I sent both Madison and Sierra a text to ask them if they wanted to go to a fall festival at my sisters & to Rogersville’s Heritage Days.
I said if you want to go be ready by 11:00 A.M.
I picked up the girls and we head to Rogersville for Heritage Days.
We could hear music playing and people singing as I parked the car in Fordland’s parking lot.
We walked to Heritage Park where they were having a chili cook-off that started at eleven A.M. We arrived at the park around eleven thirty and the pots of chili were almost empty.
We ask where are your cups for the chili and was directed to a table full of women selling tickets for $2.00.
I only had $5 in the pocket so, I paid the girl behind the table the five dollars and Madison and Sierra hurried back to the van to get some more money.
When the girls got back, Madison said, “ Granny I am a vegetarian," so the woman gave me back $1.00 and Madison took it and bought her a coke.
Sierra and I had our 4-ounce cups filled from all the different, delicious, pots of chili.
Each vendor had them on special receipt and it was hard to vote for the best.
I was beginning to get full of chili; the last pot of chili that I tried was made with sausage.
That was my favorite.
The car show had Mustangs, Cameo’s, Trucks, Chevrolet Blair, & Fairland and many other cars were lined along the streets for people to view
The car that stood out the most to us was a Dodge Charger called the General Lee-01.
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| Dodge Charger called the General Lee-01 |
Next was the quilt show, I was not sure where it was located so I ask a woman that was walking along the street if she knew the location of the quilt show.
She pointed toward the north of town, so the girls and I started walked that way.
Then I heard the woman holler and say the quilt show is not that direction but east.
So the girls and I turned around and started walking down Lee Street. We walked past Rogersville Presbyterian Church in the USA it was located at the corner of Lee Street and Dement Street. This church was over one hundred years old, which dated back to 1889, and this church holds the distinction of being the last surviving church in Rogersville, Alabama
We kept walking and we thought we saw the Methodist church where they were having the quilt show, but to our amazement, it was a yard sale.
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| Walking around in Rogersville with granddaughters |
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| Walking around in Rogersville with granddaughters |
So, we turned around and walked back to the van. We then rode almost 3 more miles to the quilt show that was located at Rogersville Methodist Church 701 Turner Lindsey Rd Rogersville.
As we entered the church we were handed gloves because they did not want you to touch their quilts with the naked hand.
Hanging on display were many different types, sizes, textures, designs, thickness, all created either by hand or machine.
Some of the names describing the quilts were: A Flag Quilt, Alabama Quilt, He is Risen Quilt, Log Cabin Quilt, Giant Dahlia Quilt, Crazy Quilt, Exploring the Stars Quilt, I could go on, and on; they were just beautiful.
Quilting is an art!
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| Quilts at the Quilt show |
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| Quilts at the Quilt show |
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| Quilts at the Quilt show |
We stopped at Foodland in Killen and I bought a sweet potato pie to take to the fall festival at my sister's.
An October festival is a yearly activity that my sister and brother-in-law have every year.
They put a lot of time and money to make this a place for friends and family to come and enjoy.
They have built a large shelter, which houses about 12 picnic tables that can seat over a hundred people and at the end of the shelter is a large fireplace. They have also built a building that housed a toilet.
October can be warm or it can be cold and on this particular day, it was a bit breezy.
A Cozy fire was burning in the fireplace and there were many people huddled next to the fire trying to keep warm.
Vicki had gone to her house and brought back several jackets for people to wear to keep warm.
In the distance, you could see a large garden of turnip greens growing, which had an electric fence to keep out critters.
When we got out of our van, we could smell food cooking.
There was chicken stew boiling on an open fire, sweet potatoes baking, there were lots of green beans, lots of peas, lots of turnip greens and hot dogs on the grill.
There were three tables filled with desserts, paper plates, cups, spoons, forks, dip, chips, bread, and drinks. It was hard to decide what to put on your plate first because there was such a variety of food, so you just start filling it.
There were people eating, talking, kids playing, other still cooking, and everyone having a great time.
One of the fun things that we do every year is taking a hayride deep into the woods.
The kids really enjoy this, we have to duck many times to avoid the low branches, and brawler that we pass.
Another fun thing that we do is to bob for apples. The kids enjoy this very much and get very wet doing it.
Another fun thing we do is a sack race, the kids are falling down and getting up trying to be the first to the finish line.
After getting our bellies full, having a fun time on the hayride, and saying good-bye we head back to the van.
It has been a lovely October day a bit breezy and to spend it with two of my beautiful granddaughters.
The girls look at me and say, thanks, granny we had a wonderful time with you today.
That just touched my heart, to know that they still have fun with granny.
