Maybe because I feel kind of broken down myself some days.
I'm not as snappy as I used to be.
I might need to trim down, cut back, clean up the rough edges.
But all the same, there's something comfortable and appealing about ramshackle too. I think aging can be quite beautiful if you know what to look for. May we all remember to look past rust and ruin for beauty today.
You have said a lot with very few words. I love old buildings. Layers of paint, shutters that are just a bit twisted and not so perfect picket fences. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI will look for the holiday special on HGTV.
denise
I tend to agree with you. Behind the imperfections, there is often something truly beautiful if we just take the time to look.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post. So poignant and with a deeper meaning, just in a few words.
ReplyDeleteA man once told me that to him a woman is beautiful with age, because in the lines of her face one can see that she has lived.
xo
I agree with that sentiment totally. I love paintwork that is a little bit peely and showing some imperfections - either completely authentic or 'aged' which all the same has character and charm. You always manage to seek out these wonderful scenes and as ever your words have hidden depths. Love them!
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Steviewren,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful thought.. look past the rust and see beauty!!
Hope you have a wonderful day today.
The Bach
What a lovely post, Stevie. In case you don't see it, YOU'RE beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYes, my snap is in the back forty too. tee hee. Interesting analogy.
ReplyDeleteEverything is run down and yet they have that satelite dish up! ha!
ReplyDeleteBetsy saw the same thing I did.... the dish! Lol. Perhaps there is more going on inside that ol' rusted shack. Now that makes think of the Love Shack song by the B-52's. Lol
ReplyDeleteBetsy and ChaChaneen I noticed the dish as well. When we first moved out to the area, the building housed a little store. The area has always been rural but over the years the city has moved out to meet it. When a new grocery store was built close by and people no longer had to drive 20 minutes for milk and bread Caine's Grocery closed. Soon afterward a small engine repair shop opened there. I guess the owner likes to watch TV while he works.
ReplyDeleteSage advice.. which is something the young can not offer. :)
ReplyDeleteOk, is it sad that I recognized what place that was after only looking at the first picture. I guess that is what living in the same place for well over a decade will do to you.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that it had convince items in it before the small engine store. The things you miss when you are five.
Love your analog. I think people who truly LOVE each other look past the rust and see the beauty. It's not really that they don't see the rust. It's just that the rust doesn't matter. It's what's under the rust that counts.
I'm not feeling that "snappy" these days myself, so I know what you mean, but to every age there is a season. As long as we have good health, and can still be intrigued by the world, then it's all good, rust and all.
ReplyDeleteAwww, I love this! I find that things with a bit (or a LOT) of history are so much MORE interesting than the new, shiny glitzy sort!
ReplyDeleteI love the rusty too
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i have a love affair with rusty old things going as well. maybe it's a soul mate thing. i was just thinking on my way home from work today how old i've been feeling. i'm not as quick and on top of things at work. i tire easily and have less patience than i want with the demanding people deadlines at work. maybe vacation was just too good to me. i hope this passes. i need to work for many more years before retirement. big sigh!
ReplyDeletealso i wanted to say that i thought of you as we drove thru alabama and imagined how cool it would be if we could have met up for a cup of coffee. maybe next time!
I love buildings like this too...SO much !!
ReplyDeletei love old buildings...there is just something about them.
ReplyDeleteI've been feeling pretty rusty and rundown of late too. What beautiful musings my dear! I stil have a stuffed dog named snapper that got when I was 1 year old!
ReplyDeleteI just love this post!.."Aging can be quite beautiful if you know what to look for"...will be my motto from now on:)...
ReplyDeleteSometimes a rustic old shack can hold a kind of beauty of its own and this obviously did.
ReplyDeleteI came over from Hilary (The Smitten Image) where you had a mention in POTW. Congratulations.
Nuts in May
Too often we rush to demolish the old, replacing it with soulless modernity. I love this post.
ReplyDeletePOTW! Congrats.
Too often we rush to demolish the old, replacing it with soulless modernity. I love this post.
ReplyDeletePOTW! Congrats.
I LOVE OLD ! I Love Rusty because I'M rusty! I don't have a joint that doesn't need lubrication with WD 40 !! :)
ReplyDeletepopping back to say congrats on the POTW!
ReplyDeleteHi, just stopping by from POTW and Hilary's blog. Great analogy. I'm a bit ramshackle myself most days.
ReplyDeleteI came over from Hilary's blog. Congrats on the POTW Award!! You have a beautiful blog here!!
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