Goodbye Country Home...a Bittersweet Farewell

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Photo by Colleen Roush Mount Shasta copyright 2011

Have you ever heard the saying "you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl?"  Well guess what?  Whoever said that wanted their daughter to stay close to home or something.  I grew up country, I love visiting the country, and I am very in tune with the natural world but...I mean a big But!  I am not a country girl.  I find this very interesting since I have always considered myself one.  Growing up we either had a real farm or a hobby farm way out in the country.  But I guess that this last adventure in country life has taught me one thing about myself...I cannot, will not live without a Macy's. 
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This photograph was found in ETSY shop Ryder at
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OK I know that sounds terribly superficial but I have to come to terms with this in myself.  I love the city life; I don't mind LA or Chicago traffic. Yes, I do get annoyed at times with some of the people but where ever there are city folk there is a mall nearby.  Also, there is something to be said about blending in with the crowd.  So I am very happy to be relocating back to Fresno, CA.  I miss my rock-hounding friends and my Gem and Mineral Club, the Grizzlies Baseball games on the hot summer nights, and the beautiful palm trees with the Sierra Mountains in the background.
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Parker in a show-down

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Parker seems to have taken a liking to my huband

Although I am so grateful to be heading back (a true blessing from God,) I will miss the  beauty that is out here in the true country.  I can honestly say that I lived in the last of the Western Frontier and I have learned a lot about the Northern California history.  I have met many very kind and wonderful people here and will miss them too.   
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This beautiful photograph was found in ETSY shop Steven Davis Photography at
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But I feel like Eva Gabor on Green Acres; luckily for me my husband doesn’t till the land in a three piece suit and he is as ready to move back as I am.
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This comical magnet is from ETSY shop Quirky Creatures at
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Now we will be hiking throughout the California wilderness and deserts but going home to the city; for me balance has been restored.
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Hiking Yosemite in the winter

With that all being said there is a sweet gentleness in the country that cannot be found anywhere else.   I have so many cherished memories of my childhood chasing fireflies and watching tad poles; wading in the cold creek and hiking the bluff; and now with this move I can preserve those wonderful little memories and let them stay nostalgic and a whimsical part of my past.

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