With Summer coming to a end,and a new season beginning,Siser and I have been remembering Summers past.It would
begin like this.Family vacations would start off driving in the night, in our blown out station wagon.(there was 6 of us)Mom and Dad always gave Siser Eilene a little cold medicine so she wouldn't drive us all insane.Momma would always feed us a hearty homemade supper, and pack lots of snacks.There was never any stopping at Mc Donald's to eat.If you got hungry ,Mama would pass you an old apple that looked like it had been thrown against the wall about 10 times.You wouldn’t be hungry anymore.Our brothers would be fighting,pooting,and seeing who could wipe the biggest booger on the floor board.Siser carol would be right in the middle of them.IT took three hours to drive from Raleigh NC to Wilmington NC.That’s three solid hoursofcountry music on 8 track!LOADS of family fun.Siser Eilene would be passed out.Dad would have to carry her in the house and put her in Grandmothers bed with freshly washed sheets.I still remember the way her house smelled.(clean,fresh bake chocolate cake,and ocean air).The next morning we would all be up at the crack of dawn ready to go to the beach.Once there we would rent our rafts,collect shells,jump waves,and walk on the pier.At the end of the day we would head home to a true southern home cooked meal.Dad would hose us down in grandmother’s yard to get the sand all off,and then we would be scrubbed down in the shower.Dinner would consist of fried pork chops,fresh butter beans from grand daddy’s garden,hot biscuits ,sweet yellow corn on the cob,and cukes and tomatoes.YUMMY For desert there would always be a pie or cake made from scratch,and some ice cream too.After we had busted a gut,we would all hang out in the den to watch TV.These memories are still very strong in our minds due to the fact that Mama lives in Grandmothers house now.It is one sweet thing that has stayed the same since we were all little kids.Everyone was always sad when it was time for us to have to go back home to Raleigh.Now certain songs and certain smells will take us back to those priceless memories.We even found a scent that smells just like the humid salty air here at the beach.It has been our number one scent.Sold consistently since we have been in business.Men and women both love it.Siser named it Wrightsville Breeze,In honor of our beach here in Wilmington NC(Wrightsville Beach,NC)We sell this fragrance in a soap,lotion bar,scrub,and perfume.