The People of Brasstown

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  • @3251JOE
    @3251JOE 2 роки тому +8

    Picture #8 of the elderly gentleman reminds me so much of the old timers, long gone, here in Carrol County, Maryland. In that portrait, that man's face, I can see the history of America written as clearly and as powerfully as any history book of 500 pages could ever hope to achieve. This episode touched my heart.

  • @tennesseesmoky9012
    @tennesseesmoky9012 2 роки тому +2

    Preservation of local and regional historical photographs is a blessing to any community. You are exactly right, if steps aren’t taken to preserve and catalogue historical photos like these those moments will be lost with time. Speak with your family members and ask them to go through those boxes of photographs in the box under the bed and mark the names and dates of those in the pictures on the back. Too often these unknown photographs become a mystery after your grandmother, grandfather, or aunt or mother in-law passes. History lost with the generations. Thank you for sharing these memories. - Tennessee Smoky

  • @kimberlyking9947
    @kimberlyking9947 2 роки тому +17

    had to stop and say we call those hats "news boy" hats. love this type of video too, then again I am a huge history buff. That is an incredibly nice collection of local history. I love how they are all framed and the name list with them. When we did a special tabloid section for the paper I worked for to celebrate my hometowns 200th birthday, weeks after that hit the stands, folks started emailing and calling to let me know they had old photos to share. What a wonderful treasure when we get such a gift!! Thanks for sharing bits of your hometown history with us.

    • @kathylane5934
      @kathylane5934 2 роки тому +1

      Yes now I rem movies with the boys with hats like that

    • @joyce9523
      @joyce9523 2 роки тому

      That's a wonderful thing you did for your hometown wow❤️😇

  • @rhondabutler4172
    @rhondabutler4172 2 роки тому +14

    Thank you Tipper and David for preserving important stories and history of Brasstown. What a gem to have this on video!!

  • @djot1745
    @djot1745 2 роки тому +3

    I love old pictures too! I am lucky enough to have several very old photos of my family. I truly treasure them.

  • @ritaammons639
    @ritaammons639 Рік тому +1

    Tipper Thank you for your programs and I love the photos in this one especially the ones of the children.
    These pictures are priceless as far as history goes.

  • @robertmoore2049
    @robertmoore2049 2 роки тому +14

    I love it when you talk to the local folk around Brasstown. It’s neat to learn about people like this. It’s neat to learn about their lives. Thank you for doing this, Tipper. I love the old photos. I wish I could meet all the people that were in those photos. This is a big reason for the community center to stay.

  • @leighflorkevich9916
    @leighflorkevich9916 2 роки тому +8

    It's so fascinating to hear the stories about the photos! The one of the hog killing reminded me of my Dad's older brother, who was killed at the age of two at a hog killing.They were boiling a huge pot of water over a fire to clean the hog carcass and my uncle tipped it over onto himself and was scalded to death. My Dad has a huge trunk full of photos that look so much like the people in the photos you and David showed us.

  • @sonyafox3271
    @sonyafox3271 2 роки тому +3

    It’s so fascinating how they dressed back then. I just think if we can pictures are nice to reserve for the next generation, each picture has a story behind it. Especially, of the young children, it seemed like with the hardships of life back then, they seem to not be phased by it. I love the old black and, white photos which, I have a lot of from my mom and, my dad’s photo from where he was in Korea looked all torn and, we used to have a shop where, I live that restored photos and, that was my neighbor one priority yrs ago when, I got a healthy chunk of money because, I thought it would be so costly but, I am sure it is now but, back then, in the early 2000s it was still. Thanks Tipper, for sharing a part of your history with us.

  • @diannehoffman7726
    @diannehoffman7726 2 роки тому +3

    I so enjoy looking at really old pictures like these ! Thank you

  • @steveparker8723
    @steveparker8723 2 роки тому +1

    Love all these old photos.

  • @christinebalko5729
    @christinebalko5729 2 роки тому +7

    I have recently come across "The Appalachian Story Teller on UA-cam. I love it! He is new and doesn't have alot of followers just yet. I appreciate him so much and his story telling is amazing. His preservation of history is so priceless. I love it as much as your channel. God Bless the keepers of history. Ya'll are so needed in modern times. God's work for sure!

