A series of thoughts and ideas....
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| HAPPY THANKSGIVING ~ 2018 |
....as seen through my eyes!
By: Jacqueline E. Hughes
Driving home from a visit with Janis and Fred at their beautiful farm yesterday, silently thinking of everything we have to be thankful for, the beauty and diversity of life was passing us by beyond the truck's stained windows.
Less than a mile away, we stopped along the side of the road. Earlier, Janis had pointed out two, monolithic structures just across the snow dusted fields from their farmhouse.
We stopped.
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| AN AMISH FARMSTEAD |
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| WAITING IN LINE FOR THEIR 'HORSEPOWER' |
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| THE AMISH LIMOUSINE... |
The diversity of the population of Michigan can surprise people at times. It still amazes me when an Amish horse and buggy shares the scene with a huge, black Ford F-150 truck. Redeemed and blessed are two words that come to mind.
Poor Dan! Just when he thought he was finished stopping along the side of these narrow country roads...I ask him to stop again.
The beauty of lives passed, dreams remembered, silence observed...gently wrapped us within a cloak of imagination!
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| LUTTENTON CEMETERY |
There was not a church in site. Had there been many years ago, long since torn down?
I was thankful for the souls of Luttenton that surrounded me; for all of their hard work, happiness, sad times, and the right to grace this simple plot of land on this crisp, November morning!
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| THANKFUL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE AUTUMN SUN |
As the bone chilling cold swept through my little hilltop retreat, I kept snapping away at the stark, multilayered scene surrounding us. The brilliant colors constantly cutting through my vision like sharp, chef knives and it was difficult to continue, at times, as tears flooded my vision.
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| AN ANCIENT CYPRESS TREE STANDING GUARD |
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| THE SKY PROMISING MORE SNOW! |
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| SHADOWS SPREADING ACROSS THE SNOW COVERED HILLSIDE... |
We live in a multi-cultured, totally diversified, amazing world. Let's be thankful for everyone and all of their contributions to the life we share together.
Let us open up our hearts and minds everyday to the possibilities that surround us as brothers and sisters of this land-of-the-free we call...home!
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| WITH LOVE....! |
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