a beer for breakfast

I was recently in a real Southern yard in a real Southern City –Muscella, GA.  Atlanta’s no longer a real Southern City–it’s just a city located in the South.  I was here when it was Southern.   There are common essential elements found in real Southern yards.  Here’s a beer guided pictorial of a pretty good one.

Before we get started, you’re going to need a beverage.  DUMP THAT SWEET TEA!! It’s too hot outside for that.  Instead, wrap your hands around Atlanta Brew Company’s Red Brick Summer Brew.  It’s a German style wheat…a “hefe weizen” to be precise.  (No idea what the hell that means.)  It’s got a nice subtle fruit and spice finish and a wedge of orange or lemon is the perfect garnish.  This one get’s my vote for June’s Front Porch Southern Sipper Award! (Cheers!  …and the crowd went crazy!)

Let’s get started, shall we?  Ladies first. Double click the pictures, then double click again for a larger image…the kind that only a thousand bucks worth of Nikon will get you.

First and foremost, you must have a sign to greet visitors.

And you better be able to back it up.

Here’s a front yard essential.

Here’s another.

You’ll need a place for your tools.

Here’s the back of the shed.

That’s a place for your….

You put this flag on the front porch.

You’ll likely find this one on the back porch. This is a home-made back-porch. You must double click this!

Here’s a redneck Cadillac.

Don’t forget to put one of these on your dash.

Here’s what happens when you hit a cow with your redneck Cadillac.

You’re bound to find a few things that used to work.

Some of them are projects.

Some are too far gone to fix.

And don’t forget the playground, ’cause somebody’s gonna bring some kids.

Real Southern yards are full of stuff.  A lot of it just blends into the scenery after a while and projects don’t get done because there’s just more important stuff to do…like barbecue with the family.

“Just leave it there for a while” is a way of life.  A good one at that.

Cheers!

Jim