A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day 08-06-02

LadyX and Billie

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I found it at the website about Pisgah National Forest (a place in SW NC with lots and lots of these beautiful falls)...and the img says Looking Glass Falls......so I guess that's what it is: check this out: National Forests in NC

[LadyX]

Val, there are LOTS of falls all over North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Most are located just off the beaten path of the Parkway.
Be sure to locate the main ones on a map and go to see them!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes, dear Teacup - member since 1998 of this place called Free Republic! Hasn't it been a hoot?

I actually bought a computer in order to find a way to counter the liberal spin that was part of the Demonazi take over of our country in the early 90's.

Rush kept talking about Compuserve - so I got on with that service - and found Town Hall (which is still there today - funded, I think, by National Review).

Town Hall had a great chat room where people could do major "Bubba Bashing" and Liberal Spin countering - so that gave some relief.

But the real relief came when somebody there clued me into a place run by Jim Robinson called Free Republic!

And you know the rest of that story......a story which is still being written! (and so many here today are among the stars in the story!!!)

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

"All the more reason for me to leave Maryland and come to North Carolina."

COME ON DOWN!

[ValerieUSA]

This is another picture of the Mountain Farm Museum. I can't find the picture I took of the cabin there. It was crowded with lots of tourists, and I had to patiently wait for moments when the coast was clear to take the photos. My kids were bored to death as I stopped to take pictures all along the way. I have to go back someday without them and really explore the mountains.

[dixie sass]

German -Saxe-Gothe/Orangeburg, SC; French Hugenots - Charleston and the Low Country, SC; Scotland-Ireland - Ulster - Up around Ninety-Six, SC England- and throw in a tad Swede - Yep, that's us Carolina Girls - both North and South!

[dixie sass]

They use to do the same at Middleton Gardens. I would love to come to the mountains though as hear the bagpipes echoing off the distant peaks and through the valleys, aye, it stirs the blood to think of it.

[LadyX]

Thank you for your kind comments, Aquamarine.

'Tis true you know - all us'n SISTAHS have now taken a Sistah Moment to comingle blood from cuts of our wrists - and you know WHAT??

It all flowed in ribbons of Red - White - and Blue!!

[dixie sass]

During my high school years, the last two, we lived in Charlotte and it was an annual tradition for the kids at Myers Park to go to Myrtle Beach Mother's Day Weekend. Course those where the days of beach music and shagging in the sand, The Golden Medallions were a NC group that were super. Wonder what ever happened to them?

[COB1]

Val, I'm going to hock my camera!
I can't compete with your pitchurs!
You are the greatest!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thanks, Just Amy!

I know you Fabulous Fresno Freepers carry a sign that has "my name on it" every Friday! How neat is that!

You guys at the Fresno Freeps - countering the Anti-American PAID creeps - are awesome in your dedication and persistance. I bow to your determination and courage!

[ValerieUSA]

*LOL* Cob, don't give up - keep at it! I've been doing this since I was a teenybopper - thatsalottayears!

[dixie sass]

That it did, Lady X. We are the recipients of a legacy rich in history and folklore. Our ancestors were the Liberty Boys who sat under the Liberty Tree. Hopefully, they are looking down at us and saying "Keep up the good work, children. Remember freedom isn't free, you have to work for it."

Grassroots groups with individuals like Freedom'sWorthit are what is going to keep American going for the simple reason that they love their country and are will to doing all they can for it.

Keep up the good work FWI! Proud of you Sistuh Cuz!!!!!!

[lodwick]

I'm glad you're enjoying your special day. ;-)

[ValerieUSA]

I'm seriously considering teaching a small class on digital photography, but a lot of the first lessons would be stuff that applies to all photography - like composition. The picture I took of the old farm equipment would not have looked so good from standing height, so I knelt to take to it.. often that's the best way to get a shot of anything that's resting on the ground. You fill the frame better with the focal point, but be careful to not always center everything. Diagonal lines and off-center shots make for artistic compositons.

[LadyX]

My Huguenot ancestors settled around Georgetown.
English ones, too, - George Long was listed in the First Census with a plantation near there.

Another had one (Skinners, on it until my great-grandmother's father died when she was a child) on the land as one of four plantations merged into what is now Brookgreen Gardens, below Murrell's Inlet.

Thomas Smith, of course, had a town home on the water and Medway Plantation where most of the brick to build Charles Town (Charleston) was made.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Beach music and shaggging in the sand!!!!

Oh my those are the memories!

Growing up, my family always went to Crescent Beach, SC for our summer vacations (just North of MB).

Then as a Sr in High School - my girlfriends and I with chaperones of course stayed at a cottage at Cherry Grove Beach! My hubby to be (I didn't know that at the time, of course) was staying at a cottage with guys......

(things were strict back then!)

What a great time we all had! Those were the days......And, my now hubby of over 30 years - still loves beach music the best!!!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Hey, there, LadyX. I have enjoyed your history lessons re: your ancestors and their legacy in our beautiful South.

My ancestry share some of yours: Scotch Irish, French Hugenots, hearty folk who knew what freedom meant!

[LadyX]

Oh, what a picture THAT one is!

I can 'see' it when it was newly crafted by the farmer - see it in use down the line - now there to 'tell the story.'

Thank you for capturing what it represents, Val.

All you do takes our breath away, and most bring tears....

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I found a picture of Dry Falls, Aqua:

And these falls are in the Highlands area of SW NC: here is a map showing the location of this area's waterfalls: