Memories from Mimi's House

My paternal grandparents, Chester and Pearl, lived in Trinity County, TX. Papaw worked at the mill, and Mimi was a housewife. They raised four kids, and attended church every Sunday. As a child, I spent a lot of time visiting them. Here are a few memories from  Mimi's house:

• Papaw's stack of paperback hymnals. He loved to attend church "singings."
• Shopping at Perry Brothers- a five-and-dime variety store. It smelled "old."
• My older cousins pushing me in the rope swing.
• Mimi's quilt frame and lots of quilts. She made a quilt for each grandchild. She gave me "bonnet girl."
• Piecing fabric scraps together at Mimi's "Singer" sewing machine.
• Shelling peas.
• Fried okra and banana pudding.
• A large garden and pecan trees.
• Playing "store." My cousins and I "sold" the knick-knacks that crowded her shelves and wrote sales slips from the receipt book purchased from Perry Brothers.
• Old tombstones and country cemeteries nestled deep in the piney woods of east Texas.
• Attending church with my grandparents.
• The aluminum Christmas tree and rotating color wheel. You can buy it on ebay. But why would you want to?

What memories do you have from your grandparents' house?