tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post5697918648237425605..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: "Pot Likker"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-64369646277751470012007-07-18T11:12:00.000-05:002007-07-18T11:12:00.000-05:00What a lovely piece. I knew you were your grandfat...What a lovely piece. I knew you were your grandfather's grandson even before you mentioned his ladder love. The last picture is a heart-breaker. Don't worry. Your kids see the loss in your eyes. The beauty is that your creating wonderful memories for them to carry forward. Good job.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-75246441239074178922007-07-17T10:39:00.000-05:002007-07-17T10:39:00.000-05:00POP,I don't know either. I need to Google guava pa...POP,<BR/>I don't know either. I need to Google guava paste to find out!<BR/>I agree 100% with your grandparent statement :)<BR/><BR/>Danielle,<BR/>Thanks. Providing those memories and childhood for my kids is also why I left the Park Service and settled here in the wild part of Florida.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-91615945819613335612007-07-17T09:58:00.000-05:002007-07-17T09:58:00.000-05:00It was wonderful reading this bit of nostalgia fro...It was wonderful reading this bit of nostalgia from your life...you were blessed...coming from a military family...well, we weren't able to be around extended family for any great length of time...but I do have some very treasured memories of the "B. Farm" where we would roam among the blueberry patches and go apple picking. It is these memories that played a part in deciding to 'retire' to Florida where both sets of parents live so our daughter will be able to have memories like the ones you treasure. Nice post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-17675454568681650822007-07-17T08:46:00.000-05:002007-07-17T08:46:00.000-05:00Anyone who has had the joy of a wonderful grandpar...Anyone who has had the joy of a wonderful grandparent has had some of the best of what life has to offer.<BR/><BR/>I buy and eat quava paste every christmas. I like it on saltine crackers. When this started? I have no idea.<BR/><BR/>This was indeed a lovely post!pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-80325868179408432222007-07-16T21:37:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:37:00.000-05:00Susan,Wow you have a lot of blogs.I've heard of th...Susan,<BR/>Wow you have a lot of blogs.<BR/>I've heard of that book, but I have not read it.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-18870259952750481092007-07-16T18:45:00.000-05:002007-07-16T18:45:00.000-05:00Great post! My grandparents didn't live close but ...Great post! My grandparents didn't live close but we had a neighbor lady (Aunt Vernice) from Alabama who cooked the best green beans (still can remember her sitting on the porch snapping beans) and guava jelly. To this day, guava jelly is still my favorite. Have you read the book "Losing it all to Sprawl?" About a fella in Sanford who finally gave up the family home because of development. Only us old-time Floridians can remember how great it used to be! I really enjoy your blog - very entertaining and informative.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106128705768954876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-12905274853353029682007-07-16T11:27:00.000-05:002007-07-16T11:27:00.000-05:00Sharon, It's hard to watch so much go. My folks pa...Sharon, <BR/>It's hard to watch so much go. My folks passed on $100 lots along the river on SR-13 as newlyweds in the '50's because of the high price and the isolated location.<BR/><BR/>Edifice Rex,<BR/>It's just the nature of things, I guess. At least you do a great job of salvaging and recycling materials into your new "old" house.<BR/>Ladders are our friends :)<BR/><BR/>Jacki,<BR/>Linda was a couple years older,but I dated the younger sister of her friend Helen H. so we knew each other. Linda (Critter) was a very good friend of mine. She loved horses. I haven't seen her since some long ago class reunion.<BR/>A very small, very connected world indeed.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Lightnin,<BR/>THAT is amazing!<BR/>I'm looking forward to seeing you two also.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Okay, lunch is over, back to paintwork.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-78228260138794707712007-07-16T11:02:00.000-05:002007-07-16T11:02:00.000-05:00FC-You said you were lucky to have your grandparen...FC-<BR/>You said you were lucky to have your grandparents unil your 20's. I will be 50 next week and I still have my Grandma! Yep, she turned 99 in June! It's so nice to have my children 32, 30 and 23 to have spent time with their Nonnie! And we all treasure each memory!