StraightAhead

Things I do , Places I go, Things I see and hear, Independent thoughts, if I have any

Archive for May, 2005

Harry and Me on the bridge

Harry and Me on the bridge
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
This is the guy that lived in the old house next to the creek. He and his family have been living there for quite a few years. He was there when my family used to go there in the 50’s. He knew uncle Ben and Aunt [...]

the road

the road
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
This shot was taken from pretty much right in front of where uncle Ben’s house used to be. It’s down the road toward where i remember there used to be a mule driven mill that ground up sugar cane for the making of sorghum molasses, yum. http://www.watervalleybb.com/index.shtml that prob. won’t [...]

Leiper’s Creek

creek
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
This is a shot of the creek that we used to accidentally swim in. Mom would say you can go over there to the creek, but don’t get wet. Right! We would get a little wet and then say what the heck and go ahead and jump in. It had these [...]

Frank Dodson’s store

Frank Dodson’s store
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
I took a very nostalgic trip back to a place in middle Tennessee , where my family used to go when I was a boy of 7 or 8 or so. My great Uncle Ben and Aunt Adell lived there on a creek where my brother and I used [...]