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Taps

I like living away from the centre of the city.  In my case the city nearest to me has a population of, oh, 80,000.  So I guess that put me in the small-town-girl category.  Loved the description of the woods that are just beyond your front door!  I can see why you enjoy your walks so much....

posted by Troosha on July 3, 2009 at 10:41 AM | link to this | reply

You paint a whole different world for me, one which I've never experienced (except the woodpeckers, perhaps). I can quite see why you love it so.

posted by Rockingrector_retd on July 3, 2009 at 6:48 AM | link to this | reply

I have a son named Daniel, nicknamed Dan'l Boone

as a child he couldn't stay within the confines of a room
but had to get outdoors, exploring woods and streams
now he's a bowhunter, and part Cherokee, it seems.

posted by Pat_B on July 3, 2009 at 3:50 AM | link to this | reply

Well, if that aren't reasons enough I don't know what is.

posted by vogue on July 2, 2009 at 10:16 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

I now live in the part of Texas that Daniel Boone traveled to....in fact, my gr-gr-grandfather followed Daniel from Tennessee where they were neighbors, to this part of Texas in 1845....settled with is wife and 10 of their kids.....plus some "free" slaves who chose to come with them.....we still have family reunions in the cabin he built.  He was shot in the shoulder by Indians.....fascinating thing, the history of this land.....

posted by Krisles on July 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM | link to this | reply

Taps, all the more reason to live with abundance of nature surrounding you. Lovely painting too but I just can't imagine a mohican jumping out at you..lol. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a nice weekend.

posted by shobana on July 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM | link to this | reply

good answer and a good question for us all to answer, me I am where I am because I have never wanted to live anywhere else

posted by lustorlove on July 2, 2009 at 5:20 PM | link to this | reply

Sounds like good reason to live there to me.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on July 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM | link to this | reply

I'm not sure about indians.....a cheeky Irish/Canuck will do for me.

I understand about the animals birds trees and wild flowers for that is where we live too.

posted by Kabu on July 2, 2009 at 4:30 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

Beautiful pictures in a beautiful post luv,it's great to e back reading again.

posted by WileyJohn on July 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Ciel

Sounds like you know your American Indian tribes.
You just reminded me that it has been years since I have been to Fort Osage on the river.
I wonder if they are having anything special for the 4th of July holiday.

posted by TAPS. on July 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM | link to this | reply

I call that living, too! sam

posted by sam444 on July 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM | link to this | reply

The stories of Daniel Boone are so exciting and adventurous to me. I would love to check out the "vines" in and around your neighborhood.

posted by yellowrose55 on July 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Re: shelly_b

he didn't have ten kids on the tv show.

posted by shelly_b on July 2, 2009 at 12:44 PM | link to this | reply

Re: shelly_b

Not only did Daniel Boone have a rifle to shoot a "bar" but he also had a wife and ten children:   James, Israel, Susannah, Jemima, Levina, Rebecca, Daniel Morgan, Jesse Bryan, William, and Nathan.  Only Jemima was stollen by the Indians and he had a heck of a time getting her back.

posted by TAPS. on July 2, 2009 at 12:31 PM | link to this | reply

have to say... any Mohicans in that part of the world

would indeed be lurking, not wishing in the least to be spotted by the local Osage, if they had made it through the Shawnee lands between New York and Missouri, and past all the smaller tribal lands with less familiar names. 

Still, I can appreciate the sentiment... My woods were full of elves and orcs...

posted by Ciel on July 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM | link to this | reply

I didn't know that Daniel Boone even had a daughter.

 

posted by shelly_b on July 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM | link to this | reply