Welcome to #iPPP! Sarah at The Sunday Spill and I want to see your funny, your yummy, your heartfelt, your favorite phone photos of the week. All you need is a blog post containing at least one photo from any phone camera. Link up below!
But first, an announcement of sorts. Sarah, as you know, is growing another baby, running her home while her husband builds their new house (that must be ready for the baby), and generally doing it all. So, she’s going to step down as my iPPP co-host after this week. I will miss her so much! But, the co-hosting torch is being passed on to the capable hands of my good friend Robin of Farewell, Stranger. Make sure you come back next week, link up, and give her a big ol’ welcoming, virtual hug.
You know you live in the country when:
You do hear sirens go by…..once or twice a month.
The cow and sheep populations are each more than double that of the people population.
You might see a combine drive by in your backyard.
Instead of running into the neighbor’s yard, your dog runs into the cornfield behind yours.
The only visitors you ever get are the UPS and FedEx drivers.
You have to drive into town to go trick or treating. Or to get gas. Or to buy milk.
The closest Target is 40 minutes away.
The closest Wal-mart is 20.
You make your kids wear clothes to go outside, but it’s basically a formality because no one will see them.
You will drive behind farm equipment at least once a week. You WILL.
The loudest it ever gets outside is around the fourth of July and harvest.
You’d never be able to count all the stars in the sky at night.
You may have to walk a quarter mile to borrow a cup of sugar.
The choices you have for cell phone and internet plans are 1) use the available plan or 2) don’t have cell phone/internet.
Running at night is awesome, if you like to run in the pitch black darkness because there are no street lights.
You’re more likely to pass a raccoon or opossum on the road at night than another car.
The sight obstructions aren’t tall buildings, they’re tall trees and grain silos.
When you get lost, you won’t be battling one-way streets, you’ll be battling acre-long squared dirt roads.
You can see for miles and miles and miles.
Are you a country mouse, or a city mouse?
I'm sad that Sarah is stepping down, but Robin will fit right in – awesome.
And Sarah can still come and hang out 🙂
We live country-ish. Sirens more often, but all in all pretty country. Probably because we're the Country Music Capital of Canada 🙂
Thanks Kerstin! And yes, you live in very pretty country.
Sorry to see you go, Sarah, though of course I will see stalk you everywhere. And hello Robin!!
I've never lived in the country, though I have been on vacation in the country, mostly in Australia. I loved it, and I really wouldn't mind moving out of the city some day. The ideal would be far out enough in the country for it to be quiet, but near enough the city so I don't have to drive an hour just to get groceries. 🙂
Thanks Alison! Looking forward to playing along and keeping up with people through their photos.
I love the idea of the country — peaceful , starry, quiet. But then I go to the country and I'm all "time for me to go back to the city." There is a small town 30 or so min from me (Gainesville is surrounded my hella rural areas) and it's where Kelsey's hs plays football. I'm always shocked at how "country" it is for being so close to is, if that makes sense.
And Luke would lose his mind if he saw equipment ill that! Ha!
Oh, I hear ya, girl. We're 20 minutes from a Wal-Mart and – wait for it – 1.5 hours from a Target. We live in town but it's a very small town in a very rural area, and we only have to drive three miles in any direction to end up in a setting exactly like you describe!
I am for sure a city mouse! However when I was growing up and we went to visit my grandmother, she was a country mouse! 🙂
I know all about those kinds of drives to the store.
Or your folks drive you to the neighbors house for trick or treating. My city kids cannot comprehend it.
The night sky sounds amazing – we love to get away from the lights when we go camping. We live in the suburbs, and are minutes away from everything. But life in the country does have its charms – the space! The quiet! I think I would love it for those reasons. 🙂
we live in the country and you've described it perfectly. It's wonderful to live where there is very few people and lights and sounds.
I didn't live quite so far out in the country but it was close. I miss it sometimes – the pace of life was just so much nicer and a lot less hectic. But I do love that Target is only 5 minutes down the road from me. Oh nos, I've become citified!!! 🙂
We are city mice but live off the beaten path so have a little of both worlds. Only 15 minutes from Target but only 5 minutes from horse farms. Plus, our neighborhood has several preserved areas so we often see deer and other wildlife in our backyard. Have you always been in the country?
Wowwww…it's kinda like you're describing living on the surface of the moon to me. I would LOVE to be able to send the kids outside sans clothes (or at least have that option). And stars? Can you guys see stars? (Sigh.)
I love this view of your life. Thanks for letting us peek into it!
I'll miss Sarah, but am more than sure Robin we be a great co-host!
Thanks Carolyn! I will try. 🙂
Great list. I love having a glimpse of your life.
I think I fall somewhere in between myself.
This is AWESOME because it was very similar to how I grew up. Once when my mom needed an egg, she sent my brother walking through the woods to the closest neighbor with a quarter in a baggie and a note that said, "may I please buy an egg." He came back with the egg, the quarter, and some fresh baked bread. Because country folk.
I love this glimpse at your life. I can sort of imagine it, and sort of not. Not really I guess. But this line: "You’d never be able to count all the stars in the sky at night." Oh, sigh. I love that.
Really looking forward to joining you in this photo journey!
That's going to be a great new partnership, and Sarah will eventually be back. 🙂 This looks so dreamy, I have to say – this country life.
But I might be a city girl.
I've always lived in the 'burbs or in the city (small ones though). I think I would like living in the country but it would take some lifestyle adjustments, that's for sure! Those stars with no city light obstruction sure do sound awesome…. 😀
I grew up in a really small time – not quite country I think, but VERY small town. Now I live in more of a city and I like the conveniences 🙂 But sometimes I miss small time life!
That was how I grew up. Small community, and our house was in between two cotton fields. During the summers, my alarm clock was often a crop duster 🙂 I kinda miss living in the sticks!
This is my husband's dream, living in the country. I am a wannabe big city girl so we compromised and chose a leafy, cutesy suburban town when we got married. I live close enough to walk or bike to everything I need–library, grocery store, the kids' schools, coffee shop. I wish there were more people to watch, that was one of my favorite things to do living in a bigger city. But it works for our fam right now.
I agree with the other comments, I love getting a glimpse of your life in the country!
I'm a burbs girl but I always think I would like to be a city girl.
I am a total country mouse! Your post made me miss the country (and the province in the Philippines where I grew up). That's why I love camping – even if it only happens a few times a year. I get to feel what it's like to be in the wilderness and nature. If I could live out in the country, I would. But we need to be close to my husband's work, so we can't. Maybe someday……
Oh, my goodness – YES. I'm a city mouse that was momentarily (though it felt like forever) transplanted to the country. I couldn't believe I had to "drive into town" on the weekends just to purchase household goods or get decent fast food.
Haha! It takes a lot of getting used to…or tolerating, until you can get back to civilzation!
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