Country Living

Travis and I took a road trip up north this past weekend.

[Please note Paul Simon playing via my playlist, as all good road trips must start, and end, with Paul Simon.]

Our destination. . . Cambria.

There is something so special about this little coastal town.  

Main Street

 Moonstone Beach

Linn's Gourmet Goods and. . .

 her phenomenal Olallieberry pie

 But what really made the trip worthwhile,

was our long drive inland along this meandering country road. 

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It made me wish for country living. 

  A simple life. 

Where you are one with the land,

and the animals on it.

Days are spent in the warm sun. 

Hands in the soil.  Hearts in the sky.    

 

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You feed the chickens and gather

 their eggs in faded-from-sun jeans. 

Late afternoons are spent in the shade,

drinking sun-brewed iced tea out of repurposed jam jars,

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while tall grass on the hillside wave with spring flowers, 

 and Guinness and Raja run in a vast field,

 the sound of wind ringing in my ears. 

Happy Earth Day!