Going Home is Always a Pleasure
Jun 28, 2020 17:14:53 #
There's something about home. You know, that place where you grew up, where you were a child, where play was the order of the day. Somehow it doesn't matter that the house is old and maybe even boarded up. I spent last week at my childhood home. It has been in our family since the 1830's, and one of the original buildings still stands. The house is now boarded up because of vandalism. But it's still "home." I can't say this is excellent photography. But I hope somehow I captured how I feel when I'm there.
The view from the pasture.
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The beans are up!
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Clover still blooms, even though there hasn't been any planted for decades.
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The smoke house built in 1832. (I trimmed the weeds AFTER I took this picture!)
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One of the original trees. I think it's an ash. It has been hit by lightning a couple of times.
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Jun 28, 2020 17:18:37 #
Jun 28, 2020 17:21:48 #
Kamraman wrote:
Nice pictures.. Yes getting home is great. Took me 60 years to get home. Neighbor from back in the day put out Balloons and a Welcome home sign..
How cool is that! I'm glad it didn't take me that long! Thanks so much for visiting with me.
Jun 28, 2020 17:46:22 #
Really nice, Kathy. My first childhood home, from 0 to 5 yrs old, was a farm which is now suburban neighborhoods. My 2nd is still standing and occupied. I know how you feel seeing your old home.
Jun 28, 2020 17:51:12 #
Am a flat lander at heart. Lived in Kansas for a while in my life. Met my wife and started a family there. Your pictures bring back very fond memories. Very nice images and the story they tell is wonderful.
Jun 28, 2020 18:05:19 #
Jun 28, 2020 18:12:23 #
kpmac wrote:
Really nice, Kathy. My first childhood home, from 0 to 5 yrs old, was a farm which is now suburban neighborhoods. My 2nd is still standing and occupied. I know how you feel seeing your old home.
Thanks for sharing my visit. I'd really hate it if my farm became a suburb. Luckily, that won't happen in my lifetime - if ever!
Jun 28, 2020 18:13:32 #
BocaMac wrote:
Am a flat lander at heart. Lived in Kansas for a while in my life. Met my wife and started a family there. Your pictures bring back very fond memories. Very nice images and the story they tell is wonderful.
There is something about that flat land, isn't there. I love being able to see a LONG way (on clear days, that is). I love the fields dotted with hundred-year-old houses. Thanks so much for sharing my visit.
Jun 28, 2020 18:13:51 #
UTMike wrote:
Thanks for sharing this with us, Kathy!
And thank you, Mike, for looking in!
Jun 28, 2020 22:47:14 #
Nice pictures, Kathy. Home is always a special place for me to - where I grew up over in Switzerland. Unfortunately because of the pandemic, I had to cancel this year's spring trip and the fall looks very iffy also. Glad you enjoyed your trip going home!
Jun 28, 2020 23:49:20 #
weberwest wrote:
Nice pictures, Kathy. Home is always a special place for me to - where I grew up over in Switzerland. Unfortunately because of the pandemic, I had to cancel this year's spring trip and the fall looks very iffy also. Glad you enjoyed your trip going home!
Thank you for sharing my visit. I'm sorry you have to delay yours. I hope you get to go soon. What a lovely place to be from!
Jun 29, 2020 07:27:58 #
Nice photos, and how right you are! I have the privilege of living in a house I built (yes, me; my dad and I built it ourselves some fifty years ago) next door to the one I grew up in, a house where my daughter and her family now live. It’s a great life out here on the farm where I grew up. I like to travel and see new and different places, but it’s always nice to be back home. F. Scott Fitzgerald said that one can’t go home again. I wouldn’t know because I never left.
Jun 29, 2020 08:00:56 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice photos, and how right you are! I have the privilege of living in a house I built (yes, me; my dad and I built it ourselves some fifty years ago) next door to the one I grew up in, a house where my daughter and her family now live. It’s a great life out here on the farm where I grew up. I like to travel and see new and different places, but it’s always nice to be back home. F. Scott Fitzgerald said that one can’t go home again. I wouldn’t know because I never left.
Ooops, Thomas Wolfe. But Kathy is right about "Home" for many folks. Tell me,Kathy, didja ever fly a kite from that pasture?
Jun 29, 2020 09:53:21 #
Jun 29, 2020 09:56:16 #
I can see how the memories would have been good! My cousin visited my childhood home a few years ago and sent me a lot of pictures. The barn deteriorated and was replaced with a similar one. The house had burned and been rebuilt. It was different but still the same!
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