGxZ-3n5CCCOJx_ujRKrKqH38ARiAgSSAImCDINZvTowrhgHJcxHqKuB5275tNExqLUlFoYNOKY2kNHFyCcM/s1400/ROAD+SIGN+CU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1400" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7tJikzohc6Izu6IokGc2PDcwtC_4TNxqrvqSkU-WcSyktgRlNHUuQiKKqGxZ-3n5CCCOJx_ujRKrKqH38ARiAgSSAImCDINZvTowrhgHJcxHqKuB5275tNExqLUlFoYNOKY2kNHFyCcM/w640-h538/ROAD+SIGN+CU.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">After visiting the gravesite, I wanted to
find out more about Newit Vick and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: times; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There
have been numerous books written about Reverend Vick, but I feel more
confident in the accuracy of the writings of Vicksburg’s renowned historian,
the late Mr. Gordon Cotton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an interview
with Mr. Cotton dated February 9, 2008, and published in <i>The Vicksburg Post</i>,
entitled “City’s Founder Remembered, but Details on Vick are Few,” Mr. Cotton stated
that the details on Vick’s life are somewhat hazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;">At least three spellings of his
first name have been found – Newit, Newitt, and Newett – but no one knows for sure
how Reverend Vick spelled his name. However, it is spelled “Newit” on his
gravestone, so I prefer to use that spelling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;">According to Mr. Cotton, “Newit
Vick, who came to the area in either 1812 or 1814, was a visionary who brought
culture and Christianity to the city that formally adopted his name in 1825.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Vick’s connection to the
Vicksburg area began when his cousins, the Cook family, urged him to buy land
that had been cleared in the ‘open woods’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and was for sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of that land is now Openwood Plantation
subdivision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, he bought land
along the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unfortunately, “Vick and his
wife, Elizabeth Clark Vick, died in 1819, the year he began his transformation
of a new city along the Mississippi River by platting lots and boundaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their deaths, about an hour apart, were
blamed on yellow fever or malaria.” Nevertheless, Vick’s son-in-law, John Lane,
carried out his plans for the town.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Although his family fought over
the city founder’s will for years, one result was the 1825 donation of the city
block where Vick planned to build his home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That block, in 1860, became home to what is now the Old Court House
Museum.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">__________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Source:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2008/02/06/citys-founder-remembered-but-details-on-vick-are-few020608/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2008/02/06/citys-founder-remembered-but-details-on-vick-are-few020608</span></a> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Gordon Cotton Article]</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-26590309693002573042021-02-25T08:38:00.000-06:002021-02-25T08:38:11.507-06:00Nature's Blessings and MiraclesI don’t know how many of you remember my story last May about the little mallard hen who built her nest in one of the flower beds in our front yard. If you didn’t see it, you might want to read it before you finish reading this post.
You can click on the following links … <div>[Part1] <a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-blessing-at-our-door-step.html" target="_blank">http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-blessing-at-our-door-step.html</a><div>[Part 2] <a href="https://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-blessing-at-our-door-step-part-two.html" target="_blank">https://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-blessing-at-our-door-step-part-two.html</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here are a few pictures I captured of the hen and her babies last Spring (there were nine!). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5amSCrDSiEP9K65ikvL8GH49NLZTShmof6yyHnEiWq_mBrPnvNuhkafM1d_AYc5XQ1E2qjd0yU5_IUZKUfQXpZLwe48zL-sVJD-kH017tnHyFxM60cDckAbvBeN_2jx3bgpLiJDhzpGGz/s352/HEN+CLOSE+UP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="352" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5amSCrDSiEP9K65ikvL8GH49NLZTShmof6yyHnEiWq_mBrPnvNuhkafM1d_AYc5XQ1E2qjd0yU5_IUZKUfQXpZLwe48zL-sVJD-kH017tnHyFxM60cDckAbvBeN_2jx3bgpLiJDhzpGGz/w640-h570/HEN+CLOSE+UP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvXM61j-1hYkdpXXCXbm_zjplN2L1cp80g66-wWzbNeef84vklDarmmeK5j0HCXwea6BXNkFZ115NHEDn_uN-BtQpo-VsB1f8VtrfaAhOeimqz0WZek192hYkbPS70M3d79OBnF2BXHDk/s353/HEN+CLOSE+UP+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="353" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvXM61j-1hYkdpXXCXbm_zjplN2L1cp80g66-wWzbNeef84vklDarmmeK5j0HCXwea6BXNkFZ115NHEDn_uN-BtQpo-VsB1f8VtrfaAhOeimqz0WZek192hYkbPS70M3d79OBnF2BXHDk/w400-h285/HEN+CLOSE+UP+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjVlkVAGuEznKbhE0vwOPxArGyxj1PhF_rQfHYbIrptM2tjF09TEo_vUYVw0J7qoWG7BcJ6TijrtJg_VXJ9_EHDMJWEu09fdOQo5f6AGl4Pr0ZBEWdJTCV4DspG6YOPxfkH9QIwkNKZyB/s338/HEN+WITH+BABIES+UNDER+HER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="338" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjVlkVAGuEznKbhE0vwOPxArGyxj1PhF_rQfHYbIrptM2tjF09TEo_vUYVw0J7qoWG7BcJ6TijrtJg_VXJ9_EHDMJWEu09fdOQo5f6AGl4Pr0ZBEWdJTCV4DspG6YOPxfkH9QIwkNKZyB/w640-h494/HEN+WITH+BABIES+UNDER+HER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMqBbmN7xBrpnJOj2ww0XCTQ5nwfGdceqeW9ZnuJb6hzR2y8USaqB6NJz6H6sjslb8tjvPuKKaA_zNIS6AOtjweguhJg1R2lWNAGdQ2UVo6O0yzLKmirMMMjq20Pl6cnD7defXWD6rXrv/s1699/MAMA+AND+BABIES.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1699" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMqBbmN7xBrpnJOj2ww0XCTQ5nwfGdceqeW9ZnuJb6hzR2y8USaqB6NJz6H6sjslb8tjvPuKKaA_zNIS6AOtjweguhJg1R2lWNAGdQ2UVo6O0yzLKmirMMMjq20Pl6cnD7defXWD6rXrv/w640-h358/MAMA+AND+BABIES.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBr89jyl_dd9paQ1-fLL4CFcw65pWhD08ZVoxfyauKRAQjvg7h32x-nKfxxagsyEE-C-MlbnSzAPYDnjWK4TFWBPfVeReehFKJd_QSPThjL67rXhGnvaNmr1iLLOeCU0RDxpNJynZq125/s1780/POND+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1780" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBr89jyl_dd9paQ1-fLL4CFcw65pWhD08ZVoxfyauKRAQjvg7h32x-nKfxxagsyEE-C-MlbnSzAPYDnjWK4TFWBPfVeReehFKJd_QSPThjL67rXhGnvaNmr1iLLOeCU0RDxpNJynZq125/w640-h336/POND+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Just minutes after they all hatched, she marched them down the driveway and down the street to the neighborhood storm drainage pond, which was to be their new home until they could fly. </div><div><br /></div><div>We were so happy to have received one of Spring’s greatest blessings – new life – in the form of a little mallard hen who chose, literally, our front door step as the place to build her nest and bring her babies into the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>I had read that if the abandoned nest is near the feeding area, the family may continue to use it for brooding and nesting.
