The Truth about Entertainment in Appalachia
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- In this video I share what my family does for entertainment and talk about what others like to do for fun in Appalachia. I also discuss the most common stereotype about Appalachians.
Fiddle tunes played by Katie: Tombigbee Waltz; Indian Point.
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I live in the Appalachias now. I'm originally from Nicaragua but I can't stand the cartoonist stereotype that has been drawn about Appalachian people. I have never felt more at home anywhere else. Warm fun loving freedom loving people who understand how to steward the land and game. Heaven on Earth.
Thank you! I'm glad you feel at home in Appalachia 🙂
@@CelebratingAppalachia Yes Ma'am! We visited Murphy a while back and I thought Wouldn't it be funny to run into you or your family while we were there.
@@MountainsBreath I wish you had! Would have loved to have met you 🙂
You are so safe to be there. Thank God, you stayed clear of any city.
I’m very happy for you 🥰 I’ve always said, “mountain folks’ real people” - it’s hard to find more authentic individuals anywhere else in the USA.
A good ol' "Irish" fiddle played solo back in the timber...... not a bit ashamed to say it brought tears to my eyes. God bless y'all.
Oh good, I am not the only one that can tear up in memory and emotion watching this beautiful family.
It was pretty to hear her play that tune. I heard fiddle players play very similar tunes when I was in Ireland years ago. Something about that sound does stir something up in the heart and soul. I too teared up when hearing the music. It comes up from deep inside. This was in all ways, a beautiful video. How wonderful that you all get to call this special place your HOME. You are truly blessed. Those of us who live in surbubia have forgotten such a connection with creation.
My maiden name is Sunderland. Which I understand it originates in Ireland.
@@lisacgoodloe8695 Sunderland is a city in Northern England. How the heck can it be Irish.
Honestly how can anyone dislike this video?? This is a great American Family, I love these videos.
Agree. Matt seems like an excellent role model too, so much knowledge of the outdoors. If the grid ever collapses, it's people like this who will be able to shrug it off, rely on God's blessings and keep right on living.
@@mc12358 The grid collapsed last week. Are you not watching the news ?? Well, then, you must be out at the creek. Good work. !
The true about Entertainment in Appalachia
For entertainment, I do what you do. And I love messing around in my garden and landscape beds. I love hanging out with my dog and walking. I love sitting on the porch and watching wildlife go by. I love sipping a hot coffee by the fire pit. And I love watching and learning from other families such as Celebrating Appalachia. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you Diane! I know we have much in common 🙂
Yea,,, I love setting around a campfire and drinking coffee. Under the stars on a cool evening. Too,,,
Tipper, thanks for the video. If the whiners would take a close look at mountain streams they would realize that the streams change constantly. With the severe elevation drops in mountain country those little streams become raging torrents. The river that I grew up with in West Virginia looks entirely different after only 50 years. Nature changes its own environment. After the floods the fish, turtles, snakes, crawdads, salamanders, leeches, bugs and every other living creature is still there ! Continue to celebrate Appalachia. Thanx again.
MY ENTERTAINMENT HAS CHANGED THE LAST FEW YEARS. EIGHT YEARS AGO I HAD MY RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED. 18 MONTHS LATER,I FELL AND BROKE MY LEFT LEG AND ANKLE. I HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN SINCE THEN. I ENJOY READING,WATCHING YOU AND OTHER YOU TUBERS. I LOVE TALKING TO MY CHILDREN,GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. MY LIFE HAS CHANGED,BUT I STILL HAVE A GOOD HAPPY LIFE.
Teresa-I love your sweet spirit!! Your words are so inspiring 🙂
Beautiful!
May God Bless you and keep you full of joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength. ❤
Gob bless you😌
Many people don't have the joy you have even in your many challenges. May God continue to bless you.
I love your videos. I am a middle aged woman from England in the UK. I love animals and nature, my whole family do, and being in the forest is our favourite thing. Sadly we have to drive there. You and your family are beautiful and were sent to help people with life and it's stresses and strains. I have always loved the sound of Appalachia and it's good to hear you say that not 'all' Appalachians make moonshine and drink it! 😂♥️
🙂 Thank you Karen!
