Author: Andy Rawls

2011 Thanksgiving

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2020 is an unusual time in our nation and at the farm. Because we can’t all meet together this year, in addition to our virtual meeting, you may want to take 15 minutes and go back to 2011 to enjoy, Faye, Uncle Murray, Uncle John, and Stan at the farm along with lots of turkey and ham. The video is just snippets of the day to spark the warm memories that we all have of that very special place. The video ends with a trip to the pond which is becoming more accessible again with the controlled burning by Paul and John recently.

Paul and John’s controlled burn at the pond, November 2020
Paul and John’s controlled burn for better access to the pond.

Virtual Thanksgiving Gathering & Farm Meeting

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It’s that time of year again when Mark starts gathering ingredients for his famous oatmeal cookies and Jan looks for her coleslaw recipe. With the pandemic we are planning a gathering on Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. EST. We will gather to catch up,  share surviving the pandemic stories, make a group photo,  (one with masks and one without)  and have our annual farm meeting.  Bring your favorite dessert .  I hope everyone will come.  Please send me an email at abrawls@gmail.com and I will send you Zoom credentials.

Andy

Christmas at the Farm, 2019

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It was a wonderful gathering of family Christmas week. Gary, JoAnn and Aunt Rebecca arrived early. Andy and Malinda arrived Friday in time to join John and Linda along with Karen and Silas for a tour of Andalusia Candy Land with “ice skating,” and “snow.” There were giant ornaments and even a tree house. Louis arrived Sunday. JoAnn and Aunt Rebecca kept us all fed. Sue along with Margie, Matt, and the twins Jonathan and Ethan (4) arrived the day after Christmas. Bill and Kimi came for a late lunch on Thursday along with Yashiko and Marvin. On Thursday morning Jeff and Sue along with Amelia from the Chicago area arrived followed by Jeff’s brother Jim.

The Day-After-Thanksgiving Family Gathering at the Farm

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On this bright sunny day, 29 descendants of Walter B. Langford and our friends gathered at the spot he settled his wife in 1913. He had bought clear-cut land from a timber company and began clearing the stumps to plant a crop. He raised cotton, corn, soybeans and seven children on more than 100 acres of rolling Alabama countryside. On this day family members came from Texas, Florida, and Alabama bringing food for “dinner” and a desire to reconnect with each other in a place that is sacred ground to us all.

The family and friends included:
Andy & Malinda
John & Linda
Paul (Jan was ill)
Catherine & Robert  & Emma (almost 2)
Gary & JoAnn
Kemper, Dave, Estelle (almost 3) , Ainsley (almost 1)
Aunt Rebecca
Charles & Celena with nieces Josie, Carly, Gracie, Ella, Hannah
Craig
Greg, Najla and the boys Jackson and William
Mark and Jeanie

Here is an album of The-Day-After-Thanksgiving-At-The-Farm

Thanksgiving Day at the Farm, 2019

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We had a great time at the farm not only with the traditional Friday-After-Thanksgiving-Gathering, but with Thanksgiving Day itself this year when 21 gathered to give thanks for a family rooted in the red clay of Covington County Alabama for 117 years.

The family on Thanksgiving Day included:
Andy & Malinda
John & Linda
Gary & JoAnn
Kemper, Dave, Estelle (almost 3), Ainsley (almost 1)
Aunt Rebecca
Charles & Celena with nieces Josie, Carly, Gracie, Ella, Hannah
Peggy Eiland
Silas and Karen Brock (farm neighbors)

Friday after Thanksgiving 2019

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We’re looking forward to seeing everyone this year on November 29th,  the Friday after Thanksgiving at the farm. We plan to eat at 1:00 as usual, and have a photo and a LLC meeting afterward.
Please bring a dish to share. Let us know if you are coming so we can set a place at the table for you.  Even if you decide to come at the last minute, we’ll be glad to see you.

Here is the early  list of  folks planning to attend which I’ll update as information arrives:
Andy & Malinda
John & Linda
Paul & Jan
Catherine & Robert  & Emma
Gary & JoAnn
Kemper, Dave, Estelle, Ainsley
Aunt Rebecca
Charles & Celena with Josie, Carly, Gracie, Ella, Hannah
Craig indicated to Gary he would come
Greg, Najla and the boys Jackson and William are coming from Texas
Mark and Jeanie

Bill will be home at Christmas but not Thanksgiving.
Sue and Margie and her family will also be at the farm at Christmas.

Thanksgiving Day 2019
Many of us will be at the Farm on Thanksgiving Day. If you can’t come on Friday, join us on Thursday. Here is our best guess for the Thursday List:
Andy & Malinda
John & Linda
Gary & JoAnn
Kemper, Dave, Estelle, Ainsley
Aunt Rebecca
Charles & Celena with Josie, Carly, Gracie, Ella, Hannah
Peggy Eiland
Silas and Karen (farm neighbors)
David?

Gary, JoAnn, Aunt Rebecca and Charles’ family will be arriving Tuesday.
Andy and Malinda will arrive Wednesday.

Ya’ll Come! Friday After Thanksgiving 2018

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We’re looking forward to seeing everyone this year on November 23rd,  the Friday after Thanksgiving at the farm. We plan to eat at 1:00 as usual, and have a photo and a LLC meeting afterward.
Please bring a dish to share. Let us know if you are coming so we can set a place at the table for you.  Even if you decide to come at the last minute, we’ll be glad to see you.

Here is the early  list of  folks planning to attend which I’ll update as information arrives:
Andy & Malinda
John & Linda
Paul & Jan
Catherine & Robert  & Emma
Gary & JoAnn
Foster
Aunt Rebecca
Charles, Celena &  nieces
David, Murray

Kemper, Dave, Estelle are expecting a new addition in the next several weeks and can’t travel
Bill will be home around New Year’s but not Thanksgiving

JoAnn brought corn cobs last year. What will she come up with next?