I really didn’t think we would be so fortunate ... but early this morning my husband was looking out the window and called me to come quickly. When I looked out the window, I couldn’t believe my eyes – there in our driveway sat the mallard drake “standing guard,” while the hen was checking out the flower beds looking for her nesting place from last spring! They were so precious, I almost cried. </div><div><br /></div><div>It didn’t take her but a few minutes to locate her nesting place, and I really felt as if we were witnessing a miracle. To think that that little mama duck could return to the exact spot where she raised her babies last spring, and the daddy duck stood watch over her … well, it was just too much to comprehend! </div><div><br /></div><div>I was so excited, but managed to hurriedly get a couple of pictures of them with my cell phone ...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xui3DvulnMcHh-YmzwWcG7Dw8Q6BWaSyGzPYT9I2zIaqu6bPDOqjLZxogrhgQqBXCaxyVedrCoxMGD7r_6Fx9c9D11jIgR0V349TvkqY23UCGTlvoNtaJjBqLWfElvdUSpHTV8mHiNZV/s1030/HEN+NEW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1030" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xui3DvulnMcHh-YmzwWcG7Dw8Q6BWaSyGzPYT9I2zIaqu6bPDOqjLZxogrhgQqBXCaxyVedrCoxMGD7r_6Fx9c9D11jIgR0V349TvkqY23UCGTlvoNtaJjBqLWfElvdUSpHTV8mHiNZV/w640-h501/HEN+NEW.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXKjKVF91L7SDlwJ3jC28mH2BDXiIKfFeshWgp98qyMQULFRVSqIh85PN_QT6ooWf_Dr8YiyXhyphenhyphenmS7t1d6ISqvUQ-F7bo6YNWrfJv8OsRhmJBR9ue-E5DoCPoD8GA3Ltbl8KcJ6SoOiDH/s986/DRAKE+NEW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXKjKVF91L7SDlwJ3jC28mH2BDXiIKfFeshWgp98qyMQULFRVSqIh85PN_QT6ooWf_Dr8YiyXhyphenhyphenmS7t1d6ISqvUQ-F7bo6YNWrfJv8OsRhmJBR9ue-E5DoCPoD8GA3Ltbl8KcJ6SoOiDH/w632-h640/DRAKE+NEW.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><div>My husband had to leave and the ducks flew when he backed out of the garage, but I have high hopes of witnessing the miracle of new life again this Spring, when that little mama duck returns to her nesting place and gives us the pleasure of watching her raise her new family. To be continued … I hope!</div></div>
</div>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-38345107901627130042021-02-16T19:00:00.000-06:002021-02-16T19:00:20.254-06:00Cats!<p>During my photo shoot ramblings, I have had the pleasure of visiting with a few cats who just happened to be close to whatever I was photographing. Some of them were shy and would run away, but others were curious and followed me around. <p>My favorite cat is this one who resides at the Old Court House Museum in Vicksburg. He's a friendly little fellow and seemed to enjoy posing for my camera. <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwirC0vlVWZrtkYmyKJ8GskrPJwIgKQMHJzzXA_h19TfkEaxUccITXDITnlBgmx-dyQYGFoXIFS-LK60_vrUvd9X463P-LpTumFwrjng_xWH1j0_9z6eSRpqhXPoIMTunS104DMG-hpTMD/s1600/cat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwirC0vlVWZrtkYmyKJ8GskrPJwIgKQMHJzzXA_h19TfkEaxUccITXDITnlBgmx-dyQYGFoXIFS-LK60_vrUvd9X463P-LpTumFwrjng_xWH1j0_9z6eSRpqhXPoIMTunS104DMG-hpTMD/s400/cat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506402275938027986" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtK3Q5DPQptVFQDYPK6c74gUCuX4i-yufcdp_hM-_TFwQCX4kxMOJZbV3frPJG43UGiesL-Xm3HS4Ppojsdxyp2jHh_EknOAUKH693kZoXpANh4vgEJcDyjyo2Zru5K3aTRH6gBCBHwZg/s1600/catcu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506331250346712626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtK3Q5DPQptVFQDYPK6c74gUCuX4i-yufcdp_hM-_TFwQCX4kxMOJZbV3frPJG43UGiesL-Xm3HS4Ppojsdxyp2jHh_EknOAUKH693kZoXpANh4vgEJcDyjyo2Zru5K3aTRH6gBCBHwZg/s400/catcu.jpg" /></a><p>I came across this little cat napping in a flea market booth, and thought he was real until I got a little closer to him. I was amazed by how real he looked! <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKJa6R97jjHcch11WJMEemghvP3bc57crgDXsLeLLSyBtBLwNEN4wX4UeoMHEEqeZ0VQE_0fgXN7l8SCto2A9knqgkI75A7Q65_cBr02mKHfdA1zQxM-cL4xC7Hpu8FjvG6zcyEnPm_f8/s1600/cat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506331551423873490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKJa6R97jjHcch11WJMEemghvP3bc57crgDXsLeLLSyBtBLwNEN4wX4UeoMHEEqeZ0VQE_0fgXN7l8SCto2A9knqgkI75A7Q65_cBr02mKHfdA1zQxM-cL4xC7Hpu8FjvG6zcyEnPm_f8/s400/cat.jpg" /></a> <p>A couple of years ago, I did a post about <a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2008/07/gates-of-vicksburg.html">The Gates of Vicksburg</a>, and was shooting a picture of this gate at one of the cottages of Cedar Grove Mansion ... <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwc-vqesRNU2OozbLFQWzYOw5gwYiNBPPGxtdeXdI2vh_8ERzTuHq2Xn5P8nhoA1fOvUpwLbzA0iluC5-VnqMeLf6-Ff-tTE-USNeCyA8H3CCLSKTfgfork_56hUEbJ049d9ELw-4MFcDS/s1600/cottagegate.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506362542940470674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwc-vqesRNU2OozbLFQWzYOw5gwYiNBPPGxtdeXdI2vh_8ERzTuHq2Xn5P8nhoA1fOvUpwLbzA0iluC5-VnqMeLf6-Ff-tTE-USNeCyA8H3CCLSKTfgfork_56hUEbJ049d9ELw-4MFcDS/s400/cottagegate.jpg" /></a> <p>There is an enclosed patio area below the gate and I interrupted these little guys sunning themselves. <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCWNimhEUzCBAj9MKCdEu1Qz0d0gBPazTlE145T7UGFN9jfFvlKU4zpTrCDTG5FZhj7tv_2keiiF7RrpE2VnXuFphLl589aH4n7GcrO7efdDmBTIEyTO7pufruMAsSNYosvYJ7CgneFK-/s1600/kittengray.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506332459602821458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCWNimhEUzCBAj9MKCdEu1Qz0d0gBPazTlE145T7UGFN9jfFvlKU4zpTrCDTG5FZhj7tv_2keiiF7RrpE2VnXuFphLl589aH4n7GcrO7efdDmBTIEyTO7pufruMAsSNYosvYJ7CgneFK-/s400/kittengray.jpg" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2-eUVmRwXrDeXHsWw2RVvCU1F6rCXTcR3sDoEGFmtTIx9QpUPdXtOoC9eWAep6w9a5MhBU3Wq7zZKj4boKipk4Ez3Fw2ycnboaIb9qUPIZvz0uLSk22qt6ZNuCSKRBklSy7i32m0iDUV/s1600/kittenblonde.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506332385555373202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2-eUVmRwXrDeXHsWw2RVvCU1F6rCXTcR3sDoEGFmtTIx9QpUPdXtOoC9eWAep6w9a5MhBU3Wq7zZKj4boKipk4Ez3Fw2ycnboaIb9qUPIZvz0uLSk22qt6ZNuCSKRBklSy7i32m0iDUV/s400/kittenblonde.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8VMYPhqRseFlqOkLLYOaP577xoqAHgrnJyNe4vZJpCyA3XadIFv4gllebL_nveeXVjYvbbS82JQbaUiUduOMjldltb1E_lW1FuHg2CMFCXnNiE-sQHgbuWmKBO4Z24hfxjdyUmEwd0cR/s1600/kittenblack1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 307px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506332208579857026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8VMYPhqRseFlqOkLLYOaP577xoqAHgrnJyNe4vZJpCyA3XadIFv4gllebL_nveeXVjYvbbS82JQbaUiUduOMjldltb1E_lW1FuHg2CMFCXnNiE-sQHgbuWmKBO4Z24hfxjdyUmEwd0cR/s400/kittenblack1.jpg" /></a> <p>During a "country roads" photo shoot, I discovered this little "peeping tom" watching me from the side of the road. He ran away when I tried to get closer. <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v6H3GF6jf3CwhKgCBcO-z0C66Q4RKKg6tnqLjflItH7fjOuvb1OE4Jnq4tOa9YC2VGXSNsYa1dhbm6LLx-DsAGl2wWi1c-DqF-oAynXYtcX4c0w5OPOIc053DF8rvJBz4nrrtATYxCmt/s1600/cat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506331895535802130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v6H3GF6jf3CwhKgCBcO-z0C66Q4RKKg6tnqLjflItH7fjOuvb1OE4Jnq4tOa9YC2VGXSNsYa1dhbm6LLx-DsAGl2wWi1c-DqF-oAynXYtcX4c0w5OPOIc053DF8rvJBz4nrrtATYxCmt/s400/cat.jpg" /></a> <p>On a photo shoot I did at the Jackson, Missisippi Zoo, I found some more cats, but they didn't follow me around, thank goodness. <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQs51rWcDWlGw6sXSOZBYUxgRewSgJvQxHSC6WBSSpKhcyTPHjwqXOOyRJILSnwe-LNuqqddNMvEyKqxY-He0GK_ls_y8iAu3hR2xLRkymiQt0oFmwOqG79I0EVjHpC-8eAI7vBtS4jJa/s1600/tigerinwatersharp.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506334572753887970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQs51rWcDWlGw6sXSOZBYUxgRewSgJvQxHSC6WBSSpKhcyTPHjwqXOOyRJILSnwe-LNuqqddNMvEyKqxY-He0GK_ls_y8iAu3hR2xLRkymiQt0oFmwOqG79I0EVjHpC-8eAI7vBtS4jJa/s400/tigerinwatersharp.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2JwP_L7lt6MnTuKC6o3yau85FExGGA7Rav8luApIILgPuSBMRjlslCUoavQd26MorKWCyr1ve1RJXXXOqunneRgNjz226EDPBSubXXN68LQQaRQm4UiIdVkKra4gWUQDj9WL7w6Pzj2W/s1600/lion2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506334244034258338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2JwP_L7lt6MnTuKC6o3yau85FExGGA7Rav8luApIILgPuSBMRjlslCUoavQd26MorKWCyr1ve1RJXXXOqunneRgNjz226EDPBSubXXN68LQQaRQm4UiIdVkKra4gWUQDj9WL7w6Pzj2W/s400/lion2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i7YBOlJuDavHzGfEqd2AvBJaCQ1JLbRHUbwSkAxz3SYG06NkBH1SsQOsflv3MhB0eZ5yO-CvaE2iCCdopR9DR8ceUQumNBFsCRsYel0zTnzb1K5ZIJTjgBnPjt82zAB-llb2HKzMNcgy/s1600/leopardcu2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506333532388307906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i7YBOlJuDavHzGfEqd2AvBJaCQ1JLbRHUbwSkAxz3SYG06NkBH1SsQOsflv3MhB0eZ5yO-CvaE2iCCdopR9DR8ceUQumNBFsCRsYel0zTnzb1K5ZIJTjgBnPjt82zAB-llb2HKzMNcgy/s400/leopardcu2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EPE4ASS2NQEYM_eOU0Ut0Skyic26vLtR-vZsvoR3MXb-qskniyRLijhuuNtmgxLash8fzh0Li-fHWm55vBCLcFYIwyj8WTAvTf8GHBMII6xHIVtc_ihvT8PQbl0O8DC2cjqWrre3jtd2/s1600/cougarcu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506333382797031378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EPE4ASS2NQEYM_eOU0Ut0Skyic26vLtR-vZsvoR3MXb-qskniyRLijhuuNtmgxLash8fzh0Li-fHWm55vBCLcFYIwyj8WTAvTf8GHBMII6xHIVtc_ihvT8PQbl0O8DC2cjqWrre3jtd2/s400/cougarcu.jpg" /></a> <p>As I was writing this post, it occurred to me that I haven't encountered many dogs during my travels. In fact, I can only think of <em>one</em> that was sitting in some tall grass beside an intersection of two country roads, and I quickly snapped his picture.<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIVaE-NL5BTZB7xLRnyjrhLfYYqQh-f5aIdFeDzL1f6qGmdIGIIvKDruEhpx-E2BSAaSge97c5In1qv13LxBAKAP4tdvxeMLhnL8VY5rgahzittRrN0qn_xGlH1RhUqRldsVywKpdQ6j1/s1600/puppy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIVaE-NL5BTZB7xLRnyjrhLfYYqQh-f5aIdFeDzL1f6qGmdIGIIvKDruEhpx-E2BSAaSge97c5In1qv13LxBAKAP4tdvxeMLhnL8VY5rgahzittRrN0qn_xGlH1RhUqRldsVywKpdQ6j1/s400/puppy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506401475620409458" /></a><p>This has inspired me to add to my collection of cat pictures. They have such beautiful faces, and I would love to get some good closeup shots.<p></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-53146148601353063012020-06-12T16:08:00.003-05:002020-06-12T19:16:59.559-05:00From "Fairy Jungle" to "Fairy Garden"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Yesterday was one of those rare days in Mississippi when the humidity didn't hit the "smothering" level, and I took advantage of it by tackling a long-neglected job. There was actually a light breeze blowing and the area I needed to work in was in the shade ... so I didn't have any excuse to neglect it any longer.</div>
