Rural living offers tranquility and a connection to nature, but it’s not suited for everyone. For those accustomed to urban conveniences, the distance to services and sparse social opportunities can feel stifling. The slower pace, while calming for some, can bore those who thrive on the energy and variety of city life.
While I love rural living, I understand how it might feel restrictive or impractical for others. For me, this view is 1000 times better than privacy fences and the yards of other humans…
Here at the barndo, I have GREAT Internet service! I get my groceries delivered and it’s not that far to grab fast food or go to nice restaurants. (While living in Seymour, we still traveled to nicer restaurants although we did eat more locally purchased fast food.) I hear the songs of frogs and critters at night now — while in the city the most noise came from the high school… traffic and sports activities.
There are 2 things I miss now that I’m back in the Ville:
- snow removal — while the county might hit our country road after a big snow, it’s not like Seymour city where the roads are cleared.
- trash pick-up — I hated trash pick-up when I first moved to Seymour, but found that the ability to add one big item per week (couch, mattress, carpet roll, etc.) for free pick-up was handy.
More bad weather incoming — batten down the hatches!
Now that the trees all have leaves, the wind could potentially do more damage — and that’s what is forecasted for later today. More wind and rain via thunderstorms and potential tornadoes. Yesterday’s A/C repair guys decided more parts needed to be ordered for the A/C unit so no progress there. If the storms left everything else alone and blasted those suckers all the way to Austin it wouldn’t hurt my feelings. 🙂
Now you know: A 35-yr-old man found an age-progression image of himself on a missing children’s site in 2010. Though he knew he was adopted, this would lead to him discovering that his mom had kidnapped him from his dad when he was an infant 34 years earlier.