<BR/>Lightenin<BR/>PS: I'm counting the days 'til you and Thunder take your trip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-89528805502880266712007-07-16T08:17:00.000-05:002007-07-16T08:17:00.000-05:00Linda and Janice are siblings to my father-in-law,...Linda and Janice are siblings to my father-in-law, Clyde Wolfe. You may recognize his name from the last local election, where he won Circuit Court Judge. Wow...small world!Jackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224369560917076336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-46690839070364414142007-07-15T23:12:00.000-05:002007-07-15T23:12:00.000-05:00such a sweet post! it was my great-grandmother wh...such a sweet post! it was my great-grandmother who loved to cook, and i was lucky to know her when i was a kid. one grandmother died before i was born; the other was known for roasting the thanksgiving turkey for about 4 days. <BR/><BR/>one grandfather was, well, distant -- you might have whistled at his aqua 1956 T-bird, and admired how "his" blue jay ate nuts from his hand, but i suspect that blue jay was his only friend in the last decade he lived. my other granddaddy -- you would have loved him! his passions were fishing and gardening, and he knew how to hug a grandbaby.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-51497331042386622072007-07-15T22:25:00.000-05:002007-07-15T22:25:00.000-05:00Man, your post made me think of so many things. Y...Man, your post made me think of so many things. You know, that's one part of being a construction worker that I don't like; we sometimes have to tear down old homesteads. Usually there is nothing more than the foundation left but still, it always makes me think. I never knew either of my grandfathers; they died before I was born and both grandmother passed away while I was pretty young. You are lucky. I often wish I had a grandfather.<BR/>And yes, you scare the crap out of me with your ladders!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-61208592150612129062007-07-15T21:21:00.000-05:002007-07-15T21:21:00.000-05:00So true. I wish my kids could see the 7 acres of f...So true. I wish my kids could see the 7 acres of fruit trees on the St John's that was my Great-grandfather's. Now it's a subdivions.<BR/>(My Dad loves guava jelly) :)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187791347178229107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-51466691758781446812007-07-15T21:17:00.000-05:002007-07-15T21:17:00.000-05:00Cathy S,You're a good coach.Good motivation.Cathy S,<BR/>You're a good coach.<BR/>Good motivation.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-16626225283450651392007-07-15T20:13:00.000-05:002007-07-15T20:13:00.000-05:00How about non fiction and a selection of your post...How about non fiction and a selection of your posts to start? And maybe we would all understand if you posted only once a week if we knew that someday we could be able to say, "I knew him when he was a science teacher and fellow blogger." When you when the pulitzer of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-8808348347178577992007-07-15T19:55:00.000-05:002007-07-15T19:55:00.000-05:00Deb,Thanks for seeing that :)Hoss,Papa had a great...Deb,<BR/>Thanks for seeing that :)<BR/><BR/>Hoss,<BR/>Papa had a great life, lots of fish, a loving wife, great kids, lots of grandkids... good stuff.<BR/><BR/>Laurahinnj,<BR/>I really was lucky, I know lots of folks who never knew theirs.<BR/><BR/>Meems,<BR/>Welcome to Pure Florida!<BR/>Always glad to meet a native! <BR/>That's a beautiful garden web site you have.<BR/><BR/>Zanne,<BR/>I thought of you when I wrote this last night. You do such a good job of documenting the loss of history through development.<BR/><BR/>Mel,<BR/>I can clean one two. I used to get on to Jr when he was little because he'd toss a chicken bone that had lots of potential still.<BR/><BR/>RCW,<BR/>Thanks!<BR/>That's wonderful your bright eyed little boys get to spend time with their great grandparents.<BR/>Take lots of pictures.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jacki,<BR/>Welcome to Pure Florida!<BR/>I visited your site. If Linda Wolfe or Janice (Janet?)Wolfe are relatives, I went to high school with both of them.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>Thanks! "Sweet influence" indeed!<BR/><BR/>HTEEN,<BR/>45 Palmer Street.<BR/>The lot held a big white house and a smaller rental house in your lifetime. The greenhouse was between them.<BR/><BR/>Kevin,<BR/>They both did. Both gave me a lump in my throat. I hope she ... they are doing okay.<BR/><BR/>Rurality,<BR/>He must have lived in Ocala during the Six Gun Territory Days. You were probably too little to remember that amusement park.