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So, armed with gloves, tools, trash bag, and water hose, off I went to try to rescue the two little fairies who live in my fairy garden in the back yard. This is the way it looked last summer ...</div>
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Sadly, yesterday it looked more like a fairy <i>jungle</i>, than a garden. The poor little fairies were no where to be found, their house was completely covered by fig vine and ivy, and the "jewel" path was dirty and covered by weeds and vines, too. They had literally taken over everything ... kinda like <i>fairy kudzu</i>, if there is such a thing in Fairyland. I can't believe I let it get in that condition. What a mess!</div>
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As I knelt and pondered the mess before me, I saw the fairies partially hidden in and amongst the tangled vines. Bless their hearts ... they looked pitiful, and I felt even guiltier as I noticed that the girl fairy had lost her wings during the winter, and they both were faded and washed out. </div>
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By the way, that's their house in the picture above, <i>before </i>it was consumed by the vines, and the little chairs they're sitting on disintegrated long ago. I felt so bad about letting what was once a peaceful little haven turn into a jungle of vines and weeds, and decided to take some "before and after" pictures to remind me to not let that ever happen again.</div>
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Then I carefully put them back on the dirt path, <i>one by one</i>, and they looked like a beautiful blue-green river meandering its way through the fairy garden.<br />
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I hope they will have a happy summer now that they and their garden have been restored to their former glory. I know I will enjoy our backyard more now that we have a fairy <i>garden</i> instead of a jungle, complete with fairies (with wings!) and a shiny, bright jeweled path leading to a little fairy house. </div>
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We were recently blessed with the presence of a little Mallard hen who chose our front flower bed as a nesting place to raise her babies. A couple of weeks ago, I shared her story and featured pictures of her and her nesting place.</div>
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If you have not read that story, I suggest you start there before reading any further. Here is the link to Part One ... <a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-blessing-at-our-door-step.html">http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-blessing-at-our-door-step.html</a>, and here is the little mother hen herself, ever watchful, but seemingly happy with her new home.</div>
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We had the pleasure of her company for several weeks, as she patiently sat on the eggs in her nest anxiously watching all the comings-and-goings at our front door, just a few feet away from her nest. I was curious to know how long it would take the eggs to hatch, and discovered through Google that it usually takes about 28 days after beginning of incubation. We watched and waited with excitement and anticipation for the day when her babies would hatch, and couldn't believe that on Sunday, May 31st, <i>exactly 28 days from the day we discovered her nest</i>, the babies began making their appearance into their new world. One by one, the eggs began to break open and we could see little bits of fuzzy yellow down underneath the hen.</div>
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The hen knew what she was doing when she chose our flower bed for her nest. She was almost totally camouflaged and hidden from sight but, fortunately, I was able to stand on our door steps and capture some pictures of the babies as they emerged from their shells. </div>
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Once the babies started hatching, it was all the hen could do to keep their squirming little bodies underneath her. She "fluffed" herself up as big as she could to try to keep them contained.</div>
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One by one, they seemed to just pop out of their shells, wriggling and squirming and ready to explore their surroundings. </div>
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Their mama appeared to be struggling to keep them in the nest, and then she did something strange and totally unexpected, at least to me, anyway ... she started to eat the contents of some of the empty egg shells and push the shells out of the nest. </div>
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I guess that makes sense, when you think about it. She probably needed the nutrients inside the eggs, and it also created more room in the nest for the wriggly little newly-hatched ducklings. They were literally trying to pop out all around her. </div>
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This probably sounds weird, but I can't believe how emotionally attached we became to that little mama duck during those weeks she was with us while she was nesting. My husband, my 93-year-old mother who lives with us, and I kept watch over her and worried when she left the nest to go feed and was gone longer than we thought was appropriate. We always breathed a sigh of relief when she would eventually return after a couple of hours and take up her vigil upon her nest. And on that Sunday afternoon, when we discovered her babies were hatching, it was as if we had a part in ushering them into the world. </div>
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But their story doesn't end there. From my research on the nesting process of mallard ducks, I surmised that the hen would soon be moving the ducklings to their new home in the pond down the street from our house. I was so afraid she would move them to the pond before we could be there to watch their journey, and I woke early Monday morning, around four o'clock, and eased out the front door (in my nightgown) to check on them. I smiled and breathed a sigh of relief as I saw that they were all safely tucked in under their mama, bless her heart. </div>
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Around 6:30, I went out and checked on them again, and was delighted when I saw the babies all huddled together beside the empty nest and their mama proudly standing on the driveway at the edge of the flower bed. I ran back inside to grab my cameras and called my husband to come see. By the time we got back outside (I was still in my nightgown, but I didn't care!), there were NINE tiny little ducklings sweetly lined up behind their mama, ready for their journey to begin. They were so precious, my heart was pounding with excitement, and I was moved to tears by the sight before us.</div>
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Notice how they're marching two by two ... on those tiny little legs.</div>
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Please remember that I was in my nightgown, following from a safe distance, and taking pictures as I went. I was using my long lens, but it would zoom only so far and I finally gave up trying to stay with them. I knew where they were headed and figured I would be able to get some pictures after I got dressed, which would give the hen some time to get her babies in the water and settled. </div>
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When I arrived at the "pond," I was so pleased to see the hen and her babies happily swimming around and exploring. They weren't venturing too far away from their mama, though, and she was keeping a watchful eye on me.</div>
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I feel very privileged to have witnessed God's miracle of life through this little mama duck. It was awe-inspiring to see God's hand at work in her ... the God-given instinct buried deep inside her that guided her and told her exactly what to do ... and how ... and where ... and precisely <i>when</i> to bring her babies into the world. Just think about that for a minute. All of God's creatures, both great and small, have that inborn instinct that guides them as they play their part in the grand scheme of life in this wonderful world of ours. </div>
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Sharing the past weeks in the life of the little hen was truly a "how great Thou art" experience from its very beginning, and was, indeed, "a blessing at our doorstep."</div>
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Living through the everyday turmoil, apprehension, and strife that the corona virus has inflicted upon us these days has not been easy, to say the least. However, one of the many blessings I count every day is this glorious Spring God has given us -- perfect temperatures, brilliant blue skies, <i>green</i> everywhere you look, and profusions of flowers brightening our days. </div>
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We have received another one of Spring's greatest blessings ... new life ... in the form of a sweet little mallard hen who chose, literally, our front door step as the place to build her nest and to bring her babies into the world. You would think that would be last place she would want to be ... with people coming and going and me watering plants, and the garage door going up and down at all hours of the day. But there she sits for hours, still as can be, totally camouflaged and safe and warm nestled under the dense foliage of the boxwoods and pine straw. </div>
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We're not sure how long she has been there, but it's been at least a couple of weeks. My husband was loading some things in the back of his truck one morning, and a Mallard drake and the hen flew across the driveway close to the truck. The drake kept going, but when my husband went around to the back of the truck, the little hen was just sitting there on the driveway. A few minutes later, we discovered the nest hidden behind the boxwoods in a flower bed beside the front steps, as shown in the pictures below:</div>
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Even though she chose one of the busiest areas in front of our house, she is actually quite safe there. If my husband hadn't seen the ducks flying that morning, we probably would have never seen the nest. </div>