Our entertainment when we were kids: tater fights, rotten egg fights, hunting and fishing. We also made forts in the woods and had dirt clod fights.The pit bull who raised us, Peanut the Wonder Dawg, would have a litter of puppies every year, and we loved playing with them.
Thank you for sharing that! Puppies are always great entertainment 🙂
@ and cow patty fights. Too much of a good thing
Rotten Taters and rotten eggs! My younger brother and I did this. We thought we were having fun till we went into the house. Still not as bad S "Skunk Spray". That is another smell entirely. Long long years ago
WE HAD GRAPE FIGHTS. I ALWAYS HAD STAINS ON MY CLOTHES . MY MOM DIDNT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
I love how she always says "ever how" when she is discussing various ways of doing something..."Ever how much you want, ever how much you need, ever which way you like." That is true Appalachian talk..most folks would say "however much you want, need, or like."
What a lovely way for you and your family to spend the day! I’ve been pretty much bed bound for the last 1.5 years so TH-cam has been my source of entertainment. Your channel is one of my favourites!🙂🇨🇦
I'm so glad you enjoy our videos!! Sorry to hear you've been bed bound, but glad you're able to enjoy videos-there are so many good channels to choose from.
I spent two year in bed recovering from an injury to my brain caused by a virus. I slept around the clock. Now four years later, I’m up and around. I didn’t think I’d recover as well as I have. I wish the same for you. There’s always hope. Sometimes I have to adjust just exactly what I’m hoping for. But life is good and God is great. Hang in there.
@@Mrs.TJTaylor Thank you for your good wishes Diane. I’m glad you are up and at it again. 👍
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@@Mrs.TJTaylor I had shingles in 2016 which is also another virus and could have taken sight from my right eye if it had not been for the specialist I went to. I have never been quite the same since then, energy levels and metabolism have decreased significantly. My sympathy for all whose lives have been impacted by these metaphoric briar patches that have gotten our lives in some kind of tangled up mess.
Food tastes so much better cooked over an open fire!! I took up fly fishing about 2 years ago. I'm not any good but just the act of being out in nature and near water is the real reward for me.
Food does taste so much better outside 🙂
I'm entertained by every day life and I have no idea what being bored feels like. Always new things to discover.
That is wonderful Paula! I don't know what bored feels like either-I just can't imagine 🙂
My mom always said only boring people get bored lol
@@dianebaugher3919 That's a fact.
Amen Paula.
The sound of that running water is so relaxing, one of my favorite sounds..You made a pretty tower of rocks, too!
Thank you very much!
I came here for this comment. I love the sound of water trickling or bubbling or rushing over rocks. The waves of the Atlantic Ocean pounding on the shores of North Carolina [yes I'm a North Carolina gal, living in eastern NC] are soothing to me.
My brother and I stopped up creeks all the time to make a "swimming hole". Every time it rained it got washed out! LOL
That sounds about like us Linda 🙂
Fresh spring waters are one of our very, very most precious resources. 🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing this beautiful spot with us, Tipper.
I’m just thankful that some huge conglomerate hasn’t bullied their way in and started bottling it.
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Me too! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
@@CelebratingAppalachia as the rocks were being stacked brought to my mind the Bible verse of the 12 rocks one for each tribe (Josh 4:1-7).
@@mamamode1312 Yes! You might like this song: th-cam.com/video/yv5gpKmIuqc/w-d-xo.html
@@CelebratingAppalachia yes, ma'am i sure did like that song.
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God created a beautiful world for us to enjoy. He too must love the land, streams, colorful flowers, and all things beautiful. I love the mountains of Southern Appalachia! Thank you for sharing a beautiful moment in your life.
Glad you enjoyed it Kathy 🙂
Amen, Kathy. I sometimes start to wonder how did God know this or that would work so well for so many...and then I remember. : ) He created it all for that purpose and made it beautiful all at the same instant.
As a kid, I played in the woods all day, climbing trees and building forts. Now I love to quilt or knit or do some sort of handcraft.
Here it is over a year later after my first viewing and I had to enjoy this one again. This is even more a very peaceful concert of forest and family serenity that makes this maybe my all time favorite of your video/audio artistry. I really love campfire cooking, especially in green leafy secluded places. Matt has outdone himself with a delicious skillet lunch in such a place. The violin music adds a special touch that really pleases. Congratulations on creating such a masterpiece of tranquility and beauty .
