I`ll be looking forward to the rest of that Terre, I loved it and Joyce`s too. Thanks for sharing Sandra >Thanks Billy for starting this thread. I never stopped to realize how many >tree memories I have! Joyce's memories were so delightful, I was inspired to >record mine however there were so many trees that it turned into a piece much >too long for this list. I'll include the whole piece on my website soon. >Below is an excerpt: > >As a child I lived on the corner of Third St. & Sunset Ave. in Perry. There >was a wild cherry tree on the Third St. side that was my favorite. It was >just perfect for climbing but not big enough for a tree house. One thing I >never really understood was why the cherries where not like the maraschino >cherries you get in the jar. The tree was a great place from which to check >out the Third St. traffic. It was a thrill when Mr. Marion Green would come >driving up the street and make the turn to his house right in front of the >tree. It was at this point that he would honk his horn which played the >State Farm Insurance jingle and announce his arrival to his daughters, Wallis >and Mary Emily. > >In front of the Green house, right by the street was a huge old, old oak tree >about four feet in diameter. Its shade always provided a delightful place to >play sheltered from middle Georgia's humid summer heat. The tree's dense >foliage kept grass from growing very well so that the dirt underneath was >cool and moist. This dirt was a great source of 'flour' from which cupcakes >were molded in discarded cans and decorated with leaves and wild flowers >(weeds). Mary Emily was especially good at making toad houses. By taking >your foot (bare always in the summer) and piling and patting down the moist >dirt around it, then carefully removing the foot, you are left with a prefect >little toad house. Mary Emily would cut out furniture from paper and make >the little house quite comfy for any frog wishing to take up residence. > > >terre moody walker >[email protected] >Website: <A HREF="http://www.thebriarpatch.com">TheBriarPatch</A> >http://www.thebriarpatch.com > >This letter was composed with PowerMail™ > > > >==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== >Visit Houston Co., GAGenWeb, the parent site for >this list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/ >and check out the offerings