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Yesterday afternoon I decided to try to capture some pictures of the little hen. She is so well camouflaged that I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I did manage to get a few good ones, I think.</div>
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I took this picture from the door steps looking down on the nest, and it shows how well camouflaged she is ... if you didn't know she was there, you'd never see her!</div>
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Notice how she covered her bill with her wing. It's like she's trying to hide<br />
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I was amazed to see the distinctive camouflaging on her bill. Cabela's will never even come close to duplicating that!<br />
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There are six eggs in the nest, which she leaves only for short breaks to feed. We never see her coming and going. I took advantage of one of her rambling times and captured a picture of the eggs. Notice the tufts of down sheltering them and keeping them warm while she's away ... </div>
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I googled "gestation time for mallard ducks" and found that it usually takes about 28 days after beginning of incubation for the eggs to hatch. I also discovered that "it takes about 24 hours for them to hatch, and the ducklings stay in the nest for at least 10 hours while they dry and get used to using their legs. Then, usually in the early morning hours, the hen leads them to water. Bad weather may delay their journey, but the sooner the ducklings get to water to feed, the better their chances of survival. If the nest isn't close to water, this first journey can be a long and potentially the most perilous time in a duckling's life." </div>
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I think this will be where the hen will take her babies and, thankfully, it isn't too far from the nest. The only hazards between it and our house would be children playing, and there won't be any children playing in the early morning hours, so their journey should be a safe one. Can't you just imagine the mama duck leading her babies, all in a row, down our driveway to the sidewalk and proudly marching them down the street to their new home! I'm an early riser and hope to be close by to capture that awe-inspiring moment with my camera. </div>
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Thank you, Lord, for this little mama duck ... and for the countless blessings of Spring and "How Great Thou Art" moments we experience every day ... even in these most difficult of times. </div>
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Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-4988931852894039632019-04-04T07:38:00.000-05:002019-04-04T07:38:12.185-05:00From 2011: "An Earthworm Story"<p>The recent rains and winds we've been having here in Mississippi finally took their toll on some of my Snapdragons. A week or so ago, they looked like this ...<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qb1eqO7hUk8/TbsOxOx15qI/AAAAAAAAeq4/TdVdl6F5mv4/s1600/snaps.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 279px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601086800508872354" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qb1eqO7hUk8/TbsOxOx15qI/AAAAAAAAeq4/TdVdl6F5mv4/s400/snaps.jpg" /></a><p>After each battering by rain and wind, they became more and more bedraggled, and finally got to the point that they couldn't straighten back up. Poor things ... yesterday, I took them out of their misery and pulled them up and transplanted them in one big clump in the backyard.<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9sbh5Rz42Ds/TbsM92y5wjI/AAAAAAAAeqY/QOvDIrT2Ej8/s1600/snaps.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601084818385912370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9sbh5Rz42Ds/TbsM92y5wjI/AAAAAAAAeqY/QOvDIrT2Ej8/s400/snaps.jpg" /></a><p>Before I pulled them up, though, I cut some blooms and stuck them in a glass and put them on a table under our porch.<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8sAKRIv2PSo/TbsRtv0ylVI/AAAAAAAAerI/OerO1S8znX0/s1600/bouquet4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601090039195014482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8sAKRIv2PSo/TbsRtv0ylVI/AAAAAAAAerI/OerO1S8znX0/s400/bouquet4.jpg" /></a><p>My "stick-in-a-glass-or-jar" bouquets usually turn out better than the ones I try to <i>arrange</i>, and I'm sure we'll enjoy these pretty Snaps all weekend.<p>I replaced the Snapdragons with a few <i>Sunpatiens</i>, and love the color they added to the courtyard.<p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TL-SQoTbDes/TbsM1_MfCaI/AAAAAAAAeqQ/kOT2lAzYRD0/s1600/sunpatiens.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601084683201743266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TL-SQoTbDes/TbsM1_MfCaI/AAAAAAAAeqQ/kOT2lAzYRD0/s400/sunpatiens.jpg" /></a><p>While digging the holes to plant the flowers, I disturbed quite a few earthworms, and stopped to watch as they wiggled and burrowed their way back under the dirt. As I watched them, I couldn't help but wonder if my probings with my trowel hurt them, or if the bright sunlight hurt their eyes ... or if they even <i>have</i> eyes!<p>The more I thought about them, the more curious I became, and after doing a quick <i>Google</i> search, I came across the <a href="http://urbanext.illinois.edu/index.html">University of Illinois Extension's</a> website, which provided some interesting facts about earthworms (comments in <b>bold</b> are mine).<p><ul><li>A worm has no arms, legs or <i>eyes</i>.<p><li>An earthworm can grow only so long. A well-fed adult will depend on what kind of worm it is, how many segments it has, how old it is and how well fed it is.<p><li>There are approximately 2,700 different kinds of earthworms.<p><li>Worms live where there is food, moisture, oxygen and a favorable temperature. If they don’t have these things, they go somewhere else.<p><li>In one acre of land, there can be more than a million earthworms.<p><li>The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa and measured 22 feet, from its nose to the tip of its tail. <b>(That makes me shudder to think about it!)</b><p><li>Worms tunnel deeply in the soil and bring subsoil closer to the surface, mixing it with the topsoil. Slime, a secretion of earthworms, contains nitrogen. Nitrogen is an important nutrient for plants, and the sticky slime helps to hold clusters of soil particles together in formations called <i>aggregates</i>.<p><li>Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms more than 100 years ago.<p><li>Worms are cold-blooded animals.<p><li>Earthworms have the ability to replace or replicate lost segments. This ability varies greatly depending on the species of worm you have, the amount of damage to the worm, and where it is cut. It may be easy for a worm to replace a lost tail, but may be very difficult or impossible to replace a lost head if things are not just right. <b>(I can't help but wonder what the "right conditions" are for replacing a lost head)</b><p><li>Baby worms are not born — they hatch from cocoons smaller than a grain of rice.<p><li>The <i>Australian Gippsland Earthworm</i> grows to 12 feet long, and can weigh 1-1/2 pounds (<b>That sounds too much like a <i>snake</i> to me!)</b><p><li>Even though worms don’t have eyes, they can sense light, especially at their anterior (front end). They move away from light and will become paralyzed if exposed to light for too long (approximately one hour). <br /><p><li>If a worm’s skin dries out, it will die.<p><li>Worms can eat their weight each day.</li></ul><p>I learned a lot about earthworms as a result of my research, and I also discovered that there's no way you can capture a pretty picture of a <i>worm</i> (or at least, I couldn't). But that didn't keep me from trying.<p>One little worm was especially gregarious, and stopped wiggling and burrowing long enough for me to get a few closeup shots.<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlcebhMZq3c/Tbt0iMBJZeI/AAAAAAAAetI/AU7VKWrKPsM/s1600/wormnew.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601198692255753698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlcebhMZq3c/Tbt0iMBJZeI/AAAAAAAAetI/AU7VKWrKPsM/s400/wormnew.jpg" /></a><p><center>I told you it wasn't pretty!</center><p>Unfortunately, in most of the pictures, he looked more like a little snake than an earthworm (shudder, again!), and he was slimy and covered with dirt (well, after all, he <i>was</i> an EARTHWORM, right?).<p>To make matters worse, I couldn't tell which end was his head and which was his tail, but figured he would be burrowing with his head, so I focused on the "burrowing end."<p>In this picture, I was trying to get a close up of his "face" to see if he had eyes (he didn't) ...<p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7IHS5smQbps/TbtvT_Mw46I/AAAAAAAAesA/fEJ3hYgsZ3g/s1600/facecu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601192950738510754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7IHS5smQbps/TbtvT_Mw46I/AAAAAAAAesA/fEJ3hYgsZ3g/s400/facecu.jpg" /></a><p>And in this one, you can see his segmented body which contracts to help him burrow under the dirt.<p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JMO6Jy8S0y4/Tbtvog6IvlI/AAAAAAAAesQ/r3hnCOqvlkQ/s1600/wormburrowing.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601193303384571474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JMO6Jy8S0y4/Tbtvog6IvlI/AAAAAAAAesQ/r3hnCOqvlkQ/s400/wormburrowing.jpg" /></a><p>Poor little thing ... he's probably burrowed his way halfway to China by now to escape my trowel and zoom lens.<p>But I'm glad I had the opportunity to satisfy my curiosity about earthworms, and I like knowing that they are busy at work in my flowerbeds burrowing and loosening the dirt so my flowers can flourish.<p>And to leave you with a <i>pretty</i> picture for the weekend, here's another one of my "bouquet."<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RnVRRjrgxVw/TbsS7ns6cRI/AAAAAAAAero/o9kv0GCKo7Q/s1600/bouquet3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 341px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601091377044287762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RnVRRjrgxVw/TbsS7ns6cRI/AAAAAAAAero/o9kv0GCKo7Q/s400/bouquet3.jpg" /></a><p></p> <br /></p>Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-76130651425427325152019-04-04T07:12:00.001-05:002019-04-04T07:24:08.928-05:00Gone, But Not Forgotten<center>
