November 20, 2013

The gift of ordinary...


Believe me, it does not go unnoticed or unappreciated that one day I can be at the most fabulous Italian cheese store in center city Philly, and the next day while heading to the deli to get a Philly hoagie this is what I see when I look out my car window...



"The Gift of Ordinary"
Bucks County, PA


I love living where I have the best of both worlds.  I am thankful I have a camera to have proof that I live in the best of both worlds.  I sometimes need a reminder.  Yesterday I went in search of a hoagie at the deli.  Instead, I found a lonely wagon taking in the view from a hillside.  Never got the hoagie.  But sometimes you find even BETTER things when you aren't looking for them.  

The gift of an ordinary day...it's worth celebrating.



Day #19.  November 19th - I am thankful that after 30-something years...I finally live in a place that I feel is "home".

Day #20.  November 20th - I am grateful for the gift of an ordinary day.  


Here's where I'm linking up today ..."The Party's On"

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This week's song title is Martina McBride's "Blessed".




29 comments:

  1. Such a great shot! Love the photos that call me to linger and invent a story to go with them!

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    1. Yes like "this family went to Wawa in 1849 for a hoagie...and never made it back" :)

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  2. Oh, ordinary and yet profound, Kathy! I love your Blog. It is right up there with my top favorites. Thank you and thanks for linking up, too. ♥

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  3. Stunning photo, there is definitely a story to be told there. #TheGallery

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  4. Wonderful photo and a good life lesson

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  5. Too fun! You can always find a hoagie.

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  6. appreciation, at it's finest!! i recently posted an entry on the exact same topic. i live 10 minutes from the beach and 10 minutes from a zillion horses and farms. for me, it's just which way i turn, when i leave the house!!

    your image is stunning, gave me goose bumps!!

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  7. Wonderful photo.... It is just stunning.
    Boo Kitty Boo XXX

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  8. Yep I am completely with you on this, one of the things I LOVE about your part of the world is that lovely urban pot with the rural quiet world around it. I think it is part of what makes Philly such a cool city

    Mollyxxx

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  9. super photo and you are very lucky! we visited philly a few years back and i loved it, especially the "hoagies" although i still call them subs! even had to take a picture of my boys sitting on a "stoop" haha

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  10. Ha, ha...no you should did not find ordinary. Phooey on not getting your hoagie. Had one from Capriottio's on Sunday...de-lish!

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  11. BEautiful!!! I remember when there were a lot more views like that in Bucks county and Montgomery too…. how wonderful that you spotted such a place and moment. Gorgeous image!!!

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  12. Lovely post and a magnificent photo ~ thanks, carol, xxx

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  13. Stunning.
    Ordinary can be Oh! So Extraordinary!

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  14. yes, we really do need to appreciate the ordinary more. what a find----much tastier than a hoagie! ; )

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  15. That is a great shot! :)


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  16. That is such a gorgeous shot, and it is a wonderful thing to have the best of both worlds so to speak. I sort of feel like that living in dallas... it is such a short time to be out of the city in to the "boondocks"... which is lovely ranches etc.

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  17. Yes, the detours are usually the best part of the day! I love this wagon and the simplicity of your photo.

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  18. While you are lucky to find such great subjects, it is your talented eye that captures it in perfect framing and perspective...really great! Have a wonder filled week! http://lauriekazmierczak.com/amazing-grace/http://lauriekazmierczak.com/amazing-grace/

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  19. This is definitely better than a hoagie.

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  20. The photo is amazing! I wonder what the story is behind that lonely looking wagon? You captured the starkness of the scene so well.

    I think photos do remind us of the ordinary, of the beauty that we found right there, right then.

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  21. Gorgeous!! I loved that from living in S. Jersey - fields and farms, beach and ocean, or city all right there!

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  22. Great shot! So simple and so beautiful.

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  23. This is a great shot. I have the best of the country where I'm at, but I sometimes thing it would be fun to wander through a city and try and photograph the streets and urban jungle. I don't get that.

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  24. "The gift of an ordinary day...it's worth celebrating." LOVE THIS QUOTE!!! great shot Kathy. you can get a hogie any ole day!

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  25. Thank you for coming by to share on Rurality Blog Hop #41!

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