I said gracious lady forgive me I'm very tired and wore down from the fires but you have given great joy to myself and many. Your daughters are so lovely and talented no. Keep On Keepin On The World and TH-cam needs you desperately. God bless Appalachia. When I live there one of my dear friends Mins Shell who sang with dr. Ralph Stanley and his brother Carter, ask me one day, if you could move Appalachia to Washington or Washington to Appalachia which would you choose. I said move Washington to Appalachia
I can remember that when friends playing music. But more than that I remember hunting with my father and the dogs. We had beagles and later I got a English setter, I still think and remember that dog.
We had a beagle named Wilma. I loved her so. She loved to chase rabbits. The coyotes got her.
I wish this didn't have to end,I know, I'll watch it again and again,and then some more.Got to have me one of those saws,Matt.Those mountain streams, along with the fiddle music, sure enough will sooth the Soul. Watching, Celebrating Appalachia, is a Favorite of my entertainment activities. God Bless and Thanks For Everything 🙂.
Donald-you are so kind-thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. That little saw can cut!
I envy your life. That's exactly where I would be if I could. I grew up in a holler in West Virginia. I miss the mountains and creeks so much.
Many people liked to sit and talk and enjoy each other's company. Some people were great storytellers. Me? I liked throwing horse shoes. When I was a kid, we played in the creek and built forts, caught lightening bugs, made bows and arrows and slingshots, made rope swings in the woods, or swung on grapevines. When we could get hold of some boards and nails (usually had to straighten out bent ones we would pick up from where someone had built something), there's no telling what we would build.... usually tree houses, that were usually more like tree platforms because we never could find much scrap wood. We always had some sort of bicycle to ride and, in the winter we rode our sleds when it snowed. Mostly, as kids, we just imagined and played whatever our imaginations led us to do.
I truly enjoy your videos and the insight of the Appalachian life. I’m originally from Romania but so far your lifestyle resembles the mountain life my mother tells me how she lived. We immigrated to chicago in 1983 and we’ve been living in the city. But I feel like God is calling me and my family to be a part and live in the country. I believe it’s what God intended for His creation to do. Keep cranking these fantastic videos, I’m a faithful watcher. Be blessed.
So glad you enjoy our videos-thank you!
The best conversations happen when you're goofin 😂
When she asked well, have you ever eaten some popourri off the back of toilet😆
🙂 You never know what Katie is going to say and that's a fact!
Some of my earliest memories when I was very little, early 1960's , were of my parents, Aunts, and Uncles, playing and singing folk songs. When I say folk songs, I mean Go tell Aunt Rhody, The Fox Went Out in a Chilly Night, etc. Not the anti establishment kind. When I hear your family, it makes me think of those times and those long gone family members. Thanks for the memories, I really do love your videos!
Tipper is playing in the creek, Laws is runnin down the meadow of memories of Claud & Ma's farm, Tipper's GA peaches are strumming on the newly acquired instruments. Where are my memories as I watch the deer & turkeys feed. Mom & Dad are on the other side & you all fill my emptiness. March on my fellow Appalachian kenfolk , keep painting those pictures in our minds. Much appreciated
Mark-so glad you enjoy our videos! I love Donnie's too 🙂
I love being in the woods, exploring, listening to the sounds of nature, wading in a creek or foraging. Been doing this ever since I was a child. I'm 60 now and lucky to have a friend who likes the same. Gonna have to try listening (on my phone) to some fiddle music as I wander next time. That was magical.
I loved going camping with my papa. We would set up 5 or 6 bamboo fishing poles with bait, then go elsewhere and swim. We jumped off rocks into the water.
We would cook taters and onions in a cast iron over the fire. Papa would wake us up by firing a 12 gauge in the air and then laugh his butt off.
Then we would check the fishing spot, collect our fish clean em and go make lunch. It was so incredible, I loved it.
What wonderful memories you have! I can just see your Paps shooting that gun 🙂
My daughter loves cricks, rocks and critters! I love to work out in my yard and cook and tell stories
You are conjuring up allot of memories for me.