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Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-31402968336065432602019-01-15T04:31:00.001-06:002019-01-15T04:31:41.046-06:00"Wistfully Wishing"<table border=3 bordercolor=black cellspacing=20 cellpadding=14 bgcolor=#EFEFFB align=center><tr><td><p>Webster's defines the word <i><b>Wistful</i> </b> as — full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also, inspiring such yearning.<p>After about a week and a half of almost relentless rain and unseasonably warm temperatures, I have to admit that I'm already "wistfully wishing" and pining for Spring.<p>I know it's only January, and here in the South, we still have a couple of more months before we can even <i>hope</i> for signs of Spring (although I <i>have</i> noticed that Quince and Forsythia have been fooled by Mother Nature, and are already blooming because of the warm temperatures) ... but in the spirit of all that "wistfulness," I would like to share a few WISTeria blossoms I captured in pictures a couple of Springs ago.<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm no longer just in Bethlehem,</div>
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I'm right there where you are. </div>
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You may not be aware of Me</div>
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Amid the celebrations —</div>
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But if you take a moment,</div>
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From your list of things to do ...</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">And listen to your heart, you'll find ...</span></div>
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I'm waiting there for you.</div>
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You're the one I want to be with,</div>
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You're the reason that I came ...</div>
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And you'll find Me in the stillness,</div>
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As I'm whispering your name.</div>
Love,<br />
Jesus<br />
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Petunias in a planter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It continued to
flutter around me, and I stopped to watch as the beautiful yellow Swallowtail
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long lens, I saw that the butterfly’s wings were torn and tattered, as if it
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcf5; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Storms moved through our area last night,
and I wonder what happened to my little butterfly friend.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcf5; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">I would like to think that it found shelter
from the heavy rains and wind, and will come back to visit me again
sometime.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcf5; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">I'll be watching for it.</span></div>
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<br />Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-16161869975757562712017-10-19T05:51:00.000-05:002017-10-19T05:51:22.204-05:00The Colors of Autumn<table align="center" bgcolor="fcfcf5" border="3" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="4"><tbody>
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Benjamin Moore's extensive collection of paint colors will never come close to rivaling God's glorious seasonal palettes. I'm going to let the following colors from His "Fall Palette" speak for themselves ...<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Trumpet Vine Orange</b></span></div>
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<b style="text-align: center;">Goldenrod Gold</b></div>
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<b>Pokeweed Purple</b></div>
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<b>Summer and Fall Mix</b></div>
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<b>Swamp Sunflower Yellow</b></div>
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<b>Poison Ivy Red</b></div>
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<b> Wildflower Magenta</b></div>
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<b> Sage Grass Rust</b></div>
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<b>Milo Rust</b></div>
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<b>Cotton Boll White</b></div>
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<b>October Sky Blue </b></div>
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<b>Bronze Leaf</b></div>
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<b>Tallow Fire</b></div>
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<b>Tallow Red</b></div>
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<b>Gingko Gold</b></div>
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<b>Elephant Ear Rust</b></div>
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<b>Roadside Yellow</b></div>
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Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-15177199296938518522017-03-08T19:58:00.003-06:002022-10-16T08:44:37.338-05:00Perfection!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: times;">One of the best things about Spring and Summer are Knock Out Roses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times;">This one is absolutely perfect! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times;">It's in full bloom here in Mississippi!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2017/02/walking-photo-tour-of-vicksburg.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Walking Tour of Historic District in Vicksburg, Part 1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cherry Street Bridge is one of two structures included in the South Cherry Street Historic District. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Cherry Street Bridge, ca 1910-1911</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> -- A concrete bridge constructed to carry Cherry Street over the MidSouth Railroad tracks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">1837 Cherry Street, ca 1885</b><span style="background-color: white;"><b> (Tree House Cafe)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A one-story clapboard Victorian vernacular residential building facing west that has been converted into a commercial building. The building is covered with an asphalt-covered gable roof with a cross gable over a porch that has been enclosed. All of the fenestration is non-historic, the clapboard has been covered with aluminum siding, and a large metal addition has been made to the south side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-story brick Greek Revival house with an asbestos hip roof. The two-story porch is covered by a gable roof supported with four wooden Doric columns and enhanced with a window-vent combination that resembles a Palladian window. There are five bays: two floor-length six-over-nine double-hung wood-framed sash, two single-leaf French doors with transoms, and a single-leaf paneled door with transom and sidelights.</span></div>
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The building was remodeled in the 1970s -- the Greek Revival porch replaced an Italianate porch, an addition was made to the rear increasing the south facade by three bays, and a porte cochere supported by square brick columns was also added to the south facade.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-story clapboard three-bay galleried townhouse facing east, capped with an asphalt-covered hip roof. The cornice is denticulated and enhanced with paired brackets. The two-tiered front porch is recessed under the main roof and is supported with square wood columns enhanced with molded capitals. A pierced balustrade completes the second tier of the porch. There are three bays: two floor-length two-over-four double-hung wood-framed sash, and a single-leaf paneled door with sidelights and transom and enhanced with pilasters and an elaborate entablature. The house sits on a hill which is supported by an original brick wall across the front of the property.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There were several houses along my walking tour that were almost completely hidden from view. This is one of them. Needless to say, it was very frustrating to be unable to capture what appears to be a beautiful house.</span></div>
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Description: A two-story brick Italianate house facing east, with a slate-covered gable roof with a cross gable over a projecting room. Metal cresting caps the ridge. The cornice is enhanced with paired brackets and applied molding.</div>
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The one-story porch set to the right of the projecting room is covered by a flat roof supported by square wooden posts with jigsawn brackets. The cornice is enhanced with paired brackets. There are four bays on the first floor: a two-over-two double-hung wood-framed sash in a square bay which is capped with a pierced wooden balustrade on a flat roof; a single-leaf paneled door with sidelights and an arched two-light transom; and two floor-length two-over-four double-hung wood-frame sash enhanced by corbelled brick window heads. The house sits on a hill which is supported by an original brick wall across the front of the property.</div>
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<b>1805 Cherry Street c. 1924</b></div>
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Carr Junior High School -- </b>A symmetrical three-story red brick institutional building, facing west, designed in the Tudor Gothic style. The
roof is flat and hidden behind a stepped parapet wall capped with a limestone coping. The main facade features
a central projecting rectangular bay that houses the main entrance at the second floor level and a three-part
metal window with pivot sash on the third story. A stepped parapet rises above the parapet of the main part of
the roof and bears the inscription "Carr Junior High School" in limestone. The main entrance, originally
recessed behind a segmental-arched opening, is accessed by a three-platform staircase. In front of the first
platform is a marble plaque which lists he names of the mayor and aldermen, city clerk, school board trustees,
superintendent, architect, and builder. On either side of this central bay is a three-part multi-pane metal window
with pivot sash on each on the three floors. A rectangular bay projects forward to each end of the building and
features a four-part metal window containing four six-over-three-over-six pivot sash windows on each floor. A
plain stone belt course separates the first and second floors and another divides the third floor from the parapet.
