I am sure that most of you must think that all I ever see are fields of corn, tobacco, and tall grass. Barns, dogs, and kids often fill my posts. But, this picture is the real deal. I pass through this caution light leaving my farm to drive into Smalltownland civilization.
The intersection, and the surrounding buildings, have been here since I was a kid spending time during summer break hanging out with my grandparents. And, to hear my Grandma Bird tell it, this intersection was here when she was a child and her dad owned the blacksmith shop not too far away.
Farmers pass under the flashing light many times a day. The morning school bus can really clog up traffic here as well. If you call a line of five cars traffic.....
It isn't fancy and it certainly isn't modern, but it provides a sense of comfort in this Farmchick's small town routine.
Well, that looks quiet. I just went through an hour of traffic congestion just now ! Enjoy the quiet life, it is a luxury to most people !
ReplyDeletei love this! and i love even more that you live in the same town as you did as a child...how special to get to hear your grandmother's stories too of this great little town! now-a-days, too many people are busy moving around, no real roots to anyplace, and i'm one of them...i would have loved to grow up in a small town and still live there!
ReplyDeleteI would really like a line of only five cars!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Rural Kentucky at its best. We have such a wonderful sense of history :)
ReplyDeleteNeat history to an intersection!
ReplyDeleteI can relate to school bus traffic jams..and 5 cars in that jam!
ReplyDeleteLove the shot!
I love reading about and seeing your small town charm.
ReplyDeleteYou know how to make a girl envious, don't you?? (sigh). If I could convince DH, I'd live in a place with a caution light like that.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle, There is something special about the beauty of a small town. City slickers (like me) talk up the big city, but we love the peace and gentleness of getting back to a small town. Thanks for sharing your location with us! Have a great day, John
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous right now. You have the best of both worlds, farm and field, and a small, blink and missit' town. I love it.
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This looks like Loradale, Ky,, where I live. We don't have a caution light because too many people thought it would cause a problem. A stop sign only, and we are still having our 3 or 4 fender binders a month. We have to have something to talk about.
ReplyDeleteA small town picture that captures the essence of small town life and its charm.
ReplyDeleteAren't small towns great? Sharing the 'history' of this town with your Grandparents makes it very special. A 5 car traffic jam is plenty for me, too! xx
ReplyDeleteCool! You make me feel like such a city girl!
ReplyDeletei love this. just as it should be.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see a city life post. Looks like rush hour.
ReplyDeleteOur town is abit bigger than yours, Michelle -- but alot smaller than what I grew up in and I love it. :)
ReplyDeleteOh lol, I'll trade it for my kilometres of first gear trudging in greater Paris! ;-)
ReplyDeleteComing from a very small town myself I find it to be INCREDIBLY charming!
ReplyDeleteIt's the kind of lifestyle perfect for bringing up kids. :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet little town...I remember when our town used to be like that.
ReplyDeleteAnd to think, the town has grown so much that we even have a Sonic!
Have a good day.
oh what joy ! many times one can smell, and even taste, rush hour over here. while having windows at home open. please have you all a good wednesday.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of Watonga, Oklahoma where I was born and where I return about every 5 years for a visit and family reunion. I now live in a small town in Oregon.. the countryside is the "only" place to live, as far as I'm concerned. Gotta have me some ground of my own. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a very different life that what I am used to, Michelle, but when I head out to Colorado I might get a taste of the country life...or at least suburbia! :)
ReplyDeleteSo peaceful .
ReplyDeleteYes it gives a good sense of how life is in your small town....good pic.
ReplyDeleteI can relate. It's why we left the big city and spent most of our adults lives in rural smalltown Mn.
ReplyDeleteRural America, isn't it great and aren't you lucky. Simple history, I just love it..
ReplyDeleteThat makes me smile...we had one just like it when I was growing up as well...AND my Great grandfather was the town's blacksmith. :-)
ReplyDeletewow you have a light...the little farm communities I grew up in and have lived in since didn't have even a caution light! rural life is very different from living in the city...so much I love about it...so much I miss and will never experience again!
ReplyDeleteSmall town life is wonderful! We don't even have a stop light in my town! LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of my youth.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was taking Drivers Ed, we had to drive 45 minutes away to get to a town that had a traffic light to practice going through a traffic light.
I had to drive around the block four times to finally hit a red light.
It was the only traffic light in that town.
I am moving up in the world because I currently live 35 minutes from a town with a traffic light:)
Familiar surrounding and familiar ways is extremely comforting. Very cool.
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Looks likes a nice place.
ReplyDeleteLove small towns- wouldn't trade for anything.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the town where I grew up.
ReplyDeleteI can relate - our town (village ?) is so small, we don't even have a flashing light ! And we don't have a rush hour - it's called a rush minute ;>)
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