Me and Dorothy come down to the Lighted Azalea stuff they has in McComb. This were on Monday evening. The day what started out cloudy and cool turned off real pretty. Ever body brung their own chairs and circled around the pool. The pool was built way back in the 1920's and were designed for swimming, but they made a big mistake by putting the deep parts right in the middle and the shallow parts all the way around. I heard they had some drownings there when kids walked too far out and couldn't get back to the edge. Anyway now they use it for ceremonies and for just looking at. The Azalea Court were crowned here. They started with little first graders all dressed in suits and dresses. The young'ns walked all the way around the pool so ever body could get a good look. Then they had the court--boys and girls who had earned this special award. Couples walked around and the announcer told all about what they done in high school. Woowee!! Me and Dorothy couldn't believe how much they had got done in those short years of school. Some had to slow down their walk to get it all in. At the end they crowned the king and queen. They was spectacular!! After the parade of royalty we picked up our chairs and walked back to my truck. Then we rode around and looked at the lighted-up azaleas.
Tomorrow: Settling Down in Harper
Hollis' book read in 2010:
Slaughterhouse Five - Surviving POW camp, abduction on a flying saucer, a marriage of convenience, and other little ruts in the road of life.
Wow, a picture is worth (almost) 243 words.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Cotton Gin queen around here. Except she's usually about a 110.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture of the azaleas, but where are the pretty girls?
ReplyDeleteRight beside the photographer.
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