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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
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 Posted - May 07 2009 : 5:09:09 PM
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Alee I'm glad to know that i'm not the only one who is dreaming of driving down the roads i'm not near. literally some nights i do dream about them.
Karen ^_^
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2009 : 6:53:27 PM
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sometimes after a harsh day at work i get in my car and really look forward to driving down a certin road or two then as i leave the parking lot i realize those roads are about 450 miles away :(
Karen ^_^
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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marylucille
Farmgirl in Training
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Mary
White Heath
IL
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 05:46:47 AM
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Nice! You could have been describing the County Farm out here. It had exactly the same history, with the same kind of architecture. I used to drive past and dream about buying the place and making some kind of community center. I was shocked when I read in the paper a few months back that the person who owned it had quietly burned it to the ground. Now I wish instead of dreaming, I had worked to get it preserved as a historical monument.
Walk in Beauty; Work in Peace; Blessed Be. |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 06:11:18 AM
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Mary,
I know... I keep wondering what I can do to preserve it's history. Its in shambles. I can't even imagine the cost to repair. the windows! There are hundreds of em!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 08:54:36 AM
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The leaves have finally arrived here, they are not all leafed out, but we took a ramble yesterday down the backroads that have the "tunnel of trees".
Nothing is more luscious than when tyhe leaves come out and form canopies over the roads, the colors are so breathtaking. Sun's out today, we may have to take another ramble. When I first moved home to maine after a few years in Arizona I spend the first two weeks just driving around admiring the fall leaves , best time of year. Right now I keep spying litlle patches of forgetmenots, I've got to scatter some seeds in my yard, winter was pretty brutal to my perennials.
Have you read Blue Highways by William Least Moon, it is a wonderful book about his travels on the backroads of America. An older book, but very enjoyable reading. I highly recommend it!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 09:03:32 AM
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Ahh, that sounds soooo nice! We have a local tv station that used to have a gentleman that would go all over Ohio and find these neat little out of the way places to visit, eat shop... I can't remember his name, but there are like 6 books that he compiled prior to retiring.....Neil Zurker. Thats it! But I will definitely check out that book as well. That just might be my summer read this year!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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paintnpencils
Farmgirl in Training
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jessica
glen rock
pa
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 6:51:24 PM
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I love driving the backroads, Sometimes on my way home from work on my way to pick up my daughter from daycare I will take the long way or the stone roads, but the day befor yesterday I HAD to take the backroads home, because we got a flash flood, hailing thunder and lightning storm that just hovered over one small part of the county and it washed out some main roads, and there were a few people who had to be rescued from thier houses by boat! So it does pay off to know all the alternate back roads around. and of all the days my dad could have picked to ride his motorcycle! he was soaking wet and had to dump the water out of his shoes. at least he didn't get hit with the hail he found a place to wait out the worst parts of the storm.
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
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Rosemary Fox
Farmgirl at Heart
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Rosemary
Ewa Beach
Hawaii
USA
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Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 12:27:11 PM
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Hi Deeredawn...I am new to the forum as of today...liv way out here in Hawaii...hope soon to be on the mainland though. I love your story of the "poor farm"...I happened upon a place much like that here on Oahu a few years back. Only my place had been a home for wayward boys. I don't know if you are familiar with EVP (electronic voice phenomenon), but the next time you are out that way, you might see fit to bring along a little digital voice recorder. Get as quiet as you can and turn the recorder on. Ask some questions...give space for an answer...sometimes you can find some folks that are still lingering...pretty amazing. Aloha!
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