The four bays on the second story are enhanced with limestone label lintels.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Additional Information: Carr School was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by William Stanton, a well-known architect who had designed many religious, public, commercial and residential buildings across Mississippi. The school was built in 1924 by the E. G. Parish Construction Company of Jackson, Tennessee, at a cost of $220,000. It was named in honor of John P. Carr who had served as the superintendent of the Vicksburg Public Schools for 18 years prior to the completion of the school and who woul</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">d continue to serve for seven more years. In 1932, the school became a high school and it remained such until 1959, when it reverted to a junior high school. Carr closed in 1979 when classes shifted throughout the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My favorite elements of this house are the front door and the old “wavy” glass of the sidelights, transom, and windows. Notice how the windows rest on the floor of the porch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-story brick three-bay galleried townhouse facing west, with an asbestos-covered hip roof. The cornice is enhanced with paired brackets. The two-tiered front gallery is supported with chamfered posts with jigsawn brackets, and is enhanced with a jigsawn balustrade on the second tier and on the sides of the first tier. There are three bays: two floor-length six-over- nine double-hung wooden windows and a single leaf paneled wood door with sidelights and transom. This pattern is mimicked on the second floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A one-story clapboard five-bay galleried cottage facing east, with an asphalt-covered hip roof. The full-width front gallery is covered with a fiat roof supported by non-historic wrought-iron columns and railing. The porch was originally supported by Vicksburg pierced columns. There are five bays: four floor-length, nine-over-six double-hung wood sash, flanked by shutters and a single-lea<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">f paneled door with sidelights and transom. There is an interior brick chimney on the north side.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-story clapboard three-bay galleried townhouse facing west, with an asphalt-covered hip roof enhanced by widely over-hanging eaves supported by large, simple brackets. The full-width front porch is covered by a truncated hip roof supported with three (sic) large square brick columns. A low brick wall with a concrete cap runs between the columns. There are three bays: two one-over-one double-hung windows and a single-leaf glazed door with sidelights and a transom. There are three bays on the second floor: two one-over-one double-hung wood windows and a single-leaf French door with a multi-light transom. Originally the porch was two-tiered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A one-story stucco commercial building facing east, with a flat roof and a Mission-shaped parapet capped with barrel tiles. There are three bays: two one-over-one double-hung sash and a single-leaf paneled door. The stoop is covered by an arched roof supported by square stuccoed columns.</span></div>
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<b>1620 Cherry Street, ca 1930<br />Malick Joseph Tobacco Company</b></div>
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A one-story brick commercial building facing east, with a flat roof and a stepped parapet. The facade features a traditional storefront, with plate glass windows over a tiled bulkhead with a recessed entry with double-leaf glazed doors. The flat awning is suspended from a concrete lintel.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please join me next time for Part Five of my walking photo tour of the South Cherry Street Historic District.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This continues my walking photo tour
of the South Cherry Street Historic District of Vicksburg. If you missed Parts
1 and 2, you can read them first by clicking on the following links:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2017/02/walking-photo-tour-of-vicksburg.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Walking Tour of Historic District in
Vicksburg, Part 1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2017/02/walking-tour-of-vicksburg-historic.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Walking Tour of Historic District of
Vicksburg, Part 2</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We begin this part of the tour with
this beautiful old house at <b><span style="color: #1d2129;">2119 Cherry Street,
ca 1875</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"> – One of my favorite houses in the South
Cherry Historic District. A two-story clapboard Italianate house facing
east, with an asphalt-covered gable roof with a cross gable over a projecting
room. The cornice has paired scroll brackets and is denticulated. There are two
brick chimneys: an offset chimney and a flush gable brick chimney. The
one-story porch to the left of the projecting bay has a flat roof supported
with square posts enhanced by applied molding and jigsawn brackets. There are
scroll brackets and dentils at the cornice. A jigsawn balustrade completes the
porch. There are five bays: two floor-length two-over-two double-hung wood sash
with shaped heads; two double-hung two-over-two wood sash; and a center
entrance comprised of glazed double-leaf doors with an arched transom. The
entrance is further enhanced with fluted pilasters and an arched entablature.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This carriage step is in front of the house. I've come across two or three of these in Vicksburg. They were used by the ladies (and gentlemen, too, I suppose) to step up on the trolleys.</div>
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Cherry Street</span></b></span><b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;">, ca 1920</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;"> --
A one-story stucco Mission Revival house, facing east, with an asbestos-covered
hip roof. There are two stuccoed end chimneys. The full-width front porch is
recessed under the main roof which is supported with stuccoed columns. The
porch is screened on the right side. A stuccoed Mission-gabled arch is centered
in front of the porch. There are three bays: two pair of nine-over-one double-</span><span class="textexposedshow">hung wood
sash and a glazed single-leaf door.</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #1d2129;">The Old Feld House,
ca 1913</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br />
<b>2108 Cherry Street</b><br />
The Old Feld House is one of the most architecturally significant residences
of early twentieth century Mississippi. It is a significant example of Neo-Classical Revival style, with a rarely-seen degree of finish.
In Mississippi, the Neo-Classical Revival style was most often expressed
in domestic architecture in terms of a lingering Colonial Revival taste.
The Old Feld House is a unique rejection of the lingering Colonial
Revival style. By its use of Palladian arches, piazzas, wide bracketed
eaves, and a prominent blue-tile roof, a Mediterranean connotation is
successfully evoked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Situated on the west
side of Cherry Street, the Old Feld House is a one-story brick structure
covered with scored stucco. Projecting wings of the facade and rear form
courtyards in an H-shaped plan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the facade, each
wing has a piazza with Palladian openings. The three-bay, central block is
composed of an arched doorway flanked by arched windows. The arched
fenestration is framed by an Ionic screen with coupled columns flanking the
entrance to support a well-proportioned entablature and balustrade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The entablature is
carried around the wings in the form of a wide bracketed cornice. On the
wings the Palladian openings of the piazzas have molded trim and a keystone. There is an elaborate terrace of
varying levels in the courtyard and a cast iron fence and gate on the front elevation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to a
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form dated 1982, the Old Feld House
was constructed in 1913 by Hannah B. Fishell, widow of Alfred Fishell, a
Vicksburg businessman. In 1929, the house was sold by Hannah Fishell to Maurice
and Juliet Feld, owners of a local furniture store. The Felds and their
descendants retained the property until 1974. Since 1974, the house passed
through three subsequent owners, being bought in 1976 by Robert S. and Jean W.
