Bleak House consisted of 1,200 acres and Mr. Jenkins, Daddy's foreman above, lived in the antebellum house which has a story of a 'visit' by the Yankee's . I went with Daddy when he delivered Mrs. Jenkins last baby.
Green Acres comprised 800 acres. I caught a Catfish with a lure! in the pond above but lost him even though I grabbed him briefly. I worked on the farms during the summer.
Marshall, Virginia February 12, 1979. The well was not used except for the time my Mother threw my $5 pistol down it when I was very young. :)
Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end...
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Why did your mother toss the $5 dollar pistol?
I believe I might have been 5 at the time and had bought it off one of the farms laborers.
DeleteOh, it was a real gun. Thought it was a toy gun. I see
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To hit what you were aiming for, you had to aim left and down! :) Every year I asked Santa for a Roy Roger's double gun and holster set. :)
DeleteSad, damned sad when a kid can't get a Roy Roger's double
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got the gun set at a Christmas to have come.
Got one every year! I must have been good.....:)
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