Country Life

I was standing all alone against the world outside
You were searching for a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive.

Don't you worry, sometimes you just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes...
Now I've found you, there's no more emptyness inside
When we're hungry, love will keep alive.

I would die for you, climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do.

I was standing, all alone against the world outside
You were searching for a place to hide.
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive.
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive.

Woke up today with the Eagles rolling around in my head... And started remembering the simple life I had as a child... there were no cell phones, starbucks, heck, even our regular phone had a chord! Our house was heated with a wood stove, and I carried the wood in every night to heat it in the winter. My childhood summers consisted of riding my bike, building forts, and helping my Grandma pull weeds in the garden. Sometimes, if I begged, I got to watch TV... but it was Tom and Jerry and Mash. My mind wasn't corrupted by TV.

As a teenager, I read my entire Bible from cover to cover. Just because there wasn't anything else to do. I read books in an entire sitting, often 2-3 a week. I devoured them, and wondered how anyone could live such luxurious lives?

Eventually I started acting like the city person all locked up inside of me... dating boys, being social, going all the time, as my mom used to say. I was in a school activity from the crack of dawn until late at night. I moved away as soon as possible. I married a boy from the city. I live in the city. I am the city. I get goosebumps in a really cool urban setting that would be a good backdrop for some pictures... it's quite strange. We're attracted to what we don't know, right?

However, every now and then... I miss that life. I dream of buying a huge old red barn and, of all things, making into an art studio. In fact, I happen to know, in my heart, that I'll come full circle and move to the country some day. It might be after my husband dies, because getting him to leave the city might be impossible... but mark my words... there is a barn in my future.

Until then, I will show you what I've been photographing lately... It's the country vs. the city. Right now the city is winning for sure.

http://picasaweb.google.com/shellypeters/CountryVsCity#

So, friends, what is inside of you? I've got a little country... what do you have?