Parker. During the 1980s, Mr. Russell V. Puckett purchased the home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Description source: <a href="https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/27787.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/27787.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Notice the carriage
step shown in the picture below. The name “B. W. Griffith” is stamped in the
concrete. Benjamin W. Griffith (1853-1931), was mayor of Vicksburg from 1905 to
1909. He was also a prominent lawyer and banker.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="highlightnode"><b><span style="color: #1d2129;">2027 Cherry</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #1d2129;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #1d2129;">Street, ca 1890</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"> – A two-story aluminum-sided Victorian vernacular house
facing west, with a pressed-metal hip roof and a cross gable over a projecting
bay with jigsawn brackets at the cornice. There is a corbelled brick end
chimney, and a gable stoop supported by non-historic brick piers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><b>2025 Cherry Street, ca 1890 </b>– A
two-story, clapboard Victorian vernacular house facing west, with an
asphalt-covered hip roof with cross gables. There is an offset brick chimney.
There is a knee brace and eaves drops in the gable end, and there is a gabled
stoop supported by turned posts with jigsawn brackets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This house was hidden from the street, and it was too early in the day to knock on a stranger's door to ask permission to take pictures of his house, so I "kinda/sorta trespassed" to get these pictures.</div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2022 Cherry Street, ca 1905 </b>– A one-story asbestos-covered
Craftsman bungalow facing east, with an asbestos-covered gable roof with a
cross gable to the front over a porch that is supported by square stuccoed
piers. There is a stuccoed end chimney and a gabled vent. There are three bays:
two sets of double-hung nine-over-nine sash and a single-leaf glazed door. This
house is currently home to Community Action Services.</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2011 Cherry Street<br />
The Craig-Flowers Home, also known as “Great Hope Manor,” ca 1906</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This house is so
interesting, I decided to share the complete description and history, as
included on the South Cherry Street Historic District Registration Form for the
National Register of Historic Places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Description:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Craig/Flowers
House is an impressive three-story, 12,000 square-foot Tudor Style residence,
situated on its original three-acre site. The building is in excellent
condition, with no known alterations to the original plans. Roughly U-shaped in
plan, this asymmetrical building faces West on Cherry Street. The
multiple-gabled slate roofs are pierced by large and small dormers and five
brick chimneys.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A large one-story
gallery surrounds the house on the South and West sides, and has a flat roof
(original drawings called for a second-floor terrace, which was never used as
such).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The front gallery and
entrance area are articulated by brick pilasters and columns decorated with
plaster inserts at the capital. A lesser shed roof porch extends along the
southeast side of the building.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Situated on a sloping
site, the first floor level is approximately three feet above grade, with a
full basement below. Exposed basement walls and first floor, as well as
chimneys, are executed in red brick. The first floor also features a plaster
decorative band all around at the height of the window heads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The second floor and
exposed attic walls are stucco panels between chestnut wood members running
horizontally and vertically, with trim. The slate roof has carved and decorated
wood fascias and sloped soffits with exposed, decorated framing. All flashing
is copper.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most windows on the
rear and sides are double hung, one-over-one,with decorated wood frames.
Windows are placed in sets of three, individually (as in dormers or other walls),
or symmetrically flanking an exterior wall chimney, as in the east elevation of
the master bedroom wing. Front elevation, second floor windows feature
diagonal-cross panes on upper half of double hung windows. Three large bays on
the first floor,<br />
one with curved glazing and door frames, all feature operable double
fully-glazed doors with operable transoms and sidelights. Even the curved end
bay doors are hinged.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Double solid-paneled
wood doors set in an ornate wood frame with inset decorated panels, symmetrical
leaded glass sidelights and original copper screen doors make up the front
entrance, which leads from the front entrance gallery to the formal interior
vestibule. Over the stairs inside is found three stained glass windows with the
Craig family Crest. All interior ceilings are coved, and many first floor rooms
feature expansive detailed plaster castings on the walls and ceilings. All
interior floors are wood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Interior details
include ironwork registers in the formal rooms, brass stand-up radiators in the
bedrooms, and all-copper electrical wiring. For a house built in 1906, it
contained many state-of-the-art details and conveniences, such as a three-door
refrigerator, built-in silver safe, plate warmer, servants' bells, wall sconce
light fixtures, and crystal chandelier. It even has an interior fire hydrant
equipped with 100 feet of hose!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the stair at the
main hall, the stained glass window depicts a man on horseback with the
family's mottos: <i>"J'ai bonne esperance" </i>…"I have good hope.” He
carries in his hand a broken spear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">History:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Completed in 1906, the
Craig/Flowers House is a highly individual architectural composition that can
be classified as Tudor style, and is a practically intact example of a wealthy
family's dream house in Vicksburg at the turn of the century.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1901, the Craig
family purchased this parcel of land, which was the former Vick Estate, the
settlement of one of the founding families of Vicksburg. The original building
was torn down and the lumber used to construct three outbuildings on the site,
two of which remain today -- the Carriage House and the Servants’ Quarters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The main house was
built from architectural plans of W.W. Knowles, an architect from New York,
dated June 5, 1905. It was built at a cost of $60,000, a huge sum at that time.
It was as unusual then as it is today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The house is
significant for the high quality evident throughout the construction, the
attention to detail, and the high level of craftsmanship exemplified by every
view. This is one of the finest Tudor homes in the South. Both exterior and
interior, this structure exemplifies the height of the arts and crafts approach
to building construction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everywhere the
materials are carefully fitted together and detailed to provide ornament . The
highly articulated framing on the front entrance gallery is carried throughout
the building. In addition to its architectural significance, the house enjoys a
rare degree of landscape integrity …its walks, parterres, and outbuildings have
survived intact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1928, the property
was deeded to Ms. Flowers, daughter of Mr. Craig, who owned it until 1984. The present owners are Dr. and Mrs. Bob
Clingan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Descriptions source:<span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf" target="_blank">http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Columns – Beaulieu”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #1d2129;">2002 Cherry Street, ca
1906</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">A two-story brick
four-bay Neoclassical house facing east, with an asphalt-covered hip roof with
a cross gable facing front. The two-story porch has a gable roof supported by
four Ionic, fluted columns with a projecting gable at the center supported by
two fluted Ionic columns. The gable end, cornice, and the cornice of the
projection are denticulated.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">There are four bays:
two one-over-one, double-hung aluminum windows; a glazed single-leaf door with
transom; and a glazed single-leaf door with sidelights and elliptical transom.
Pilasters separate the door from the sidelights and a heavy stuccoed elliptical
lintel caps the entry.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">There is a balcony
supported by heavy brackets and featuring a turned balustrade over the entry.
Entrance onto the balcony is gained through leaded French doors with leaded
sidelights. All but one of the mantels in this house date to an earlier time.
The mantels may have come from the house that previously occupied this lot.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Description source:<a href="http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">History: I found the
following information on a real estate website and, while I find it very
interesting, I can’t attest to its accuracy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">The mansion was built
at the turn of the century by Samuel and Helen Ragan, on what was then called
“Millionaires Row.” The Ragans purchased the property in 1885, and lived in a
house on this lot, facing Belmont, as early as 1886.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Sometime between 1899
and 1902, their residence was demolished and this grand Neoclassical building
was constructed. It is an unusual Neoclassical because the facade is
asymmetrical instead of symmetrical.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Samuel Ragan owned
S.C. Ragan and Company, a wholesale grocery and produce company, in 1906. By
1911, the city directory listed S.C. Ragan and Company as cotton factors,
located at 610 Crawford Street.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">In 1926, the house was
sold to Mary E. Marion. Others who owned the house are W.T. Williams (with the
Biedenharn Candy Company), Ray & Elie Lum (who hosted General Eisenhower at
the Mansion), M.M. & R.J. Farris, Tom and Mildred Kirkland, and Marguerita
& Bill Davis (who turned the mansion into a Bed and Breakfast inn).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">The present owners
purchased the house in Feb 2000, and, after a one-year complete renovation,
turned the mansion back into the beautiful home it was in its glory days. It is
the only mansion of its architectural style in Vicksburg, patterned after the old
plantation homes of pre-civil war era with its six huge wooden Ionic columns
gracing the large front portico.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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five fireplaces. In the foyer, there is a beautiful wooden mantel piece that
dates to the original construction of the house. It is Neoclassical in style.
