{Lost}

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Today I got out for a few hours solo. Alone. All by myself. Eric was gone over night with the guys for a "Gentleman's Weekend"; which I'm guessing consisted of lots of beer drinking and playing with fire out in the country, so when he got home I was able to leave for a while. After a quick trip to the material store and a stop for coffee I realized I really didn't have much else I really needed to do. I wasn't about to go right back home just yet though so I headed out of town, through the country. I stopped at the cemetery and left a quarter on my grandma & grandpa's grave for my grandpa because he always had a game of giving us quarters when we were little but only if we could pry it out of his fingers. There's usually a little line of quarters on  top of his headstone, usually left by one of the grandkids. I thought I would head home a different way, get a little lost in the country since I was in no hurry. Turn up the music as loud as I wanted and take in all the scenery while enjoying my coffee. And lost I got. Really lost. I'm horrible with remembering where I just came from and have absolutely no sense of direction  at all. After about an hour I ended up in a different  town completely. Along the way I saw some really cool old barns and  houses, scouted out locations for my own little house out in the country, saw horses and tractors and fields and pastures just starting to turn green. It was a nice long drive. And I returned home, a little later than I expected, with a clear head. Sometimes getting  lost is good...and completely necessary.

10 comments:

  1. That's such a sweet story about your grandfather and his head stone. Made me a little teary. Beautiful photos, too.

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  2. I love your pictures, they always make me smile. For me, ALONE TIME = HAPPY MOMMY! Totally necessary ;D

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  3. the quarters on the grave? beautiful sentiment. getting lost? genius. why did i never come up with that excuse?

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  4. Beautiful. I just might stay lost. Depending on the day, of course.

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  5. But I really did get lost, for real. I'm really that bad, directionally disabled if you will. : )

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  6. I love driving along to nowhere. You found some wonderful things on your adventure - although I think I need to send you a GPS before your next trip out. Lovely images.

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  7. I love that you leave quarters on your grandpop's headstone. And getting lost can be a good thing....Look at those beautiful pictures you took. Wonderful.

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  8. I love the images from your journey. Getting lost is good sometimes, a great way to discover new things..looks like a beautiful day.

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  9. It is good for the brain to take a different route (seriously)! Driving around and getting lost is a very good way to come across some wonderful photo opportunities. Beautiful! :)

    Very touching story of your Grandpa. I am sure he is missed by his loved ones.

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  10. Really really pretty photos. That first one is perfect and such a sweet story to go along with it.

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