Cotton and Hides

Tuesday was a long day. I left at 6:30 am for Chapel Hill and didn't get home until 6:30 pm. My surgery is a go now. Driving the interstate to Chapel Hill is a nightmare. I take the back roads. The drive is pretty and peaceful with lots of farms, animals, rolling hills, and Baden Lake. The cotton fields were magnificent, waves of green plants, cotton blooms, carolina blue sky, and red clay. Field after field I passed with cotton balls in bloom. I am always amazed that cotton is a plant. Driving through Chatam County I passed a business I had never noticed before. The sign was large and eye catching. Tan Your Hide Tanning Salon announced the sign. What a clever idea for a tanning salon. That is what you end up with spending your time baking your butt in a tanning bed - a hide!