I Went HOME

I went home yesterday, it was a family gathering to celebrate my father's 72 birthday.

Happy Birthday POP!

 I was wandering around the yard looking at it from a different perspective. 

 This is where I grew up, this is what made me me.

  The house is over 100 years old with lots of character.

I have seen beautiful pictures of weathered wood, old barn barns. 

 I love the way they look. 

 No wonder, this was my playground.

My back yard.

This was the barn where we learned to take care of our animals, rabbits, horses and pigeons oh my.

 

This is where I learned what it meant to work HARD and be PROUD of your work!

 

These are the neighbors whom taught us what friendship meant. 

How to make ice cream and clean a chicken.

It was in here where I learned how to pound a nail, saw a piece of wood, build my own doll furniture.

 

 

These are the fields we chased after butterflies.

We learned to ride our bike on the gravel. 

Played hide and seek in the dark.

I think I was lucky! 

 I like the way I am me!