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Find Your Pine Apple My husband, Rusty, coined this phrase — but what does it mean? When we first began coming to Pine Apple, AL part-time, we were still living in Birmingham during the week. Mo … read more

Christie recently found these pictures of Easter at our grandparent's house in Old Texas, AL circa 1975 or 1976. Here you see me on the far left.  Apparently, I did not get the memo to wait to ch … read more

Without the fathers of the mercantile, we would not be here and in more ways than one! For you see, we would not be here on this journey with Pine Apple Mercantile Company without our dads. Why m … read more

The little white church had no air conditioning, just the steady hum of old fans and the rhythmic swish of paper fans provided in the pews. As the preacher delivered his heartfelt sermon, I would gaze … read more

Recently in downtown Pine Apple, a beautiful white petunia was found growing in an unlikely place.....a tiny crack in the sidewalk.You might say it was growing between a "rock and a hard place".  … read more