Uriah Alabama

This is a very historical house.  I hadn't seen it in a while when I took this picture and it looks very different from what I remember.  It used to have some antique cars and trucks in the front.  Now it looks like someone has restored it which is nice.  I remember seeing this when we made our many trips to Little River State Park.

Alabama

I Love to take Water Tower pictures!

Rape Fields

Georgia Tobacco Field

Abused Shopping Carts

I guess I find humor in things that I shouldn't but when I read this sign then drove around the block and saw these buggies I couldn't help but laugh. There is a lady in Canada who has a blog about shopping carts. I like that she's calling attention to a problem that some of probably never think about.

Old Church

Gulf Shores, Alabama

All of these photos were taken at Gulf Shores on June 16. There were a few people on the beach and some clean up work going on. I thought the beach looked really good considering that I can remember how nice it was before all the condos were built and it became a big tourist area.

The Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay

I took a trip recently to lower Alabama. These pictures were taken on what is referred to as the Eastern Shore. (the eastern shore of the Mobile Bay looking towards the city of Mobile.)
It was not a good day for sunsets and had started to rain before we left. Look closely in this picture and you can see the "boom".
This is on the pier at Fairhope, Alabama looking back towards the shore. I grew up in this area and it was very unusual not to see people fishing off the pier. Most of the coastal area was closed to fishing. Although swimming was not advised I did see a few people in the water.
The Fairhope Yacht Club
A little farther up the shore on the pier at Daphne, Alabama we got a closer look at the boom.

Last week I took a drive down Farm Life School Road. This is actually where I came out but I forgot to take a picture as I was going in. The road is dirt and maybe a mile or two long. I entered off of one paved road and exited here onto another paved road.

I had never been on this road before and didn't know what to expect but was very curious about the "farm life school".

There was nothing but farm land in every direction I looked.

The road curved here right in front of this irrigation system. There was a truck parked in the middle of the road in another spot but I didn't see anyone around.

I've seen a lot of ornamental windmills in people's yard but I was surprised to see the real thing as there aren't many around here.

It was shipped in all the way from the Netherlands. Just kidding! Looks like Texas to me.

After seeing all the onion crates I decided this must be more of the Bland Farm fields.
I saw a few farm buildings and one mobile home but I didn't see anything that looked like a school. Makes me curious how the road got it's name.

This tractor was stirring up dust way in the distance.

Okeefenokee Joe

Can't have a blog about Georgia without featuring this man who has done so much to educate our youth (adults too) about wild life and the Okeefenokee Swamp. At one time he had a very promising career in the country music business under the name of Dick Flood. I don't know what happened but he ended up in Georgia entertaining us with his humor, knowledge, song writing and singing. Most every Georgia child knows what it means to be "Swamp Wise" thanks to his documentaries that are played on GPTV.
I saw him for the first time live at the Swamp Fest in Waycross, Ga last month. He can still sing and put on a good show!

Vidalia Onions

This is one of the bigger onion fields in our area. Possibly it belongs to Bland Farms which is one of the largest onion growers in the USA. This picture was taken a couple months ago.
This picture was taken last week,one day before the onions were picked up.
The bins have been placed in the fields.
The onions have been pulled and left to dry. All is ready for the big day tomorrow.
This is the day of the picking. The workers have been bused in. There were at least 5 of these buses.
They even brought in porta potties!
The fields are full of activity!
I don't know if the onions are pulled by hand but we can see that they are definitely picked up by hand. Maybe there isn't a machine to do it yet.

Onions can't be sold as Vidalias unless they are grown in certain counties of Georgia where the soil is right to give them the right sweetness. In fact only 13 counties and parts of 7 others are certified to grow Vidalias. This field is located in Wayne County.

Here is a crate full and ready to go. My son -in-law came by this field on his way home from work this same day and all the onions were picked up.

There are some really sweet things in Georgia. The peach, the Coca Cola, the Vidalia onion. A test has shown that the Vidalia onion has more sugar than a Coke! Guess that's why they are so darn good!!