I suppose change is inevitable, Maree, but I do miss the more interesting bits. We try to save some, and do, but we're becoming crowded with franchise shops--McDonald's is only the tip of the iceberg.
Wistful memories
anonymous
April 5 2010, 11:01:43 UTC
Wistful memories are bittersweet, aren't they? Even my bland part of Overland Park has changed a lot in the two decades we've lived here. The six-lane boulevard that was a gravel road when we first arrived. The field of dairy cows that is now a subdivision (can't help but see a metaphor in that). The succession of hopeful shops that came and went in the little shopping mall by our house. Most bittersweet of all, the little babies we brought with us who are now all grown and gone.
Re: Wistful memorieskatequicksilvrApril 5 2010, 12:53:03 UTC
Life is change, but I do hate to lose things that bring such pleasure. Yes, OP has changed a LOT, hasn't it! Of course a lot of the old buildings I loved had a lot of patina--in other words they'd outlived their usefulness and were falling down. One reason I painted them was because I realized that...
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I've always loved your watercolors!
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And thank you!
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