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Week 13: Eye Level

 

Did you ever have a dream of having that one special accessory for your home? I can't remember when I first thought of it. Probably when I saw it in a magazine, or maybe on a school excursion to one of the many museums in our area but for me, it was one of those world globes that sat spinning on its metal frame. It seemed so "old world" and full of romantic ideas of travelling to all the exotic places it displayed.

 

My dream came true a few years ago at an estate sale in my neighborhood. I would have paid ANY PRICE they had on it. Happily it was very much affordable and soon sat proudly in the corner of my family room. Perhaps not the most prestigious place, but it was where I could see it daily.

 

 

I have long since given up the dream of visiting all those exotic places, although I have been fortunate enough to have been to several. My greatest joy now is when the grand children come over and on occasion one or two of them will go over and spin the globe in its holder. I often wonder if it holds the same magic in their heads of the travel I once dreamed. I can only wish it for them, but then again, there really is no place like home, and dreams.

 

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Week 12: Expressions

 

The hardest part of retiring to Florida is leaving family behind.

 

 

This is a picture taken not by me, but of me and my husband with his brother and his wife. My husband is the oldest of 4 brothers and the other is the youngest. They were down for a visit recently, and the joy of catching up as well of reminiscing is obvious on our faces.

 

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Week 10: The Big Picture

Although Sally's suggestion of a wide angle shot brings to mind a wide visage, my thought turned to a slightly different perspective.
 

 

This building is one that has been looming in the city next where I live for about 12 years. You probably notice it's not finished. It was originally celebrated as the beginning of a new era of business prosperity for that city. Unfortunately it was started just as the economy and everything else went bust. A Televangelist was having it built on the basis of donations. He staunchly refused to use any types of mortgaging, or business financing to have it completed. Perhaps he thought a religiously based structure should remain completely non-secular. In any case here it is limping along too many years later. Who knows someday and some way Faith will get it completed.
 

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