Country Livin’

Barn

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I found this quote online and well…..it just summed things up for me on this July day in the country. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Thank you Adine Cathey for your thoughts…

“A MOTHER’S SMILE…RAIN ON A TIN ROOF…MARSHMALLOWS IN A CUP OF COCOA…FLYING GEESE IN OCTOBER…WILDFLOWERS ON A COUNTRY LANE…STRAWBERRY JAM…DADDY’S LAP…PICNIC…CORN SHELLER…LEMONADE…FIREPLACE…POPCORN…PURPLE VIOLETS…SUNSHINE ON DEW DROPS…PEPPERMINT CANDY…SANDBOX…BUBBLE BATH…A HOMEMADE QUILT…AN ATTIC…GRANDMA’S APRON…A GREETING CARD…FLANNEL SHIRT…A SPARE TIRE…AFTERNOON NAP…FINDING SOME BABY ANIMALS…SOME ONE TO SAY I LOVE YOU…CHOCOLATE CAKE…A LITTLE BOY’S ARMS FULL OF BOUNCING PUPPIES…A LITTLE GIRL’S HAIR IN BRAIDS AND A FRONT TOOTH MISSING…GRANDPARENTS LIVING ON A FARM…A RUSTY OLD TRACTOR…AN OLD PICK-UP TRUCK…PEACE ON EARTH…A RAINBOW…TOOTH FAIRY…PRAYER…MORNING SUNRISE…DUSTY CROOKED PATH IN THE WOODS…WILLOW TREE BY A CREEK…DADDY’S LUNCHBOX…FRESH APPLE PIE…A PICTURE STORY BOOK…LISTENING TO A BANJO…COUNTRY CHURCH…COWS IN A PASTURE FIELD…SEMI-TRUCK…FREIGHT TRAIN…SIPPING TEA WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN…STUFFING CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS…BROWN BISCUITS HOT FROM A WOOD BURNING STOVE…A RUSTY BARB-WIRE FENCE…A WOODEN FENCE POST…FEEDING THE BIRDS…A SOFT WHITE SNOW FALLING…GRANDDAUGHTER HITTING THE BASKET IN A BALL GAME…A BENT CROOKED NAIL FOUND IN THE BARN…FRESH HAY BALES… CATCHING LIGHTENING BUGS…WHIP-POOR-WILL CALLING AT DUSK…TIME SPENT WITH FRIENDS…FRESH CHURNED BUTTER…BABY CHICKS…COLORING EGGS AT EASTER…A BUTTERFLY ON A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER…BUMBLE BEES COVERED WITH POLLEN… Written 1991-1992….Happy Thoughts by Adine .”

Author: ADINE CATHEY