Being out in the woods and creek beds by oneself is a real joy. Being able to share it, as do Tipper, Matt and the girls, just multiplies the enjoyment for everyone. Very much appreciate your gifts to us.
It’s always good to see people like yourselves, love and respect the forest. Most people leave their plastic crap or cans behind to pollute. That burns me up! How hard is it to bring back with you what was brought in. The forest is a treasure to be respected and taken care of. Love your videos and your daughter playing her music. God bless you all.
That was really fun! Bein' at the crik was my favorite thing growing up too, Tipper Sweetie. Hearin' and seein' your grown children out there with you lifts my Spirit. Music and Family and sautee'd veggies in an iron skillet. Heaven on Earth ❤️.
So glad you enjoyed our fun 🙂
Well, I hate to say it but I'm a city slicker with an Appalachian heart. My love has always been to live in a small town and grow a garden, but when I was younger I did not know how important it was to start then. I let work, making of money, pursuit of earthly things rather than spiritual to take precedence until I was 28 years old. We began having children when I was 32, 38, and 40! God is so good. We have never lived in the country, but having kinfolks in Jamestown, TN has always brought me peace and joy. My aunts and granny are gone now and I miss them terribly. There are so many questions I wish I would have asked and now that knowledge is gone forever. I love reading and I love studying God's word. I am privileged to be able to go into a couple of women's prisons and teach the Scriptures. My children are grown now and have pursuits of their own. While I love the computer, I love the woods, creeks and lakes and trees. I love the changing of the trees on a mountainside. I love rocks, too!
Oh my goodness, when you talked about people commenting that you were endangering wildlife by playing in the creek…I belong to a rock hunting group on Facebook and we had a rash of people saying we were “destroying ecosystems” by rock hunting for a pocket full of rocks along creeks. They went as far as to say that simply walking in the woods was evil and that we were destroying the environment because of the leaves and sticks we were disturbing with our feet! Good heavens, seriously?! I reminded them that the very house they are living in, the furniture they are sitting on, the gasoline they fill their cars with, all disturbed ecosystems! That the very vegetables they were eating came from fields that were plowed…and in those fields were mice, voles, snakes, and possibly a few rare creatures whose homes were destroyed so they can eat their salad. That ended it haha! Anyways, it cracked me up because as you were moving around and stacking the rocks I was remembering those conversations…and then you said that you were confronted with the same thing. Joy sponges are everywhere! Beautiful video as always, thank you.
🙂 So true! Thank you!!
Yes, I love the water, it's magical! I used to look for clay veines in the creek, I'd dig the clay out, find a flat rock and make some kind of sculpture out of it. Very often I'd make a clown face and leave it to dry in the sun.
your description of a spring made me cry. As a young child, I turned over so many rocks. As an adult, I find mushrooms around.
the sweet sound of a running spring is so soothing.
Wow! . . . What a coincidence; I was waking up this morning, and 'stepped' right out from a dream, I was with my youngest son, slowly walking up along a huge, wide riverbed, looking for unusual rocks and pebbles! . . . The dream was eerily 'real', and very soothing, and waddya know, _here_ I am, watching you beside a small Appalachian stream, accompanied by the pure sound of running water - the sound of _life! . . ._
_Again;_ Thanks for sharing Tipper! 💓
Growing up on the farm my folks would build what they called smudges for the cows to keep the teeny tiny little black flies away. They could just about drive cows - and people - berserk. Your little fire made me think about that. That and it’s teeny tiny little fly season and they are really bugging me this year.
Celebrating your way of life in the mountains…younger days, playing with cousins, going on picnics, riding bikes, going for walks on the railroad tracts and yes we had a creek, our father damed up for us to play in…mother would say go to the creek with a bar of soap and wash up real good and you won’t have to take a bath tonight…now leave your clothes on and give then a little scrub but be sure to rinse off real good…evening times on Friday or sat we gathered at someone’s house and played card games, like monopoly etc. bike riding was after Sunday church and dinner. We were not to get hot and sweaty so we did not have to do but a PTA bath before going back to church…thank you for asking what we use to do.
It's so nice to go on vacation and not be tired when you get home! Refreshing and exhilarating!
Oh and, my 5th grade "boyfriend" Martin Thorne gave me a "box" turtle just like that for my 11th birthday. It was the best birthday ever. I kept him for about a week then set him free. Great memory.
