The Operators sinuses are suffering, he has a runny nose and keeps sneezing, seems like he is getting a dose of hay, or in this case, ‘cotton’ fever. The seed heads are all fully burst open and the harvest is under way. Big round bales of wrapped cotton line the edges of the fields ready to be taken away.
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Vicksburg sits high on the bluff and was a natural fortress high above the river, whoever controlled the river controlled the South, Vicksburg was the last place the North needed to overtake in order to stop the Confederate supply lines which ran up and down the river.
Back in the day an elephant was gifted by a visiting foreign diplomat to one of the governors of Natchez, they kept the elephant in the back yard and it was a local curiosity. During a party it was wondered how much beer it would take to get the elephant drunk….apparently the elephant, after consuming a barrel of beer went on a drunken rampage and killed a couple of people and destroyed alot of property…there is still a law in the city ordinances to this day that ‘it is illegal to provide beer and any other intoxicants to an elephant.’
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The heat was fierce in the park today everyone was fighting for abit of shade under the trees, a zydeco band was playing some lively grooving sounds, the band had an accordion, guitar and a guy with a metal washboard strapped to his chest that he was banging and scraping. Good sounds.
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Spanish moss romantically drips from the trees, the dripping part is actually the airborne root system. This moss was used back in the day to stuff mattress and chairs….make sure you kill the bugs in it first….
Henry Ford stuffed the seats of the first model T Ford with Spanish Moss, which prompted the first automotive recall to come about when little bugs started creeping out…True