Well, yesterday I had a busy day in Thomasville at a meeting with the tourism group that represents the 11 county region we are working with for the www.alabamafrontporches.com website. After the meeting, I zipped out to my sister Julia’s house for a minute (really about 20 minutes) for a quick visit. She had some great birthday gifts for me and for Ann. But what was the greatest gift of all was a photo album she had of Mama’s. Loads of great photos to add to my blog. Starting with these two: on the left, Uncle Bud Hinson (Mama’s brother) and on the right Mammy, Papa Hinson and an unknown man holding a shotgun–can’t tell if that is Mammy’s shotgun or not. Great stuff and much more to come!
Mammie looks kind of like Big Maude, who escaped with two other women from the penitentiary in North Carolina and held Barney and Floyd captive in Ben Miller’s cabin.