  • @kevinknight470
    @kevinknight470 2 роки тому +3

    Thanx for the tour. Appalachian history is always interesting. The photo that popped for me was the hog killing. I was given the liver and heart (beef) today from a friend and was talking to him about butchering in the fall of the year. When I saw the photo of the hog it brought back memories from 65 years ago. Thanx Tipper.🙂🐖

  • @wraithconscience
    @wraithconscience 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Tipper, thank you so much for bringing us and preserving this beautiful photo history about the people of Brasstown. It is wonderful to be able to get to know the people and the times through these photos. You channel, Celebrating Appalachia, is a true American treasure -- as are you. Thank you and God bless!

  • @sherdayton8153
    @sherdayton8153 2 роки тому +7

    I love the picture with the little boy with the dog giving it's paw. Sweet. I loved them all. So nice keeping these people's images alive. I loved this video.

  • @stacyvanbuskirk7638
    @stacyvanbuskirk7638 2 роки тому +4

    I'm related to the Green, Sales, and Fleming families- my great-grandmother was a Fleming and my great-great grandmother was a Sales. My family has been in Brasstown for several generations. :) Glad to call it home!

    • @harolddenton6031
      @harolddenton6031 2 роки тому

      Over the mountain in upper east tennessee i grew up with a Terry Fleming whos family was from over in coeburn area of sourhwest Virginia and I played baseball with a Darrius Green.

    • @allensayles4599
      @allensayles4599 2 роки тому

      Hello im a Sayles . My relatives live in brass town . My name is spelled different but im the same people . My great grandfather was Johnathon Ephram Sales and his dads name was Burton . What was your great grandmothers name ?

  • @americafirst7794
    @americafirst7794 2 роки тому +2

    I love the little kid with the border collie dog that is the greatest 👍👍

  • @robertmoore2049
    @robertmoore2049 2 роки тому +4

    My aunt loved to buy photos old photos of people like you were talking about, Tipper. And my mom always thought her sister was crazy for buying antique photos of people she didn’t know or even know the names of! But I thought it was fascinating. It’s like looking back in time… well, it actually is. Old photos like that to me are sort of a time machine. It’s the closest we got to time travel thus far.

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Robert! Your aunt and me would have gotten along great 😀

  • @lindastansbury2067
    @lindastansbury2067 2 роки тому +4

    What an extraordinary collection of photos. I love history and, as a genealogist, I especially loved learning about the personal histories of these amazing people and this area. The photo of the hog hanging upside down reminded me of my great-grandfather. Every year during hog-killing time, he and my Dad would slaughter hogs and my great-grandfather would prepare the meat and put it in his smokehouse out back of his house. I have a photo just like that one of him and my Dad standing beside a hog hanging like that. It was taken outside my great-grandfather's house in the early 1940s.

  • @christinej2358
    @christinej2358 2 роки тому +3

    You are an excellent interviewer, Tipper. You make people feel so relaxed that they can tell the stories they learned or experienced themselves. David gave lots of good information on each photo that made it interesting to hear. Thank you for sharing!

  • @Jackman_NC
    @Jackman_NC 2 роки тому +2

    It’s great to have photos from the past. Photos are worth a thousand words.

  • @karenbuzintx1367
    @karenbuzintx1367 2 роки тому +5

    This video is a priceless record of these photos. So many photos are untitled and future generations have no idea who or where they are. Great. Video. God bless yall ♥️

  • @garybrunet6346
    @garybrunet6346 2 роки тому +11

    This is, by far, my favourite type of video. I love local videos, relative to their history! Thank you Tipper!😊🇨🇦

  • @benlaw4647
    @benlaw4647 2 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed this! The photos are awesome! I love the old photos that capture the past , seeing how things were, their dress, transportation, etc.... glad these photos were preserved .....thanks tipper...God bless....🙏❤

  • @yvonnemcmahan9037
    @yvonnemcmahan9037 2 роки тому +1

    I love old pictures of the people in Western NC especially. I like old pictures and always have.

