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Wispy Clouds Over Mormon's Row |
I don't live in a fancy house. It's an old, small house near the shores of Lake Michigan. The roof leaks whenever it feels like it, and I can't keep up with the peeling paint. But it's a comfortable house.
This image is of a barn that stands just outside the boundaries of The Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming. There's a small group of barns and other buildings still left from the days in the 1800's when the Mormon settlers built them. They’re still there for people like me to use as props for our pictures.
I wonder if the men and women who dared crossing this country looking for a better life ever thought the homes and farms they would build would last long enough to become a tourist attraction. What would they think of us leaving Michigan in the morning and taking a picture of their homes in the afternoon? I complain about the size of the airplane seats and the long lines I have to wait in at the airport. I doubt they complained even that much about their months in a wagon and the lines of mountains they had to cross.
But they made it. They built their houses and raised their families the way they wanted to, and where they wanted to. My house has been a pain to keep up with over the more than 25 years we've lived there, but it’s where we've raised our family. It's where they still come back to and it's where things feel right to me.
But I wouldn't mind this view out my back door
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