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Travels that began in our own Mid-South region traversed five other states from our North Mississippi community of Hurricane that had family members on our annual, spring pilgrimage for the
It is âmoonlight and magnolia blossom timeâ in the Hill Country counties of North Mississippi as the spring season progresses with nature in full bloom as the old English red roses of May add their beauty to the landscape as well. A vibrant, running pink rose can still be found blooming near the old Warren-Graham home place near Sand Springs as a Texas relative once wanted to find a cutting as the flower had been described to her by her great-grandmother many years ago. The jaunt by Jeep driving down the old country roads had several bushes even flourishing on the ditch banks and running alongside the ground at the old site of the pioneer familyâs homestead. I have been told that the old roses are not as susceptible to the varied blights or diseases that often attack other modern-day rose varieties. That may be the case as well with other plants in the Hurricane neighborhood as they continue to bloom with abandon at the now abandoned sites. By the way, I think
The Deep South always has this fluctuating weather during the winter as one day it is very cold and clear, but then like today, it is rainy with all outdoor surfaces coated in a thin sheen of moisture that makes for a walking challenge on most concrete surfaces. As the deer season is winding down at the end of the month, itâs been some type of hunt since October for our family and for their friends. I was thinking about several weeks of inactivity there, but I noticed new turkey calls on the counter that feature family membersâ photos in the workmanship of the wooden and glass calls. So that quiet reading time at the cabin will actually be filled with these eerie, screeching sounds that are supposed to lure turkeys. For the unpracticed, it is almost like that irritating scratch of a nail on a chalkboard that makes me cringe. So I will just get out those puffy, foam earplugs and smile like thereâs nothing making racket during the last week of January