  • @bobsternvogel5550
    @bobsternvogel5550 2 роки тому +1

    Since the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was formed in 1935, the men Gid photographed building the road just after World War I had to be employed by another agency. Nice to see all these pictures preserved and viewable both in-person and (in some cases) online.

  • @noahcount7132
    @noahcount7132 2 роки тому +3

    You shared a treasured collection in today's video, Tipper, and David contributed meaning far beyond the images themselves. Excellent!

  • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
    @whiterabbit-wo7hw 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Tipper for this fascinating Brasstown history.
    Your town is amazing and beautiful.

  • @CarterKey6
    @CarterKey6 2 роки тому +3

    These are my favorite videos love hearing stories about the way things used to be

  • @ningayeti
    @ningayeti 2 роки тому +3

    One surefire way to tell if someone is a person of good character is if they show respect to those that have come before them and consideration of those that will come after them. Your channel does that and I for one appreciate the kind and caring spirit that you, your family and those that you interview show.
    The contempt and superficiality expressed in media today causes so much strife and enmity in our nation that it takes channels like yours calm my spirit and give me hope for the future. Thank you and God bless.

    • @pamelaremme38
      @pamelaremme38 2 роки тому

      Media??? Our enemies OWN the media. That is why there is so much strife and lies being told to brainwash people.

  • @cindypressley4285
    @cindypressley4285 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you, Tipper and David! I really enjoyed this little trip through the past. The pictures are absolutely beautiful and getting to hear a name to go with the picture enhances it greatly! I did not grow up in Brasstown, but I've lived here for a few years now and absolutely love the community and people. I love that they have the Community Centers and display these old pictures. It's important to honor the past.
    The People of Brasstown, a very special place!

  • @kathylane5934
    @kathylane5934 2 роки тому +1

    Love to looking at old photos. I take pictures all the time

  • @graceabundanthomestead4024
    @graceabundanthomestead4024 2 роки тому +2

    I love your videos and learning about history!! My family is from there. The Brasstown Valley Resort and Spa is where their homestead was and they owned all that! My Great Grandfather and his siblings sold off their plots of land for $99 an acre!! Inside the lodge is a museum of things collected from the homestead of the Keys family. They relocated in Suches Ga.

  • @lindahays8444
    @lindahays8444 2 роки тому +4

    this video was wonderful. getting to see and hear about the people of brass town.

  • @nickik.9037
    @nickik.9037 2 роки тому +3

    David is a wealth of information about the photos of the community people. It's so interesting to listen to the history of the Brasstown community & beyond. I love these interviews with the locals. Hugs!

  • @martiseelye6443
    @martiseelye6443 2 роки тому +3

    i love old photos! this was so interesting Tipper, thanks for sharing.

  • @rita1259-y5c
    @rita1259-y5c 2 роки тому +3

    Wonderful photographs! Glimpses of the past....like time travel. These are great!!! I hope that your sense of community is preserved along with the Brasstown Community Center! So much wonderful history!

  • @swoodhaus
    @swoodhaus 2 роки тому +3

    What a fascinating video. So much history that the pictures told!
    Thank you so much Tipper!

  • @kathyflorcruz552
    @kathyflorcruz552 11 місяців тому

    I am the same way about old photos & records of time gone by. And the thought of anyone now being judgemental about people got by then amazes me. This is a great collection.

  • @elizabethfclark03
    @elizabethfclark03 2 роки тому +3

    I love stuff like this! Those photos were fun to look at.

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you 😀

    • @elizabethfclark03
      @elizabethfclark03 2 роки тому

      @@kenhartman7362 I’m just wondering why you are leaving the same message on most of the female’s comments on this video? 🤔 GO AWAY! This is not a dating site!

  • @EuleneWages4644
    @EuleneWages4644 2 роки тому +1

    Wonder video of Brass Town ....loved the pictures.i like old photos.

  • @cynthiapate9138
    @cynthiapate9138 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this wonderful man and the photographs. It was fun listening to the stories with the photos, too.

