Prairie Blue


...............at my front door spinning...................just some simple thoughts & happenings of an ordinary woman.....

Sunday, October 9, 2011

an ordinary autumn day.....

remember the "branch" ........................this is back at the top of the hill in Granny & Grandad's backyard...............................just a typical autumn day...................Granny grabbed a camera and captured one of our family's most precious memories of Grandad...................carrying the scraps out to the chickens with all the kitties along for the stroll.................................how can one photo capture everything you feel about one person...............................it makes me smile and cry at the same time........................................................recently my cousin & i visited the homeplace, where a couple has transformed this property with such dignity & vision for being true to the property....and operate a large animal veterinary clinic.....(Gran was so pleased!)..........................as we toured the house and i looked out the upstairs window into this very yard.....................the tears came.............................. oh.....so many wonderful memories given, and shared from two wonderful grandparents............................so proud.................and.............. ..........................................i am so blessed!

6 comments:

TheCrankyCrow said...

What a wonderful treasure - a moment - and a lifetime - captured in time. As I posted a month or so back, I was able to "go home" to our homestead as well and take my mother - and know first-hand those feelings of looking out the window to the yard I knew as a child....Poignant, bittersweet - but, above all, a blessing - then and now.....Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin

Farm Field Primitives said...

So wonderful to have such a treasured memory!! That made me think of my Grandpa as well. I can see him heading out to the barn to feed the cats with them all lined up behind him also. Thanks for sharing and triggering a memory for me also!!
Melissa

annie said...

Nothing's like going home.......,,,,,.

grandma peden's porch said...

Isn't amazing how much we miss them when they are gone? I to feel that way when I think of mine (laughing and crying at the same time). Your post made me cry too.
Marilyn

frontporchprims said...

How wonderful to return to a place that meant so much to you and to see that it was all it could be and more. The memories and feelings must have been so sweet. I am happy you have photos and lovely feelings for the past. -Steph-

Deppen homestead 1862 said...

Wonderful Memories~~Terrific photo~ the trees, outbuilding gate~Grandpa with the scraps & the animals~
smiles
Teresa