Tentwing
Senior Member
This kind of a late post , but you know me . I try to never miss an opportunity to brag about my Little Rock Hunting Buddy ……
I have been going through radiation therapy, so my wife and I did not travel all the way down to Jefferson County for Easter. Instead my kids met us half way which is my old family farm in Chickamauga Georgia.
After we all got to eat and the little ones all huntEd eggs I was explaining to Miss Ava how this is the farm is where I grew up. She seemed puzzled by the news that her PawPaw had EVER been a little boy
I told her how I used to fish , hunt,and feed cows, chickens, and explained to her what bailing hay meant. I told her all about raising a garden, and how we would plow the garden spot , and on occasion we had even found an Ava Rock there.
This immediately prompted the request to go look for rocks . Now I knew that between me and my 3 older brothers before me the garden spot had been hunted clean.
…… soo I tried to convince her that hunting rocks in the tilled dirt might ruin her little Easter dress and shoes , and her grandmother would “ beat her PawPaw” if she got dirty, but ……… no dice she told her mother that she had to change clothes to go hunting rocks with her PawPaw.
Soooo ……after a quick change of clothes and shoes we set out to go looking over the old garden spot. I showed her the small variety of freshly planted young plants, and explained to her to be careful not to step on them, because if they lived long enough they would make tomatoes, and corn and cucumbers etc……
For a time now when we would rock hunt together she would just bring me the rocks that she had found, and let tell her whether they were “throwing rocks or Ava Rocks “ , but today …to my surprise my ”now 5 year old “ big girl suddenly announced to me in a very excited voice …… “PawPaw I found an Indian rock “ suddenly to me my amazement of what she had in her little hand was surpassed only by the pride swelling up her grandfathers heart.
She then placed in my hand what I consider to be the best point that my family has ever found on the old home place. Even my older brother Mike who has amassed by far the best collection in our family looked down at her , and said to her “ Ava sweetheart you are the rock hunting queen “ …… now she is a 5 year old girl so I am certain that she would still rather be the Princess, but she loves her Uncle Mike and any praises he offers her.
… as usual I am not sure what she found, but I will stand by my earlier statement it is the most impressive point that has been found on the old family farm place.
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and of course the new Rock Hunting Queen…
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. Ladies and Gentlemen any help would be as always greatly appreciated. I would love to tell Ava that the GON peeps were able to tell her what she found. Her uncle Mike thought it might be a “Dalton “ , but was quick to tell her that he was not an expert ……… she didn’t care she and was quick to tell all her uncles that loved hunting rocks with her PawPaw……… Thanks in advance Folks ,……… Tentwing
I have been going through radiation therapy, so my wife and I did not travel all the way down to Jefferson County for Easter. Instead my kids met us half way which is my old family farm in Chickamauga Georgia.
After we all got to eat and the little ones all huntEd eggs I was explaining to Miss Ava how this is the farm is where I grew up. She seemed puzzled by the news that her PawPaw had EVER been a little boy
I told her how I used to fish , hunt,and feed cows, chickens, and explained to her what bailing hay meant. I told her all about raising a garden, and how we would plow the garden spot , and on occasion we had even found an Ava Rock there.This immediately prompted the request to go look for rocks . Now I knew that between me and my 3 older brothers before me the garden spot had been hunted clean.
…… soo I tried to convince her that hunting rocks in the tilled dirt might ruin her little Easter dress and shoes , and her grandmother would “ beat her PawPaw” if she got dirty, but ……… no dice she told her mother that she had to change clothes to go hunting rocks with her PawPaw.Soooo ……after a quick change of clothes and shoes we set out to go looking over the old garden spot. I showed her the small variety of freshly planted young plants, and explained to her to be careful not to step on them, because if they lived long enough they would make tomatoes, and corn and cucumbers etc……
For a time now when we would rock hunt together she would just bring me the rocks that she had found, and let tell her whether they were “throwing rocks or Ava Rocks “ , but today …to my surprise my ”now 5 year old “ big girl suddenly announced to me in a very excited voice …… “PawPaw I found an Indian rock “
suddenly to me my amazement of what she had in her little hand was surpassed only by the pride swelling up her grandfathers heart.She then placed in my hand what I consider to be the best point that my family has ever found on the old home place. Even my older brother Mike who has amassed by far the best collection in our family looked down at her , and said to her “ Ava sweetheart you are the rock hunting queen “ …… now she is a 5 year old girl so I am certain that she would still rather be the Princess, but she loves her Uncle Mike and any praises he offers her.
… as usual I am not sure what she found, but I will stand by my earlier statement it is the most impressive point that has been found on the old family farm place.
.
.
and of course the new Rock Hunting Queen…
.. Ladies and Gentlemen any help would be as always greatly appreciated. I would love to tell Ava that the GON peeps were able to tell her what she found. Her uncle Mike thought it might be a “Dalton “ , but was quick to tell her that he was not an expert ……… she didn’t care she and was quick to tell all her uncles that loved hunting rocks with her PawPaw
……… Thanks in advance Folks ,……… Tentwing
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