Okay, that's actually a Chicago song, and this post is about Alabama. So the answer is Alabama....Alabama is the inspiration for part of the Falcon Football and Cottonbloom series. We headed to my family's homeplace over our fall break for my cousin's wedding. Tons of fun to catch up with family! For some background, my mom has five (5!) younger brothers, all with kids, so our get-togethers growing up were pretty epic. They involved swimming in the river, riding 3-wheelers all over the place, and food...lots of food.
Falcon, Alabama: Ada's and Robbie's houses are fictional, but the land I plopped them down in isn't. And that river in Cottonbloom? Inspired by the Sipsey River in Alabama.
 The road leading from Ada's to Robbie's. That dog in the distance isn't Avery, but Copper, my uncle's hunting dog. But you can imagine...  The fireplace from my great grandmother's house. Images like this always fire my imagination.  Hubby and son looking for rocks during their epic rock-skipping competition. Can any one else see Tally and Nash wading down the river together? |  An old grove of pecan trees which I didn't put in the books, but should have...  Anyone remember the "bridge" that Robbie and Logan used across the river? Here it is...and it gives me vertigo every time I step on it.  I can imagine Sawyer and Regan spending time on a river like this, can you? |  A hunter's moon coming up over the field and line of trees leading to the river. I can imagine Cade setting off to see Monroe on a night like this.  This river is called the Sipsey...my mom and her brothers took baths in it if the sun was out. It inspired the river that separates Cottonbloom.  Me and Hubby all dressed up for the wedding. |
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