SOGGY SUNDAY AT AWESOME ASS ACRES!

Some little Halloween kitties

One of 3 raccoon canisters

Our bell post out front

Looking toward Chilhowee Mtn

Our old church bell dated 1921

Third day of rain and more's comin'! Larry's garden's showing some green...YEAA!...the barn lot's deep in muck, but at least, I've been inside painting!! I've posted some pics that were taken today...the bell that's shown, is one that I bought at an estate sale about 20 years ago. It has a sweet history to it...thought I'd share!

My mother-in-law and I use to have a weekly tradition of shopping every yard sale within 25 miles of Alpharetta, GA (our hometown, at the time). One Friday morning, we found an estate sale that had bunches of great stuff, priced right! As we wandered through the old house, Mrs. Anderson mentioned that she knew the older gentleman hosting the sale. He had married a childhood friend of hers, but had recently became widowed. He was busy with selling, so we kept shopping in the house and the barn out back. We found this old bell, along with a large cast iron wash pot. When he came to assist us with any info., he mentioned that both items had belonged to his late wife's family. His father-in-law had been a country preacher at a small, local church and that the building had burnt years ago...Mrs. Anderson stopped him at that point and said, "That bell almost got us a whippin' many a time...I know all about it". She went on to explain that after the church house burnt, her friend's daddy had put it up in his yard. When she and her friend walked home from school, they would always want to ring that big bell. Each time, the tolling would call the daddy in from the fields, thinking there was trouble of some sort and each time, he'd threatened to thrash both girls...never did, though! After that little visit in history, there's nothing that would have kept me from buying that bell...$50.00 put it in my truck and it's been in our yard ever since! To top it off, the yoke is dated 1921 and the bell was cast at the Chattanooga Foundry, long closed down! It measures 24" and still rings loud and clear!! We still use it when we need to call someone up from the "back 40"!! No wonder 2 little girls were so tempted to pull that rope!! Take care and stay dry, wherever you are...AND come back soon!!