Thats absolutely adorable! What did you name him?
@@nomdeplume2213 Marty
Thanks for taking us along/ love that creek❗️
I loved rocks growing up also and would break them open to see the sparkle inside- I got all my friends into collecting
them and learning some geology/ fun times! 🥰
Sooo good…nothing like playing in the creek…wish I could still squat like that😂😂😂Those days are gone but my love of playing in the creeks will be in me forever ❤️❤️
I might be able to squat down but I doubt I'd get back up lol
I love to go out and spend time with our horse, brushing her and walking her around. It’s so relaxing. From NE Ohio here!
I PLAYED IN THE WOODS WHAN I WAS LITTLE,WENT IN THE CREEKS ALWAYS DRAGGING ROCKS AND STONES HOME. IM 72,AND STILL BRINGING ROCKS AND STONES HOME. I HAVE THEM ALL OVER, IN CONTAINERS IN HOUSE PLANTS, JUST SITTING ON A TABLE. I HAVE BIGGER ONE OUTSIDE IN MY GARDEN AND FLOWER BEDS.
I LOVE WAYCHING YOUR VIDEOS. IT RELAXES ME.
OH, MY HUSBAND THINKS IM CRAZY BRINGING ROCKS OR STONES HOME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I would LOVE to live there, especially to raise my Children in such a precious, beautiful, 'personal' environment. This is like God's treasure chest. I LOVE exploring places like this and seeing God's Art Work. NO ONE creates like Him, from the water, to the Mountains, Beaches and Painting the sky. What precious gifts He has given us. Wonderful video.
(The fiddle in the woods was BREATHTAKING! I could sit hours. And listen to her play and hearing it echo through the vastness of the woods is just STUNNING. THANK YOU for sharing this with us.
This is what I knew growing up and when I got older, I found out that they called it "Bushcraft". We called it "getting along"! I still love it just the same. That Irish fiddle is wonderful as well! Thanks for bringing us along and sharing this family time with us!
Thanks for watching!!
I love to quilt, read Amish books and religious devotionals, cook, and of course watch Celebrating Appalachia! I don't like to shop and I am indeed a home body! I am content just being home! As a youngster I was always playing in our creek down home! Great memories indeed! This video is so relaxing to watch! Tipper, you have paradise right in your own back yard! How wonderful! I applause you Katie on your fiddle playing! You are amazing!
I'm the same as you about the fiddle and I think you said Katie can flat out play that thing or something like that.
Wow…I feel as if I have been transposed into the mountains by watching your video. The food your husband cooked (over the fire) looked great too! And the fiddle music made me want to dance. The bubbling brook is so soothing. Therapy for the soul. There is nothing better than spending quality time with family. Making memories. The turtle is exactly like the one I found at home underneath the bushes after a rain this week. Gods creatures! Thank you so much for sharing your life with us, and may God richly bless you and your sweet, wonderful and talented family.
Oh.. to live where you do..I love the mountains, creeks, rocks, streams, trees ..I would be so happy. It's so magical. Thank you for sharing it with me. I so enjoy hearing the fiddle too! 🎶 🎻
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I can't believe this. We just come in from the creek with the grand babies. Love yall. Wasn't there long enough for a gnat fire.
This was such a relaxing video with the wonderful sound of nature and your daughter on her fiddle. To hear an Irish tune in the woods, made me imagine a Confederate camp or the 69th New York Irish Brigade with someone on a fiddle playin an old Irish tune with a camp fire burning soldiers talking one to another.
I loved camping out in the mountains of Utah.
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
We always called them water spiders but when I took an entomology class in college I learned that they were water striders. Nice video. My kids love to go to "grandmama's spring" as they call it. Love it!
Thank you so very much for reminding me of my childhood adventures in nearby woods and small streams. I had forgotten how I would change the course of a spring by moving stones and rocks. Your channel has become one of my favorites.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
That was lovely, thank you Tipper. I do enjoy watching Celebrating Appalachia. I also very much enjoy making quilts and visiting quilt shops 😊.
Thank you Robin-so glad you enjoy our videos. And I bet you make some lovely quilts 🙂
The creek water is so clear and the sound is relaxing. What a lovely evening.
