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Those By-gone Days
John C. McCornack ![[IMAGE]](bluline.gif)
Those By-gone
Days
Doesn’t it make you sad
They were the heart of our
country
Fields that once were
carefully
The home may still be
standing
The barns were filled as
well
Ah yes, time does move on
Marilyn Lott © 2008
- 12
6 million housewives
Can't be wrong
Who keep
Their husbands
Right along in
Burma-Shave
Burma-Shave
Great pictures, as usual, love your new background,
and also, the Burma Shave sayings, I remember them so well, driving to my
grammas was so boring to me as a child, and those were what brightened the
trip. ...... P
Grandpa's Home
Many years ago when I was little
They would swarm around the lilacs and get
nectar
Precious memories of Grandma at her
washboard
Grandpa carried water from the well-house
Grandma made some ice tea and we would
gather
When I travel yet today and pass a
farmhouse
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When the government wanted to thin the dairy herds,
there were a lot of empty barns and milking parlors here in Indiana. The
small farmer who loved to raise his crops has been replaced by huge conglomerates
and machinery -- and the farmhouses that once housed proud families, the
backbone of the country, lie derelict and abandoned.
The echoes of laughter and tears in those homes could
tell stories of the joy of winning a blue ribbon at a state fair or the sorrow
when a sudden hail storm destroys tender seedlings. It is a bygone era, but
one I can remember with pride.
Sorry if I'm spouting off this morning -- but your
photographs brought back many memories today.
... B
The World of Mom:
My mom taught me
7/5th of all people don't understand
fractions
Retrop, Oklahoma
Barn near Sentinel
Thanks for spending a little time in my world ! John McCornack
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Morning John, I will try this again... it is
springtime... flowers are blooming, trees are putting out leaves... even
the dead desert is coming to life... new joshua trees dotting the barren
waste...they are ugly.. but seem to survive out here.. the mountain sides
are turning green with small plants that only grow this time of year.. the
rest of the time... it's too hot and not enough rain....your picture of the
tree..is great... it is void of life.. as we know it...but with the warm
days.. the sap will rise from the ground...once again.. bringing it back
from it's long winters sleep...the branches seem to bow in the presence of
the dying sun....I marvel at the sunsets on the lake.... the water mirrors
the vibrant colors... maybe this is how rainbows get their colors...your
world has so much to offer to the residents.. and tourists...your site gives
fair treatment to all... the native culture, schools, churches, parks, barns,
windmills,,, no wonder your site is looked at by so many....you enclose bits
of history.. legends, folklore, myths...all to make it interesting reading...
as well as pleasing to the eye.... you bring back so many childhood
memories....it is almost painful to look sometimes.....
John, I so enjoy when you feature the Native
Americans.. their culture and people are the most fascinating... the more
I learn.. the more I wish to know. .Do you have more information on the Cheyenne
Tribe...old pictures.. legends, actual facts... anything...there is a Cheyenne
that comes into n/a forum room...he is a historian.. researching the northern
band of Cheyenne... so the Indians around Oklahoma must be the southern
band...are the northern band.. survivors of the forced march by our
government....the pride that most Indians have for their heritage.. is
great...the way they pass along the history of the people...customs..
ceremonies...regalia...we all could take lessons from them.....thank you
for including this segment on the Native Americans....
Mrs. Oklahoma.. see there is something to say
about mature women... just because we get older doesn't mean we are over
the hill...we have experience and maturity on our side... if Father Time
hasn't been unkind... we have some vigor and appeal left...I'm only as old
as I feel... you have a deep affection for your Alma Mater... John... the
yellow flowers make a good place for you to stand... the college behind you..the
patch of yellow blossoms in front.. and you in between...again.. I think
you should be head of the Chamber of Commerce...think of all the new people
you would meet...could change the name of it..to McCornack's Place...what
were your feelings when your dad quit farming... I know you were in Peoria
by this time... most likely.. but to grow up farming.. it was a part of you..
more than a way of life...I still like to drive by fields of cotton, vegetables,
wheat, hay.. anything that reminds me of my childhood.. aah.... Precious
Memories...how they linger....how, they ever fill my soul... sorry to get
maudlin on you.... your pictures either leave me in awe at the beauty of
our world... or conjure up sweet memories.... that make me cry.... enough.....
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Springtime