" Beautiful Homes, A Ghost Tale and A Haunted Picture"

I returned from Natchez late yesterday afternoon having had not only a wonderful time, but a productive time! Natchez is 150 miles west of me and takes around 2 and1/2
hours to drive.I took close to 150 pictures and no I probably
won't post them all but I will do several post this week on my
experiences during this trip!




Meet the lovely, sweet Bridget Green!
Bridget and her husband own " The Burn".
She was one of the tour guides of her home
which is on tour during " Pilgrimage". She
was my hostess during my stay at The Burn
and told me a Ghost Tale which she said I
could share with you!

The first night they stayed in the house, their oldest

daughter whose bedroom was upstairs on the front right

side, got frightened during the night and moved to another

room. It seems she was awakened by the sounds of an old

wooden clacker toy. When she told her parents the next

morning that " she would not be sleeping in that room again",

Bridget said she pooh pooh'd it and told her it was the floors

settling from construction work. The second night, it happened

again along with "someone" whistling a tune! She refused to

sleep in this room so the parents exchanged rooms with her.

Several months later a man and his young son came to stay

at The Burn. They had stayed many times before at The Burn

in the afore mentioned room along with the wife/mother who

had since past with Cancer. The room was no longer a rented room

but the little boy asked if he could see the room where he had stayed

with his mother. Bridget said sure. She says when she took him up

to the room, he looked at her and said;" you know this room is haunted".

To which she replied; no I didn't, why do you think that?

"It's a little girl he says, she plays with a wooden

clacker toy and if you don't sit up she gets mad and starts

whistling". Bridget says she was stunned because this was

the same story her daughter told! As they were walking

down the stairs he told her he could whistle the tune for her.

He began to whistle and the daughter heard it and came running

from another room asking; whose whistling that tune, it's the same

tune that ghost whistles? Bridget reports that she and her husband

have heard nothing in the room so one can assume the little girl

prefers children! I will do a post on The Burn with pictures later.

I took a walk down North Union Street because there were

so many beautiful homes. I particularly wanted to see the house

next door, Chatawa Cottage, as it was the home of Natchez

Author Alice Walworth Graham. Alice was the great- granddaughter

of John Walworth who built The Burn.

The Natchez Mayor lives here now...................

This is The Devereaux Shields House 1893 , which is also aBed & Breakfast...............

Another pretty Victorian.............

The street is filled with these lovely houses..........

Below is the John Dicks House 1888...............

Here is a photo of a painting that I took a picture of in one

of the houses I toured. I was the only one in the room when

I shot this photo. I had the flash turned off because they had

an art light over it. That night in my room I noticed what appeared

to be an image in the photo that was not supposed to be there.

On the camera it appeared to be one thing, after I had down

loaded it and blew it up, I was leaving the room and looked back

from appox. 10 feet away, I saw an entirely different image from

what I had thought I was seeing. I will give you one clue.

Look to the left side of the picture............

This is a closer view I printed off and scanned that does

not have the frame or art light showing...........Please comment

and tell me what you see. My husband and daughter saw the

same thing I saw without me even giving them a clue........

Ok.....When I first saw the photo on the camera all I saw was the

yellow ribbon next to dark blue in back of the victorian woman in

the front of the painting and what I thought was a clump of red hair

behind the bow at the back of her hat. My first thought was Yankee uniform!

When I downloaded it, I saw it was the figure of a woman with red hair

pulled up on her head! It could not be my reflection as it is facing sideways

and I was standing directly facing the painting and I have very dark hair

past my shoulders that was hanging down. I have since discovered that

Jennie Merrill the murdered woman in the Goat Castle Murder had

red/brown hair and I was in the house that she was murdered in!

I cannot explain it......but it is very strange to me!

As I was driving to The Burn I noticed this old mansion one

street over . It is almost beyond repair, empty and for sale.

I walked over and took some pictures.The woman you see

was there with her husband and like me was curious about it.

I learned from my hosts that it is called Melmont built in 1850

by John Henderson, who was known as the merchant Prince

of Natchez. I do hope someone saves this historical house........

A view from across the street.............................

As I left Natchez yesterday I stopped by a garden center

and was mesmerized by this gorgeous weeping Hibiscus!

I grabbed it and as I was paying for it a reporter from the

local newspaper who had seen it the day before came in and

took pictures of me and this beauty before I whisked it away...........

A close up of the most beautiful flower I've ever seen !!

Don't forget to comment about the haunted painting!

I will be posting on all the houses I toured later.....


I will get caught up with everyones blogs this weekend !!!