A couple of weeks ago we rode in the side by side out around the old homeplace/farm to check on the ice storm damage, and I made these pictures. I just hadn't gotten around to posting them. Of course, because I took my camera, the sun went in, and only popped back out for a few minutes.
We were surprised to find very little damage from the ice storm, considering the shape our yards and driveway were in, and the road out to the old house was blocked by some fallen trees. There are also a lot of trees down in the woods where we didn't go. We will have to hire someone to cut those for us, and also the one on top of my mom's house. Still a lot to clean up, but hubby has worked hard to get the yards cleaned up and ready for mowing.
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| The old Stricklin Home |
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| The old Stricklin homeplace |
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| Granny's daffodils and Papa's tractor shed |
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| Old house side living room, dining room, kitchen |
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| Old house side, porch, living room, dining, kitchen-side porch gone |
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| Side of tractor shed from garden spot & daffodils |
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| Kitchen with Granny's old wood stove remains |
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| Cattle shute side in front of barn and daffodil cluster |
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| Cattle shute side with lichen and blue gate |
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| Old bucket in leaves |
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| Gate to back barn stables |
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| Rock face |
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| Back of barn stables |
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| Rock road bed behind barn-goes to old well |
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| Rock road bed with little rock horse |
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| Old commodes |
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| Once Granny's wash house behind the main house |
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| Papa's pond |
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| Bird's nest |
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| Prickly Pears |
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| Daddy's old Barn |
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| The back of the house I grew up in with a fallen tree branch |
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| The TN river from above-near our home |
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| TN river boat/fishing landing |
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| Old Churchwell store building |
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| The house I grew up in from the highway |
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| Flower bed needing cleaning |
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| Bird Fountain Children |
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Blue glass ball with self portrait
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| Mushrooms on old stump behind our house |
It's so sad to see nature reclaiming so much of the old place that I've lived on and loved my whole life, but at the same time nature is beautiful, and it eventually reclaims everything until only memories remain. Two things we can always count on, God and change. Nothing stays the same or lasts forever on this earth...