<BR/>Live cowboy gunfights in the street several times daily.<BR/>PreDisney Cool Place.<BR/><BR/>Cathy S,<BR/>I can't decide between fiction or non ...<BR/>I know one thing, I'd have to write less here to getrdone.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-10989532242241843592007-07-15T16:50:00.000-05:002007-07-15T16:50:00.000-05:00You need to write a book. You really do.You need to write a book. You really do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-91167508740116876712007-07-15T15:48:00.000-05:002007-07-15T15:48:00.000-05:00Nice post. I wish my grandfather (who lived near O...Nice post. I wish my grandfather (who lived near Ocala) had lived longer - I was only 5 or 6 when he died.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-36879984617975927572007-07-15T11:47:00.000-05:002007-07-15T11:47:00.000-05:00I thought the speakers did a nice job, also.I saw ...I thought the speakers did a nice job, also.<BR/><BR/>I saw the new development a couple of days ago. I can't say I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-64209970154699992462007-07-15T10:35:00.000-05:002007-07-15T10:35:00.000-05:00Right off Masters Drive? I'm still trying to plac...Right off Masters Drive? I'm still trying to place exactly where, though...I do remember some old greenhouses off of Masters Drive from when I was young, and there is a new development on top of there now...But I'm not sure if it's the same thing...Yet another small world moment...or small town moment.MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-55872387332454525412007-07-15T10:33:00.000-05:002007-07-15T10:33:00.000-05:00oh...my....goodness. I drive by those apartments ...oh...my....goodness. I drive by those apartments headed around my grandma's house from time to time. I am trying to place exactly where they are, though...But I do remember my grandma telling me about what used to be there. I'll have to ask her again. I sure would love to live one day in the old 1950's St. Augustine, for sure.MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-77115136201963965442007-07-15T09:45:00.000-05:002007-07-15T09:45:00.000-05:00What a touching post, fc. Your remembrances bring ...What a touching post, fc. Your remembrances bring them both into our lives just a little bit, and it's easy to see the sweet influences they had in your life.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-90939616882026835002007-07-15T08:35:00.000-05:002007-07-15T08:35:00.000-05:00My husband comes from a long line of St. Augustine...My husband comes from a long line of St. Augustine-dwellers, and he and his dad are both big datil pepper fans. I wouldn't be surprised if he bought a plant from your grandfather at one point!Jackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224369560917076336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-15702246673661283162007-07-15T08:29:00.000-05:002007-07-15T08:29:00.000-05:00What a great post. Thanks for sharing stories abou...What a great post. Thanks for sharing stories about your grandparents. I too have rich memories of my grandparents, and am lucky that my paternal grandpa, at 93, and maternal grandma, at 89, are still alive. Like you I cherish the memories I've had with them. I feel fortunate that our boys, now 4 an 6, have one of their grandmas living near us. I'm hoping that next year when we visit my dad they get to meet their great grandpa for the 2nd time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-71611306482373418572007-07-15T07:29:00.000-05:002007-07-15T07:29:00.000-05:00So poignant! I can relate to the pork chop story.....So poignant! I can relate to the pork chop story...my family was that way with a chicken drumstick! There's even a video somewhere of J falling asleep in his high chair with one in his hand. I SHUDDER to think of the development happening here. But, already, even here, houses that played a big part in my childhood have become businesses. I hope we don't ever see that happen with Mama and Daddy's house.ImagineMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997806954000549002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-60657210607830870182007-07-14T23:16:00.000-05:002007-07-14T23:16:00.000-05:00I hear you. What a wonderful remembrance of your g...I hear you. What a wonderful remembrance of your grandparents. You've triggered some wonderful memories of my own, including Gramma's habit of mashing sorghum molasses and butter together to make a satiny mixture to spread on hot biscuits. It's difficult because like you've eluded to, the kids don't have those memories of your granparents to connect to so the scene of the apartment complex wouldn't cause them to twinge.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475380451527801666noreply@blogger.com