Sunday Afternoon Drive ~

Loving the weather so much today here in

Michigan

that we took a Sunday afternoon drive.

I wanted to look for bittersweet,

but also just enjoy the weather ~

{My hubby was even sweet enough to give up

part of the Lions game on tv to join me}

You will see a lot of dirt roads in this part of Michigan~ Spring Hollow Farm is just around the corner from us... a very lovely place, but I feel so sorry for the woman who lives there with her husband. You see she was my husband's school teacher when he was very young and he can tell stories that make your hair stand on end. I am so glad he grew up and matured somewhat. {lol} Another lovely barn on Spring Hollow Farm ~

Lots of red barns in Michigan...

...tucked back among the trees ~

This fence is interesting. There are finials on the tops of

each post and every other one is black ~

I found this kind man along the road and he hopped in my car

and told me he would cut bittersweet for me if we found any.

{hee hee}

Truthfully it is my hubby...he will do just about anything

for me.

I adore porches...

open porches, closed in porches, screened porches

just

Porches~

A lovely fence along our drive ~

Isn't this just as pretty as a picture? So beautiful with the old barn and flowers~

Loving the chippy white here~

I feel sad when I see so many barns just falling apart,

but as a homeowner I also know

what it takes to keep these buildings up and

I understand why so many of them fall to ruins~

Look closely and you will see several turtles on the wood

sticking out of the water. We find turtles on our road

periodically so they probably come from here.

I also had a couple pictures of cranes that landed

on this pond, but they ended up blurry.

I hope you enjoyed your tour of my county today~

Blessings~

Chosen Pathways ~

Hubby and I have been talking lately about how the choices we make help determine our paths in life. They can be good choices or not so good ones, but every choice will make a difference in how we live out our lives. Sometimes the right path is not always the easy one, but in the end it is all worth it ~

Road Less Traveled~

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet, knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two roads diverged in a wood- and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Blessings to you and yours today. May the paths you choose take you to glorious places yet unseen~