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Published: 2011-05-12 22:53:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 757; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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Mom emailed me this picture this morning to keep me going during these last few (but exceptionally stressful) weeks of my sophomore year in college. Dunno who exactly took the picture; ignore the shadowy thumb in the corner.Anyway, this is the view from my back porch, the one overlooking the front pasture. There’s a frost on the ground; considering that it’s currently in the mid-90s back home, I’m assuming this picture was taking during the winter months. Still, I nearly cried when I saw it. I miss the ranch so much—SO MUCH. Any little snapshot I can get of it has the power to reduce me to a blubbering, homesick mess.
For those wondering, this is a snapshot of the landscape just outside of Lometa, Texas. Not that I expect anyone to have heard of that wonderful lil’ patch of land, but still: That’s where it is.
Some fun facts: We’re a very patriotic family, hence the flags, and do you see the stacked stones around the tree that serve as a flowerbed, as well as the patio stones near the bottom of the picture? My grandfather laid all those stones himself. Love that man.
Just wanted to share the most magical place in the world with all of you. ^^
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i love this picture...it reminds me of my Aunt Brenda's farm. I live in Alabama so i see pastures like this a lot. i love living in the south
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I love living in the south, too!
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i hate the generalizations people make...one time i went to California to visit relatives and some one asked me if we still wear overalls...NO!!!
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I went to New York and got similar treatment; ugh! Lol!
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yeah i wanted to slap the person who me that. i also had a teacher who went to new york and he got asked if he rides a tractor. he said "Yeah, it's around back. Let me go get it." XD
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Wow. Just... wow. People can be really disappointing sometimes.
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yeah...but i love it here...mostly everyone is nice. they wave at you etc. Also...we have sweet tea!
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SWEET TEA! I think that's one of the things I miss the most when I'm at school up north. -_-;
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I would just go to McDonald's and get the one dollar sweet tea. Or do you have that? Everywhere is different. Cause this past summer we went to California for a week to visit family(Mom's from California). They had NO sweet tea!!!All they had was raspberry tea or iced tea. I about died, cause I practically breathe sweet tea. I had to get Mom to drive me to the McDonald's down the street of our hotel. Were are you going to college?
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I go to a tiny little liberal arts school in Illinois that no one's ever heard of (though I'll meet REALLY random people who went there/know of it in lines at the drug store and other odd places sometimes; small world).
I... don't think I've eaten at McDonalds in years. O_o Huh. I hadn't thought about that in a while. I'll have to check when I go home for the summer!
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Yeah, this fall, I'll be a freshmen. I actually have 2 days of school left(cause I don't have to take exams), and then I graduate on the 24th. One of my best friends is moving to Ohio the day after graduation. She's going to the Art Institute of Ohio. I, on the other hand, do NOT want to leave the homeyness of Millbrook, Alabama. I'm going to a local college. The plus side is my boyfriend goes there( He is a senior in college and has 3 more classes and is done...so proud 
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This is awesome. I've never really had a back/front yard before since I've lived in apartments most of my life, so people who have yards I always envy. xD
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I grew up on the ranch pictured above, so I'm used to wide open spaces. ^^ Moving to the city was really, really hard for me!
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Let's have a party at your home! xDDD
It's such a beautiful place! I wish there were places like that around where I live, too... I live in the cookie-cutter neighborhood.
That is a very magical place 
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I am very lucky indeed.
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I... was born on a Friday the 13th... (*sniffles*)
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Aww! *showers luck* HAPPY BIRTHDAY! NEGATE THE NEGATIVITY!
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The yard is pretty all around, and I really do like the stones a lot. Also, those trees way in the back are beautiful.
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I love those trees, too--I used to walk about a hundred yards past them and back every morning. It's gorgeous when it's all misty. ^^
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