But I wasn't born 'in the sticks' nor raised 'in the bush'.
I was born and raised in our largest capitol city with dense housing surrounding me, and moved to the country as an adult with my husband and firstborn son.
Almost 30 years have passed since then, and I am still just as awed by the open landscape here as I was when we first came!
I love the country life and though I enjoy visiting the city to be with my extended family, I just can't imagine going back to the hustle and bustle of a noisy metropolis again!
Watching the quiet afternoon shadows trailing down the hillsides, and the sun spread over the golden paddocks and orchards in my rural town will always pull me here, and continue to be one of life's Simple Pleasures for me :-)
This is lovely. There is such freedom to be found in open spaces and stillness.
ReplyDeleteDear Trish,
ReplyDeleteI love the country too but I NEED the mountains and trees. Lived for long time out in the outback and although i loved the wildflowers i missed the mountains and bush
Blessings
Gae
Very beautiful indeed! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a pleasure to be grateful for and appreciate. So many these days are running around here, there and everywhere! I find that getting back to nature and keeping things simple is a much better way to be. Blessings, Tammy
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the country and always dreamed of living in the city where I considered things happened. Now that I am all grown up I love my home in the suburbs but miss the country -I want a bit of both. However my sort of country is roling green hills and English gardens!
ReplyDeleteTrish, thanks SO much for stopping by last night!!! I am really grateful that you let me know about the feed problem! I think I have it fixed, but I'm not sure because I'm still learning how all this blogging stuff works. haha And I love this post - we moved to our current home in rural Georgia from a city in Texas, and I am SO thankful for where we live now. Quiet and beautiful, allowing me to focus on God and his wonderful creations instead of traffic noise, police sirens and vandalism, etc. God is so good to let us come to the country! :)
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful Trish. How blessed you are to gaze upon God's beauty in nature! I always say to my husband I wouldn't mind visiting Australia some day (smiles). I am in a busy American city and can't wait for the day to live somewhere a little closer to nature. Bless you my friend~Theresa
ReplyDeleteOh Trish...what a beautiful place you have created. Your picture demonstrate your beauty so well.
ReplyDeleteI also was born in a very large metropolis, with a very populated neighborhood, and when moving to this country, we just tended to gravitate to the same areas.
But alas, I am so thankful that Our Lord saw fit to move us here to the mountains of PA. I love leaving here. The peace of this place, even though we are now having quite a bit of natural gas mining around the area, still holds to the quietness that first called to me and my husband.
Thank you for sharing dear one,
Mrs. M.
Open space is what I pray for in my future, if the Lord allows. I am in the crowded, see everything in your neighbor's house, area....but I am thankful for having a house to live in.
ReplyDeleteYou do have a great simple pleasure...enjoy!!
Trish, this post moved me. I love the thought behind open spaces. You have a lovely way with words, and I never say that lightly. Thanks so much for joining me at Simple Pleasures today. Please come again.
ReplyDeleteLove the post country like is a pleasure
ReplyDeleteI agree. The city is a fun place to visit but not to live - as I was a city-dweller at one time. I MUCH prefer the country or rural town life.
ReplyDeleteBlessings from Ohio/USA...Kim<><
Trish,
ReplyDeleteI "envy" the fact that you get to live in such beautiful open-space surroundings. I only get a "taste" of living in the open-spaces, for I live in the outskirts of the city in what I call, Suburbia Land. However, my husband and I have a dream to someday move to the country when we get a wee bit older (e.g., when hubby reaches retirement age). So, I still have a long wait to go. Tee hee.
-LR
P.S. Oh. I have a new poetry blog, and I am inviting you to follow. I hope to see you there! :)
http://a-housewife-and-her-poetry.blogspot.com.
what a lovely post. I grew up in the country and have lived most of my life moving (I was a military wife) and now I am eager to set down roots again, somewhere in the country. Something about those wide open spaces.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
Hugs,
Cindy
Dear Trish,
ReplyDeleteYou live in such a beautiful place! It reminds me of the part of Idaho I come from, with lots of flat farmland. Here there are no mountains, but many, many hills that you go up and down and up and down and up and down, like a roller coaster! :)
I love your profile picture, too, and the others on the sidebar.
Love,
Marqueta
I am always pulled to the quiet of the country. Your photo and words are beautiful. Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Sarah
ReplyDeleteTrish, It is so beautiful. God has been good to you for sure. We live in the country and so enjoy the open air and watching the sunset after a long day. It's these simple pleasures that can't be compared to anything else. You are truly blessed.
ReplyDeleteOh Trish what a blessing to live in the wide open spaces! :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm very slowly progressing around the Simple Pleasures party this week. Between my wonky computer and whirlwind weekend, I'm as slow as molasses.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful photo of your wide open spaces. It's so beautiful and inviting! I would love to visit Australia some day. I just wish I were not so afraid of flying. Ugh.