Rural Thursday #19: Spirit of Nebraska Wilderness Park

As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

~Barbara Sher

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• general information describing what's happening in your country/rural/farm life, 

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• homesteading tips,
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• DIY projects, 
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Thank you for visiting!

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Spirea. Rhymes with... well, you know.

Do you have an object, a person or a place --

that no matter how many times you try, you can't for the life of you,

ever remember the name?

I have a long list of these things -- the name is always on the tip of my tongue -- and it will bother me for 

days until I come up with the correct answer.

Usually, I run to Google to come to my rescue (what did we ever do without it?)

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Like, 

was it Eva or Zsa Zsa that played in Green Acres? 

Is it two cups to a pint? How many pints in a quart?

Oh, the humanity.

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My mother, bless her 82 year-old heart, can never 

remember spirea. 

She has quite a few of these bushes in 

her yard, but can never recall their name. 

It's not a memory issue. 

She does her own taxes, manages her finances, 

and can recall the minutest detail about 

things that happened to her when she was a young girl.

But spirea? It's apparently her Kryptonite of instant recall. 

Can't remember the name of that 

little shrub under any circumstance. 

Weird.

So if I happen to be in the general vicinity, I'll pipe in with -- 

"rhymes with diarrhea..."

then she remembers it right away.

It's one of, if not the only thing,

I can feel superior about

when it comes to my mom.

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Sharing with WW @ Project Alicia, This or That Thursday.

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Rebecca Texture by NClaeys Textures.

A Walk in the Park.

After the nephew's graduation party last Saturday -- Shane, his mom and I went downtown to view the 

sculptures at the Spirit of Nebraska Wilderness Park.

The Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness Park consists of 67 bronze and stainless steel works by Kent Ullberg, N.A., F.N.S.S., of Corpus Christi, Texas.

I'll be posting a few of my favorite photos 

taken that evening -- during the next few weeks.

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Sunday Texture by Kim Klassen

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Sharing with Texture Tuesday, Tones on Tuesday, Photo Tip Tuesday, Tuesdays Around The World