BLESSED NEWS AND RANDOM ME

THIS SUMMER WE VISITED FITZGERALD, GA AGAIN, THE SOUTHERN TOWN WHERE THE CHICKENS RUN WILD IN THE STREETS.

 THIS ROOSTERS GAVE US QUITE A CHASE, 

BUT WE FINALLY GOT A PHOTO OF HIM...

DOWN A FEW ALLEYS AND BY A DUMPSTER WE GOT HIM!

A MOSAIC IN THE PARK IN FITZGERALD. 

THE TOWN HAS A GREAT DEAL OF ART DECO MIXED IN WITH ITS OLD SOUTHERN CHARM.

A TRUCK ALONG THE BACK ROADS LEADING INTO FITZGERALD. 

OUR SURPRISE WAS THAT IT WAS FROM A BUSINESS IN OUR HOME TOWN. 

IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME.

 WE LEFT WONDERING IF THEY KNEW WHERE THEY LEFT THEIR TRUCK?

A GARDEN SIDE GATE NEAR THE FUNERAL HOME...SO PEACEFUL!

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED BY THESE TRACKS. 

MANY SUNDAYS I PLAYED ALONG THEM, AND NEAR THIS COTTON WAREHOUSE...GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!

THIS IS AN OLD TRAIN DEPOT IN THE SMALL TOWN OF LILLY WHERE MY DADDY GREW UP...I LOVE HAVING THESE PHOTOS AS A CONNECTION TO HIM.

A LEGO CAR, PROBABLY MY FIRST AND ONLY ONE TO SEE. 

IT WAS ALWAYS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY SON'S DORM AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. 

WONDER WHERE IT IS NOW?

I'VE USED THIS PHOTO BEFORE, BUT IT STILL IS SPECIAL TO ME. 

I HAVE A BOOK FROM MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND I LIKE TO FANTASIZE THAT HE DREW THIS AND WAS AN ARTIST LIKE ME. 

I HAVE NO IDEA IF HE DREW IT, BUT IT IS IN HIS LEDGER BOOK.

GOT A LOT TO BRAG ABOUT SINCE PHILLIP PHILLIPS WON AMERICAN IDOL...HE'S FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!!

 

THIS IS AN OLD ROAD MILE MARKER...THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH EXTINCT NOW. THIS ONE HAS THE TOWN I LIVE IN NOW AT THE TOP AND HAS OTHER TOWNS SPECIAL TO ME ON IT...IT'S JUST A COOL THING.

 

I SAVED THIS ONE FOR LAST. IT'S ALSO AN OLD ROAD MARKER FROM THE THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. I SAVED IT BECAUSE THAT TOWN IS SO MUCH A PART OF ME AND IT IS A CROSS. RIGHT NOW PRAYERS AND CROSSES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THEY ALWAYS ARE, BUT ESPECIALLY NOW WITH WHAT I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH...
GOOD NEWS!

I HAD MY BREAST CANCER SURGERY AND I GOT VERY GOOD REPORTS! 

MY LYMPH NODES WERE CLEAR AND THE DOCTOR GOT CLEAN MARGINS! 

DON'T KNOW ABOUT RADIATION YET, BUT WILL FIND OUT SOON. 

I CAN DO THIS!

THANK YOU ALL FOR LIFTING ME UP IN PRAYER...I COVET EVERYONE OF THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS YOU SENT MY WAY.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!

LOTS OF LOVE! 

VICKI

photos taken by Bill Andrews, Gary Joiner and Vicki Andrews