Nothing says ‘rural living’ like the photo below..

The field freshly plowed and flowers blooming around a stuck-in-the-ground kind of mailbox is something you simply don’t get in the city. While some of you might be shouting “who wants it!?!”, you have to admit there is a quiet, serene feeling that flows around you in rural America.

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Today would’ve been my Dad’s 81st birthday. I can’t think of one day that I haven’t thought of him since his passing on August 1, 2004. He loved being outside and reminiscing about ‘the good ole’ days’ (those where you walked a mile to school barefoot because there wasn’t money for all the siblings to get shoes — good ole’ days? heh). He would’ve been so incredibly excited about new baby, Colette, and so very proud of Ben. Happy birthday, Dad!