The other mantel pieces are from the 1860s (three are carved Italian marble and
one is carved slate). These appear to have been originally placed in the house,
and may have come from an earlier house on this lot.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">In 1947, General
Eisenhower gave a speech from the balcony of Beaulieu when he was invited to
help Vicksburg celebrate its first 4th of July since the surrender to Grant in
1863. A party was thrown in the mansion, in the General’s honor, as he danced
the night away and then slept in the balcony room/study which has carried his
name since the mansion's bed and breakfast years. General Eisenhower first
spoke of running for the presidency while at the Columns-Beaulieu.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If only the walls of these old houses could talk. Can you imagine how exciting that would have been for the ladies at that party ... to "dance the night away" with none other than General Dwight D. Eisenhower himself! I wonder if Mamie accompanied him?</span></div>
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Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-52910821660203391222017-02-27T10:56:00.001-06:002017-02-27T11:07:31.153-06:00Walking Tour of Vicksburg Historic District -- Part 2This is the second in a series of posts to document my walking photo tour of one of Vicksburg's prettiest historic districts -- the South Cherry Street Historic District. If you missed Part 1, you can read it first by clicking on the following link:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">This part of the tour begins at </span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">2205 Cherry Street, ca 1920</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"> -- A two-story clapboard house facing west, with an asbestos gable roof with exposed rafter ends. There is a large two-part square vent in the gable end.</span></div>
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<b>2201 Cherry Street, ca 1920 --</b> A two-story stucco house facing west, with an asbestos-covered hip roof. A two-tiered porch is recessed to the left under the main roof and is supported by a square stuccoed pier.<br />
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<span class="highlightnode"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><b>2212 Cherry Street</b></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><b>, ca 1907<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />The Shlenker House</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;">A two-story brick Prairie house facing east, with a large red-tiled truncated hip roof pierced by two brick end chimneys. The roof has widely overhanging eaves supported by large curved brackets. The one-story porch is centered on the front facade and is capped by a flat roof supported by large square brick piers which are decorated with applied concrete ornamentation. The roof is enhanced by a jigsawn balustrade. There are three bays: two one-over-one double-hung wood-framed sash which project slightly from the face of the building and are covered with tiled shed roofs, and a single-leaf, glazed door with sidelights and transom</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><b>2206 Cherry Street, ca 1880</b>
-- A one-story clapboard Queen Anne cottage facing east, with an
asphalt-covered gable roof and a cross-gable over a projecting bay. There is an
arched vent and fish scale shingles in the gable end. The porch is covered by a
shed roof with exposed rafter ends supported by three square Doric wood columns
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(with alterations 1907-1913) -- A two-story Queen Anne formed concrete block
that resembles rusticated stone house, with a slate-covered hip roof and a
cross gable over a projecting bay. There is a Palladian window in the gable
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If you're wondering what the little figure is in the upstairs window, it's Batman!<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">2134 Cherry
Street, ca 1915</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"> -- A one-story clapboard Colonial Revival house facing east,
with an asphalt-covered hip roof and a cross gable over a projecting room.
There is an offset corbelled brick chimney and an end corbelled brick chimney.
The porch to the left of the projection has a flat roof supported by three wood
Ionic columns on stuccoed piers.</span></div>
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two-story brick house facing east, with an asphalt-covered gable roof with
widely-overhanging eaves. There is a corbelled brick end chimney and a central
corbelled brick chimney. A gabled dormer pierces the roof and contains a
three-part window and quoins. The one-story porch is covered by a flat roof
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five-bay galleried cottage facing west, with an asphalt-covered gable roof.
There is an offset brick chimney. The full-length front porch is recessed under
the main roof and is supported by six square columns. There are five bays.</span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Note: All descriptions were taken from the records of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for the South Cherry Street Historic District ... <span style="background-color: transparent;">https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5724f706-5333-4f22-a463-2af76514adab </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2017/02/walking-photo-tour-of-vicksburg.html" target="_blank">http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2017/02/walking-photo-tour-of-vicksburg.html</a></span></div>
Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-23022800887054186972017-02-27T04:44:00.002-06:002017-02-27T04:45:34.845-06:00Walking Tour of Vicksburg Historic District -- Part 1<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the first in a series of posts featuring a walking photo
shoot tour I did three years ago of some of the houses and buildings located in
one of Vicksburg's most picturesque historic districts -- the South Cherry
Street Historic District -- near downtown Vicksburg.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I chose a hot, muggy day in early September of 2014, and it
didn’t take long before I felt the effects of our lingering Mississippi “dog
days of summer" temperatures and humidity. Nevertheless, I braved the
elements and was pleased with how much territory I covered that morning. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Just to give you an idea of the "territory," I found the following
information on the National Park Service's "National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form," which was submitted on the district on September
29, 2003:</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The South Cherry Street Historic
District covers approximately 125 acres, and includes 234 buildings and two
structures (a brick street and a bridge). </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The district is roughly rectangular and its
terrain is generally flat with a few rises. Concrete sidewalks line all the
streets in the district and oak trees were planted on the right-of-way in the
early 1900s, many of which survive today.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The district is composed almost entirely of
residential buildings, with commercial buildings accounting for only five
percent (13 buildings). The two structures included in the district are the
Cherry Street Bridge and the brick paving of Baum Street. The Cherry Street Bridge
was constructed of concrete in 1911, in order to provide vehicular and pedestrian
access over the railroad tracks.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">Streets in the entire district were paved in
brick beginning about 1910, but Baum Street is the only street that has not
been covered with asphalt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">The majority of the buildings in the district
were constructed during Vicksburg's boom period (1880-1910) and total 137.
There are 15 buildings in the district built before 1880, and 49 built in the
twenty years (1910-1930) following the boom period. Only five buildings were
constructed between 1931 and 1953, and 28 (including eight garages and a
drive-through bank structure) were built after the period of significance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Represented in the district are intact
examples of nearly every architectural style found in Vicksburg. These include:
Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle, Romanesque Revival, Colonial
Revival, Neoclassical, Tudor Gothic, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival Spanish
Revival, Italian Renaissance, Mediterranean, Prairie, American Foursquare,
Craftsman Bungalow, Traditional Commercial, and Ranch. Also represented in the
district are classic Vicksburg architectural types including the two-bay
shotgun, the three, four and five-bay galleried cottages, and the three-bay
galleried townhouse."*</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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*Source: </span><a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5724f706-5333-4f22-a463-2af76514adab"><span style="color: blue;">https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5724f706-5333-4f22-a463-2af76514adab</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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At the turn of the century,<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;"> Cherry Street was
lined with impressive residences and, according to “In and About Vicksburg,
1890,” it was “the most fashionable residential street in town.”</span><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">Today, Cherry
Street is still lined with several impressive residences, but it is also
one of the busiest streets in town. I wonder how many times a week the
residents of Vicksburg drive down Cherry Street and pass by these old houses
without really seeing them? Some of them sit on hills in plain view … others
are completely hidden behind fences and trees and shrubbery. The best way to
see the houses is by walking, but, even then, I couldn’t get close enough to
some of them (without trespassing) to get pictures of the entire houses.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;">I began my walking tour in
the 2200 block of Cherry, with the five houses shown in the pictures
below. I found the descriptions on the National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form for the South Cherry Street Historic
District. </span><span style="color: #1d2129;">[</span><span style="color: #365899;"><a href="http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001140.pdf</span></a>]</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;">2240-2242 Cherry Street,
ca 1935</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;"> – A two-story U-shaped brick apartment
complex facing east. The U-shaped building presents two facades to the street,
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A two-story clapboard Queen Anne house with two-story turret, featuring a
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Anne house. There is a two-story round tower on the north side of the house
which has an asphalt-covered conical roof. The porch originally extended across
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<b>2238 Cherry Street c. 1895</b> -- A two-story, clapboard Victorian vernacular residence, facing east, with an asphalt-covered hip roof. The one story,
full-width front porch is covered by a shed roof supported by four turned posts with jigsawn brackets.
There are three bays: two floor-length, double-hung, two-over-two wood sash; and a glazed single-leaf door with
a transom and entablature with pilasters as side surrounds.<br />
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