This was such a peaceful video! I love the woods and the creek. It would be so nice to have a place like that to go to and just relax in. Thank you for taking us along with you!
You have touched my soul with your video of mother earth ...Thank you
Wow, thank you 🙂
@@CelebratingAppalachia You are so welcome I am blessed to come across your channel and I hope one day to possibly share my story of how I have come to find my home in the mountains
Nice to see you enjoying the forest before the plants go to ‘autumn sleep’
The way it ort to be….love water,what a blessin!
I'm 48 now but as a child I spent a lot of time in the woods. I would be so dirty I would have to get a bath before eating supper are eat it outside.
Most of my family are gone on. I spend time with friends--on the phone, via letters, with online cards, and in Facebook. I also have friends who work at libraries, and I can connect through the online programs they offer. And, of course, by sharing gifts across the miles! Surprise gifts are simply delightful! As a child--we would wade in creeks, and follow them as far as we could. And swinging on the grapevines in the woods! What fun!!
I`d love to hear that girl of yours play that old song Barbbra Ellen.
Omega-that's a good one! I need to get her to learn it up for us 🙂
My Grandmother was from copper hill Tn. She was Elsea Crowe. My grandfather was William Sunderland so my maiden name is Sunderland. I love being in the woods and the creek, I never used to understand why I was so in love with the woods and the creek, but I understand now, It puts me at in a different frame of mind.
Playing out in the woods is always enjoyable for me. Sometimes it isn’t very complicated, just a short walk and fixing a good cup of coffee. Other times the day involves some fishing or some time spent making a camp for an overnighter. Seems like we always wind up taking the bugs (skeeters) with us. That’s good entertainment. - Tennessee Smoky
So many people forget we are part of this earth. Not separate. Enjoy nature!
So back in the old days, to keep food cold, families would build a small wooden box over the spring that they lived near by. The coolness of the water rushing underneath would keep their meat fresh for a week or more. We called these springhouses.
One of my most fun and relaxing forms of entertainment is handwork…knitting and quilting, primarily. I just watched the video about antiquing. That’s something my husband and I enjoy doing together. We have grandchildren (and great grandchildren) across the country that we enjoy getting together with and share stories and memories. My youngest grandchild comes from Colorado every summer and she and Nana work side by side in the kitchen and the yard and also enjoys antiquing and handcrafts. I lived 40 years of my life out west and couldn’t wait for the day I could move back home so I’m not wasting a day of this paradise! Thank you for all you do. As a blogger myself, I understand and appreciate all the work you put into this channel and The Blind Pig and the Acorn. May God Bless you plenty!
Thank you for the kind words!! And for sharing about your family 😀
I was born at home on a farm in Appalachia. I miss it there. My entertainment is watching your vlog and other channels. I played in the creek and in the river when the water was low.
There's something magical & quite soothing about a babbling brook without all the babbling... ;)
I always want to call those water skeeters. Their proper name is water striders, but skeeters is what comes naturally to me. I loved your family outing!
Thanks so much!! I just traveled back 50 years!!
Will my husband said he fell in love with me because I like to hunt and fish. I have always enjoyed being outside play my feet across the grass in the summer watching out for snakes messing with the dirt in the garden cooking outside teaching my children what I was taught and my niece and nephew my family down home or a big family of outdoorsmen and women that's what brings us joy one of many joys
I can listen to you all day, love your stories, Mom used to tell me stories of her childhood in the mountains of Georgia, Your stories make me homesick for a place I've never been.Yet it's in my blood.
This video made me want to go outside and walk in the woods, so beautiful and peaceful.
I thank God every day I look out my window and see woods ! I sit on my porch day or night and see animals or hear them.. I love to visit other parts of Appalachia for vacation lol! Took my son to see the ocean for his 18th birthday 3 days and the whole family was ready to see the mountains again!!! Like the old man said if I didn't live here I'd get here as fast as I could!
All of your videos just put me right into like a whole other world. I just cannot get enough of them. Now I'm binge watching your channel!
Wow, thank you!
That is just wonderful
So glad you enjoyed it!