  • @selenahadlow9700
    @selenahadlow9700 2 роки тому +2

    Loved this

  • @pastorpfp1
    @pastorpfp1 2 роки тому +4

    I love local history and culture! Great job!

  • @lisao4250
    @lisao4250 2 роки тому +2

    Loved this video !

  • @mint2bee689
    @mint2bee689 2 роки тому +2

    Two great historical videos this evening, yours and Metcalf Mills. Loved seeing those old pictures.

  • @bethmichaud3209
    @bethmichaud3209 2 роки тому +1

    📷This Photo Biography interview is enjoyable, and interesting. Thank you Tipper

  • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
    @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 2 роки тому +3

    I love looking at old pictures and really loved the ones at the hog killing and hauling wood with the sled. People here in the Northwest Piedmont used to use sleds back then and I can remember us using them to haul tobacco from the field to the barn.

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Mark! I love those old sleds too 😀

    • @mint2bee689
      @mint2bee689 2 роки тому +1

      Hi Mark, what county are you in, we are in the NW Piedmont too.

    • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
      @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 2 роки тому +1

      @@mint2bee689 Stokes County

    • @mint2bee689
      @mint2bee689 2 роки тому +2

      @@MarkWYoung-ky4uc we are moving to Stokes County later this year

    • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
      @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 2 роки тому +1

      @@mint2bee689 Great where are you moving to?

  • @joncothranphotography9375
    @joncothranphotography9375 2 роки тому +1

    Not to be confused with Brasstown, GA. Very interesting stuff, Tipper! Thanks!

  • @anthonylong3024
    @anthonylong3024 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for showing the photos and stories.

  • @audramatney1148
    @audramatney1148 2 роки тому +2

    Great video always good to look at the past strong people back then 👍

  • @ktmcc4360
    @ktmcc4360 2 роки тому +3

    Absolutely wonderful presentation Tipper. Really puts things into prospective of how easy we live today. Mostly falsely were learning as fuel and food are killing us. Thanks so much for doing all you can to save your center. You are an angel for your community. Much love.

  • @russellseegars6071
    @russellseegars6071 10 місяців тому

    My grandfather and grandmother were Aubrey and Blonde Byers. They were the parents of Audrey, Joseph, Bob and Harry Byers. Audrey was my mother. Pearl was one of my aunts. Many of my favorite times were spending summers and holidays on Dog Branch. Thanks for taking the time to create this video.

  • @mags102755
    @mags102755 2 роки тому +1

    Old photos are wonderful. I'm glad you all have them.

  • @joeywynn442
    @joeywynn442 2 роки тому

    I love old black & white photographs.

  • @williamwhite1596
    @williamwhite1596 2 роки тому +2

    Local history is always interesting ! God Bless !!!

  • @matthewbrandon931
    @matthewbrandon931 2 роки тому +1

    Nice history lesson. Thanks.

  • @Luellen.24
    @Luellen.24 2 роки тому +1

    Love the old pictures. Tfs💖

  • @charleswatson7154
    @charleswatson7154 2 роки тому +1

    Thank y’all!

  • @keithmoore7948
    @keithmoore7948 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Tipper.🙏

  • @speckledhen409
    @speckledhen409 2 роки тому

    All your lovely stories enticed to to visit Brasstown. Came the backroads to Murphy and then to Brasstown. Enjoyed my day.....a beautiful area!

  • @lorettataylor9902
    @lorettataylor9902 2 роки тому +1

    I love old pictures too thanks for sharing I listened to hear if I'd heard of anyone my parents had mention . My parents new alot of people I bet they new some of these.

  • @bethanyfields4706
    @bethanyfields4706 2 роки тому

    I loved these little snipets of their lives! The photos were wonderful!

  • @scots-irish
    @scots-irish 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Tipper, I’m in central Ky and a bit older than you are, I grew up living a life not unlike yours and I very much appreciate you reviving memories, although different people and places, it’s still strangely the same

  • @darlingusa2pettee57
    @darlingusa2pettee57 2 роки тому +1

    With the introduction of cell phone cameras, I wonder how much longer we'll have wonderful photographs anymore. Nothing wrong with cell phone images, I just hope people remember to pull out a regular camera from time to time, take a photo, and after it's developed, mark it with the date, names of subjects in it and place it was taken. Who know but what ancestors down the road years from now will treasure it.

