Good morning and welcome back to the ole blogger ranch where I will be your keystroke wrangler for this day,
Monday, January 12, 2026. The two girls in the picture above are very special. The one on the left is the wife's sister, Dorothy, and she's sitting next to none other than my life mate, Marilyn. They lived their early years on a farm. I used today's title intentionally because
these girls actually picked cotton out in the fields. Them along with their parents and the two brothers, Cleon and Milton knew what backbreaking work was all about down on the farm. The two girls are still here but the rest of the family have gone on to their heavenly home. That is an AI generated painting. Someone on Facebook wondered if that picture was real, but, she thought even if it wasn't those were sure cute girls. I will tell you this about that. Yes, they were cute then and the first time I saw the one they called 'Lil Bit', well, I was stopped dead in my tracks. Literally. That's not a made up story. I should know. I was there when it happened way back in the early 1960's. In response to the question of the reality depicted in that image, here's how it came into being:
See? It is based on a real photo, black and white. I then used a utility to colorize it. After that, I handed it off to ChatGPT and asked it to turn it into a painting. Now you know. These girls got much of their foundation growing up on their farm. Today, they are both women of faith and I've tagged them with the Proverbs 31 description for many years. They worked hard in their childhood. They worked hard growing up in a preacher's home. They worked hard as wives and housekeepers. They worked hard in their devotion to their children and their families. They never forgot where they came from. In fact, they typically have always visited their old home place just outside Winnsboro, Louisiana, every time they were in that area. Their late brother Milton became a mighty preacher of God and many of his illustrations came from their time on the farm. Here's a little ditty I came across: "Get you a farm girl" is a phrase evoking an independent, capable woman connected to rural life, often the subject seen in country music. (copied) I got me one and God has surely blessed. There's more. Much more. But, that will have to do for today. Y'all enjoy the day and remember God has your back. He does. He really does.
Amen.
A sample of the lyrics from "Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home"
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
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