House on the Tenant Farm
Imagine porch swings on each end of the porch. Imagine a trellis on the right side of the porch trailing morning glories. Imagine a stone retaining wall where the lawn meets the road, lined with marigolds of many colors.
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Then this house would look like my grandparents' house when I was very young. My grandfather was a tenant farmer in Christian County. The old house on the Russellville Road is gone now. Only remnants of the stone wall remain to show where it once stood.
posted by west kentucky resident at 6:39 PM
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Both sides of the porch had a trellis. The drive was on the other side of the house. There were fruit trees on the left by the pasture.
Yes, the drive was on the right side. There was a fencerow and trees to the left. All that is left of that place we loved is remnants of the stone steps. Do you remember how mad mom got when we climbed on top of the chicken house?
Mites, mites, mites.
Remember how cold it was in the
outhouse in the winter?
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