  • @barbarafischer4619
    @barbarafischer4619 2 роки тому +1

    Greeting from Northern Illinois. I love soany things about your channel. God bless you and your family.

  • @sbishop16
    @sbishop16 2 роки тому

    I love looking at old photos, nice video🥰

  • @elainebuchka6533
    @elainebuchka6533 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed the history of the photos and about the people..Thank You for Sharing, Tipper. I LOVE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL...

  • @duckiegirl58
    @duckiegirl58 2 роки тому

    That was a great walk thru the areas stories! Very special!

  • @krissyjohnson5551
    @krissyjohnson5551 2 роки тому +1

    That was great thank you for sharing this. I love photos that are old and interesting like those were.

  • @0Hillbilly
    @0Hillbilly 2 роки тому +1

    Very neat. God Bless.

  • @jimmychandler713
    @jimmychandler713 2 роки тому +1

    Great video tipper keep up the great work

    • @jimmychandler713
      @jimmychandler713 2 роки тому +1

      How are y'all doing tipper hope y'all have a good day

  • @kevinscamera5574
    @kevinscamera5574 2 роки тому +1

    Very cool, thanks

  • @amymahers2957
    @amymahers2957 2 роки тому +1

    I too love old photos. There is a dignity and gracefulness in so many of them. My grandmother left me so many and we sat down and she wrote on the back of them so I could pass that history on. Thank you for highlighting the importance of family, community and history.

  • @patriciabowman9157
    @patriciabowman9157 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoy this tipper love history thank you

  • @tammyhenderson334
    @tammyhenderson334 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed looking at the old pictures and hearing about their history. I have double first cousins too. My dad's brother married my mom's sister. Thanks for the interesting video :)

  • @juliayoung537
    @juliayoung537 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoy your videos so much! Thank you ❤️

  • @larrycounce4509
    @larrycounce4509 2 роки тому +1

    The hats @ about 17 mins are flat caps. Thanks Tipper for sharing

  • @aliciamott1396
    @aliciamott1396 2 роки тому

    Fascinating video !!!

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 2 роки тому +1

    Was looking at the photos and remembering what Grandma said about the white shirts how hard it was to get them clean and they only wore them for special times like with a photo taken that was it for the white shirt then going into the closet to stay clean and white!!!

  • @papaw5405
    @papaw5405 2 роки тому +1

    I find this very interesting! Some of these people are in my family tree and by the time I view this video a few dozen times there will be many more.

  • @americafirst7794
    @americafirst7794 2 роки тому +1

    As always love you and your daughter's channel! I was hoping you guys would make a video tonight so I can sit and watch it we got everything ready for the barbecue send a steer off to The butchers so I get a whole half to put on the spit for the elderly and the handicapped so it should be a good barbecue here at the ranch your daughter put up a nice video today it was super great what a cutie she is already God bless 👍👍

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you! And thank you for doing that barbecue I know they enjoyed it!!

  • @allensayles4599
    @allensayles4599 2 роки тому

    I love this video ! The picture with wallace sales is neat . Hes my relative . Well all the sales's are my kin . Ive gotta get out there and see this photo collection.

  • @DeynnaTerrad
    @DeynnaTerrad 2 роки тому +1

    Great, super video, I'm really love it , thank you, my full supportt it's your's 👍🏻👌🔔🌲🌸3

  • @davidhensley76
    @davidhensley76 2 роки тому +2

    These people were contemporary with Dorie & her parents.

  • @bonniefordahl7065
    @bonniefordahl7065 2 роки тому

    So interesting!! Life looks like it was so hard back then. Children were mostly barefooted. And clothes worn til they were thread bare. Tough life made for tough people - kudos for a job well done!

