Gold Hand Pointing to Heaven-Port Gibson, Mississippi

A gold "Hand Pointing to Heaven" is on the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church. The town is located along the Mississippi River on scenic hwy 61 and the famous Natchez Trace, is between Vicksburg and Natchez.

The "Hand Pointing to Heaven" is the unique feature of this Romanesque Revival style edifice. The first hand was carved from wood by Daniel Foley (in 1860?).
Due to the ravages of time, it needed to be replaced. Around 1901, the present hand was commissioned and installed. It was taken down in 1989 to be repaired and replated (in gold).
It was raised again in 1990 and placed atop a newly reinforced steeple.



The town is worth a visit, as it was spared destruction by fire by General U.S. Grant in 1863 during the Civil War due to its beauty (as was Natchez). Several Civil War battle sites are in the area.

Mammy's Cupboard-Natchez, Mississippi

If your in the Neighborhood stop in this unique restaurant.

This place remains a startling icon along today's politically corrected highways -- one of those "Did I really see what I think I saw" mirages. Mammy's Cupboard is a restaurant built inside a 28-foot tall black woman's skirt.

The restaurant opened in 1940 and has gone through a series of decay and repair.






Mammy's Cupboard
Address: 555 Highway 61 South, Natchez, MS
Directions: Hwy 61 S, south of Dunbar Rd, a couple of miles south of the city.
Hours: Only lunch, Tu-Sa, 11 am - 2 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone: 601-445-8957

Humming Birds

My daughter put up her hummingbird feeders a few weeks ago and we have been having a good time watching them. One feeder is close to the table so we get a good close look at them.
I read to figure out how many hummingbirds you have coming to your feeder you should 6x the amount you see at one time at the feeder. That would mean we have about 12 birds visiting.
One is a bully and drives off the others and we frequently have to duck as they zoom past us.

Bless them all

Last night I was watching TV when lyrics popped into my head. I don't know why it did, it had nothing to do with what I was watching.
"Bless them all, Bless them all, the long and the short and the tall.."
That's all I remember of this song and I didn't know where I knew it from. I thought it might be from an old war movie.
I had to research it when I got up.

BLESS 'EM ALL

Words and Music by Irving Berlin

Bless 'em all, bless 'em all
The long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and W.O. Ones
Bless all the corp'rals and their blinking sons
For we're saying good-bye to them all
As back to the barracks we crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up my lads Bless 'em all.

I guess there are worse songs to get stuck in your head.

Schooner

We went on the Biloxi Schooner yesterday. My first time on a sail boat. It was an interesting time. I'm glad I went but I don't think I want to go on a schooner again. You get baked in the sun. We saw some dolphins, the kids really enjoyed that. It was over two hours and that was more then enough time.

Afterwards we went to eddys and had some delicious hamburgers :)

Shooting star

Last night I went outside and saw a shooting star. I think its the 6th time I saw one. I was in my 40's when I saw my first one.
I have a sore neck from looking up to see if I could catch another one.
The best was when I was in Panama City and I was on the balcony looking at the sky and I saw two of them go by.
I've seen a satellite, the space shuttle and shooting stars. Now I just need to see a UFO.
Well...it would scare the crap out of me if I did see one... I did see two things shoot out of the moon, but that was a long time ago on the Nasa Channel.

Dog age calculator

I don't know how they figure this out, but in most of the sites I looked at they say, a dog is 15 years old the first year and 24 the second year.
They say the size of the dog, also makes a difference in calculating their age.

dog years calculator