Husband is fixing to cook food on the ground in a cast iron skillet I love that
I love music. And wildlife. Spending time with my dogs cooking reading. Yes Tipper Celebrating Appalacha
Appalachia I don’t miss any of your post it is so entertaining and calming
Thank you Mickie 🙂
Even back in the 90s we would have Mario Kart marathons on Super NES. But we were also into movies, outdoor hikes (grandparents used to have a nice piece of land near Philips Gap complete with creek access, we could see the Parkway in a telescope from the upper deck of the house), roller skating, riding bicycles, taking the family dog for walks, and generally just running around outdoors and enjoying the sights and sounds of Upper East TN. Both my sister and I played band instruments in grade school. I think we had a diverse and balanced selection of entertainment options. Like you said, not all that different from kids in other parts of the US, even if our accents sound different.
I am lucky to have a 30,000 acre National Park in my backyard. I love the woods, walk the trails, and besides the streams. I love all that is kind and open to kindness. The Eastern Box Turtle is now Endangered.
Your serenity is remarkable. I have a saying the quieter we become the more we can hear.
My life feels complete with a soft running creek and family beside me. My heart is full. Thank you for the relaxing feeling and the music.
So nice. Love the bubbling water sounds. Children today would be so much better off with this quiet serene lifestyle
When I was young at home with my parents and sister, our best entertainment was walking together as a family. There was a lot of walking city neighborhoods in Louisville but when we got a chance my Dad would take us to places where there were wooden trails to walk…something reminiscent of what this vlog was all about. This video brought me lots of peace and happy memories. Thanks so much for that.
That is a neat folding saw. My husband is collecting items and researching bc he is interested in hiking the AT. I will have to show him this saw in case he needs something like that. I agree, the fiddle music is so beautiful and soothing, if I could learn another instrument I would want it to be that. My little neighbor would come over and play her fiddle for us when our daughter was a newborn. I really enjoyed that. That gentle spring was soothing too. It is nice that the family gets to enjoy doing things like that together as often as you do.
I just found your channel this week & I'm hooked! My dad was born & raised in Sylva, NC. I was raised in the Piedmont of NC.i have fond memories of staying at grandma's homestead as a child. Thank you for sharing the heritage of mountain living🙂
So glad you found us 🙂
Love that mountain spring. What a treasure it is.
Watching your videos is entertaining for me. I am a canner . I am a wife, mother and grandmother.Love old things ,and love to grow flowers. Always grew vegetables but are to old for that now. I do still can a lot .
Did you ever come back in from the woods with chiggers? I thought that was Corrie playing, until I saw the girls together. Cooking out reminders me of all the picnics my father would every thing in a truck and we would all hop in the back with all the goodies. We would stop by a creek some where and enjoy the day……loving the music Katie!
I Love your channel, it's just wholesome. When I was a kid in Australia we had a creek at the end of our street that flowed all the way down to the river, it was a magical place to explore and play in for a child. I don't have any extended family left , however my entertainment today is spending time with my kids and grandson and spending time with my friends , reading books and bush walking. Keep doing what you are doing, ❤
Entertainment usually consists of tv ,YT, social media, movie theater, magazines, church functions, like picnics or cantatas, walking, going to farmers market, yard sales, occasionally games or cards, listening to music, playing my piano, baking, etc. If i were back home I'd go hiking more often in the Appalachians, here in Ks all we have are prairies. I do go once in a while. God bless!
I really love that your family still spend time together like this, even though the girls are grown. Sadly, doing this is rare as hen’s teeth for most American families anymore.
My mama’s always had a saying “Grinnin’ like a possum eatin’ saw briars.” 😆
Love your mama's saying 🙂
I always heard, "...grinning like a jackass eating briars."
Did you ever hear, "He could talk the horns off a brass billy goat!"?
Its watching celebrating Appalachia,. listening to Hymns, Justin Rhodes, Hollar Homestead, Roots & Reffuge, Homestead Heart, Whippiwhill Hollar, Quilting, Learning to Draft Dress Pattern, Cooking, Learning about and Sharing Jesus, Praying for folks needs, praying for Secret Believers
Thank you-all wonderful sources of entertainment 🙂
I just thought about how uplifting your videoes are like the mountains they let you look up and thank God and know He is bigger than any problem we are facing because He loves us and cares for us!
Thank you so much!