Stop, Look and Listen

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Stop, Look and Listen

February 14, 2016 by dorannrule

Sometimes I drive down my country road and simply have to stop and take a picture.

It’s not that there is anything magnificent to snap.

And it’s not the glorious foliage or even the way the light hits a leaf.

It boils down to a “feeling” and a need to listen to the world.

Fields n Cloud Cover

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on February 14, 2016 at 4:43 am Jill Weatherholt

Beautiful photos, Dor! I have a Country Roads boards on Pinterest…I might have to pin that photo. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 5:10 am Anne Mehrling

I’m so glad you like to share your countryside. I, too, am blessed to live in an area that pulls at my heart.

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on February 14, 2016 at 5:16 am John

I so deeply understand. Missing the quiet of Michigan woods. You are blessed.

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on February 14, 2016 at 5:39 am ritaroberts

Its the quiet, or the breeze, or the warble of a blackbird, or even the rustle of the trees, the sound of lambs in the spring or the cows mooing and countless other soft sounds which I stop and listen for, when walking country lanes away from blaring traffic Dora. And of course here in Crete the lap of the waves by the sea.

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on February 14, 2016 at 5:58 am pattisj

Beautiful! I’m glad you do. Your pictures transport me from my citified living room on a cold day to wide-open spaces where I can reach up and touch the sky.

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on February 14, 2016 at 8:39 am Dianna

Beautiful photos! I smile when I recognize (from our visit with you) something in one of your photos, whether it’s from inside your beautiful home or an outdoor scene.

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on February 14, 2016 at 1:04 pm Eliza Waters

Your world loves your appreciation and shines all the more for it. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 2:15 pm beeblu

“a need to listen to the world” – I like that. You live in a beautiful part of it.

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:29 pm dorannrule

Thanks beeblu. I do love it here. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:29 pm dorannrule

That is a great way to look at things Eliza. Thanks! 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:30 pm dorannrule

That makes me feel so good Dianna – to think that you remember so much of your visit. I wish you would come again. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm dorannrule

That’s it Patti! You describe the wide open spaces perfectly. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm dorannrule

Oh, your words are almost better than any photo Rita. And how I would love to visit Crete and listen to the “lap of the waves by the sea.”

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:36 pm dorannrule

I love the peace and quiet of rural living, but sometimes crave the conveniences and action of a bigger city. Dual personality maybe?

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm dorannrule

I do believe we made the right decisions Anne – both living in idyllic surroundings and old enough to appreciate them. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 3:39 pm dorannrule

Thanks so much Jill! I am honored that you like my country roads photos. 🙂

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on February 14, 2016 at 4:02 pm John

No, not dual at all. The upside of this city is everything we want is all around us. Everything, which is something that drove my city-born wife nuts in Michigan. She’s a Caly girl from the suburbs of Los Angeles. Deer running around the front yard was so amazing to her.

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on February 14, 2016 at 9:31 pm ritaroberts

Well Dora, you are always welcome to come and stay with us whenever you feel like a holiday, and no excuses about the Big foot eh !

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on February 15, 2016 at 7:34 am dorannrule

How wonderful to have everything in one place – the deer and the antelope playing and the shopping malls and night life too. 🙂

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on February 15, 2016 at 7:36 am dorannrule

Oh Rita, thank you for that very kind offer! A visit to Crete would be on my dream list, and to see you would make it even more special. One can dream dream dream. 🙂

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on February 15, 2016 at 11:01 pm joshi daniel

beautiful 🙂

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on February 16, 2016 at 2:41 pm Debbie Spivey

Yes, exactly!!

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on February 17, 2016 at 9:04 am Mama's Empty Nest

Oh, I’m right there with you. Often I’m just driving or even riding in the car and I ‘see’ something that just needs to be photographed. It’s not necessarily what someone else would think camera worthy just a feeling. These photos are beautiful, Dor!

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on February 18, 2016 at 8:36 am dorannrule

I hope one day we can ride along together and shout, “Stop!” to take picture after picture. 🙂

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on February 19, 2016 at 1:36 am Mama's Empty Nest

Sounds great to me!! 🙂

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on February 26, 2016 at 3:26 pm dorothychiotti

I hear ya. I always want to stop
But if I did that I’d never get anywhere. Just need to enjoy the moment as it passes by. 😉

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on February 27, 2016 at 2:33 am dorannrule

🙂 I think you have the right idea Dorothy!

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