  • @AutonyB
    @AutonyB 2 роки тому

    Lewis from Tennessee Wonderful family

  • @rksg2003
    @rksg2003 2 роки тому

    Neat y’all have a Greasy Creek. There’s one just down the road on hwy 64 in Polk County

  • @sheilahenson694
    @sheilahenson694 2 роки тому

    My mother in-laws father would have been a brother to David's father his name was Buck so seeing the photos of the Anderson was great remember her talking about them so seeing some of them was great

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 2 роки тому +2

    We all are going back in time right now !!! I know this and it is sad for all in the World !!! Remember stone soup where you had some nice Stones to put into a pot and everyone put something into the pot someone might have a soup bone someone might have a vegs. or spuds to put into the pot !!! All in all it is maybe a group of people that would get a bowl of soup for themselves then to sip or eat it would have the flavor in it with some thickening for it !!! I pray this doesn't really happen but am thinking of what it is for children and parents to live through!!! You will be tired on out from the work that is unless from cock rising to sun setting at night !!!

  • @popeye1250
    @popeye1250 2 роки тому +1

    Those Irish hats are called "Scalie Caps." (SCAL-EE)

  • @harolddenton6031
    @harolddenton6031 2 роки тому

    When you travel over the smokey mountain into northeast Tennessee we have lots of Anderson families living in washington,unicoi, carter and hawkins counties.
    I have Anderson bloodlines on both sides of my mom's parents lines. My mom's parent's were Joseph Lester Jones and Mary Blanche (Loudy) Jones.

    • @harolddenton6031
      @harolddenton6031 2 роки тому

      Also on my grandma Mary Blanche (Loudy) Jones side I have both anderson and Hughes bloodlines from carter and Washington counties in northeast Tennessee from back in late 1700's into early 1800's. They were some of first settlers to cross the western nc mountains to settle into Northeast Tennessee.

    • @harolddenton6031
      @harolddenton6031 2 роки тому

      My andersons and duggers were some of the moonshine makers from up in Johnson and Carter counties in northeast tennessee.

  • @jasonrichards3785
    @jasonrichards3785 2 роки тому +1

    My grandpa and his youngest brother photographed the gold mining operations around Dahlonega, Georgia in the early 1900's. Everyone wonders what happened to the photos. They sold them to make money. We don't have any of the photos at all. However, if you go to Dahlonega, Georgia and see a historic photo from the early 1900's, it was most likely taken by my grandfather. On a side note, one time my mom's oldest first cousin showed me a picture of my grandpa's 2 brothers and 2 other gentlemen from the community at a moonshine still. I asked my cousin why my grandpa wasn't in the picture. She said, "Who do you think made the picture?"

  • @thirdrockjul2224
    @thirdrockjul2224 2 роки тому +1

    ❤️

  • @pippinbaker8440
    @pippinbaker8440 Рік тому

    What an interesting face George washington Anderson,has, I love all of them n especially the ones with their dawgs, just yummy, thank youTipper n dAVID hugs n smiles. :))

  • @homelifewithlinda1985
    @homelifewithlinda1985 2 роки тому +1

    It would be good if the gentleman inserted names in the frames for future generations to know who they are

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому +2

      There is a legend there with the names on them 😀 Thank you for watching!

  • @kimberlywatts9289
    @kimberlywatts9289 2 роки тому

    Hazel and Dink! She’s simply lovely. *swoon* That’s too bad about Dink, tho. 😕

  • @sandraheassan378
    @sandraheassan378 2 роки тому +1

    I saw a story on UA-cam once about a guy in Appalachia who till today makes those horse drawn sleds

  • @gerardkelly6316
    @gerardkelly6316 2 роки тому

    Today the fashion is to wear the caps back to front. Wonder what the fashion was back when some of those photos were taken ?

  • @papaw5405
    @papaw5405 2 роки тому

    I don't want to be critical but the WPA didn't start until 1935. It was part of FDR's New Deal. Either Gid was cooking for some else or it was in the mid 30s or early 40s.

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  2 роки тому

      Not critical at all Papaw 😀 Maybe David meant he worked as a cook later on (years later) after he returned from the war 😀