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 H A L L O W E E N"

From the Pumpkin Patch:

"It doesn't matter what you

believe in just so you're sincere." 

Linus to Charlie Brown

Georgia - On My Mind! (Number 40)

In the 50's

I went to  Decatur, Georgia *

to visit my aunt, Mary Lou, 

and my cousins, Susan and Leigh. 

It was my first plane trip.  

The day my plane departed I also had tickets to see Dragnet, the movie, and its star, Jack Webb, in person.

Built in 1925 now on
National Register
for Historic Places

Rain was pouring down.  My Mom and Dad picked me up 
at the Strand Theater (after I got his autograph:)  It must have been scary for them to put me on the plane...their only child...in my teens...but still a child.  We took off in the rain.  

The minute we got above the rain clouds the sun came out.  It was a wondrous sight.
I shall never forget it.  

I had a great time in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta.  We went to see Joel Chandler Harris' house and Br'er Rabbit's brier patch.  One day I walked by myself to downtown Decatur.  I bought a Revlon Fingernail Polish Kit for my souvenir.  

The highlight of my trip was a bus ride to downtown Atlanta and lunch at Rich's Department Store.  I felt so grown up. 




I keep going back...a family trip to Savannah and a business trip for a conference at Georgia Tech.  Chuck and I went in 2008 on our "Southeast Tour".  Our destination was Charleston, South Carolina.  We stopped to  see Mary Lou in Decatur, 

Milledgeville, Capitol 1804 - 1868

went through 

Milledgeville

  

and Athens, home of the University of Georgia.  

What Fun!

Fond Memories will keep "Georgia On My Mind"!

*For "new to my blog" people...on May 17, 2010, I visited Wisconsin.  

 I can now say that I have been in, to, or through all 50 United States.

 I am committed to make an Artist Trading Card "ATC" for each of

 the 50 States. Hence, the label-50 States.

Roy Rogers...My Hero

Cover of book by Georgia Morris and Mark Pollard

When I was little, I spent many a Saturday at the neighborhood movie.   Me, my friends and I would go to see the movie of the week and the serial that came before it.

Cover of DVD I bought along
with one (below) of Roy and the gang!

My favorite serial was 
the Perils of Nyoka.  I had always remembered her as Nyoka of the Jungle.  


Then came the main attraction...
Gene Autry
The Three Musketeers
Lash LaRue
Hopalong Cassidy

I bought a set of DVDs
for good memories...

Part of US Postal Service
tribute to Cowboys

But none could equal my hero...Roy
...and 












Trigger...Dale...Gabby.


The best part was the action after the movie.  We would walk home and play cowboys/cowgirls and Indians the rest of the day.  I was Nyoka must of the time.  :)
I don't remember stopping for lunch.  If we did, we were right back outside chasing the bad guys...riding and shooting until the next Saturday when we started all over again.