Remember the Old Home Place Forever

As southerners we want to hold onto to everything. And, sometimes we don't have the resources and time moves on. Only the memories remain and the stories we pass down to our children about our elders and our childhoods.

What memories are more special than those of the old home place. It may be the house you grew up in, or maybe your Grandmother's house or the farm where you spent every summer. It could be that old lake house or river house or beach house. No one but you and your family can appreciate what that porch swing brings to mind, or that old truck in the barn, or the fence going down the drive.

Here is a way to preserve those memories forever.

Several years ago I took my 75 year old mother to a family reunion that was held at her old family home place. We were lucky in that some cousins had lovingly cared for the place and as I sat in the yard eating fried chicken and potato salad, it was just like being there 40 years ago.

I went back and photographed the place and presented my mother with a book of the pictures. She went through the book, page by page, reminiscing over times she had spent there visiting her grandparents, playing with her cousins, and enjoying holidays with her family. Since then my mother has passed away. But, I captured the magic of the home place forever. Who knows the place may burn down tomorrow.

Let me capture that magic for your family.
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The Brass Tacks (or How to Get it Done)

If you are interested in preserving a memory for generations to come I think you will be very surprised at how little it will cost to have your precious memories saved for generations to come by a professionally produced photographic book.

I like to work with every one on an individual basis because each project is a work in progress. Often we end up finding more than we thought was there. (Memories fade until we return home and are reunited - briefly- with the past.)

Just email me at homeplacememories@gmail.com I always enjoy hearing from folks and am happy to answer questions.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Sweatmans BBQ

Don't let this old house fool you. This is the mecca for the best ribs and BBQ in South Carolina. The Sweatman family owned and ran the operation until a year or two ago. Every one knows to come early because when the food is gone, it is gone. And, the lines are going to be long. Cars are parked in random order under the old oak trees.

They only serve their wonderful food on Friday and Saturday, it takes the rest of the week to prepare it. They have to get the hickory wood. Then slowly burn the wood to make charcoal. After preparing the hog, they slow cook it over the smoldering coals for a long time. Then when the meat is literally falling off the bones, it is ready to be pulled and chopped.

Until the business was sold two years ago, there was no phone and if you made the mistake of showing up during the first two weeks in August, you were out of luck, Margie and Bub (Sweatman) closed shop those two weeks every year for a best deserved break.






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