tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post8188520297422975694..comments2024-02-18T18:51:16.406-08:00Comments on What Matters Most : why do barns age gracefully .. .so well?Lovella ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/13870567090244361779noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-84344399277904172252008-11-07T08:00:00.000-08:002008-11-07T08:00:00.000-08:00beautiful picture! old abandoned buildings do hav...beautiful picture! old abandoned buildings do have beauty...i think it comes from all the marks left by the people who have lovingly inhabited them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-43441211281968760392008-11-06T20:24:00.000-08:002008-11-06T20:24:00.000-08:00Oh, Lovella ... your face is beautiful and wise; a...Oh, Lovella ... your face is beautiful and wise; a perfect mate to your beautiful and wise spirit! I love how I know you. Having met you in the 'wiser' years has been a real blessing to me. Your graceful ways and encouraging spirit are a beautiful witness!<BR/><BR/>Did you know that the time you invest in God's Word has a lot to do with your physical beauty? Studying it makes us wise, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 explains the 'beauty' connection ... <I>"How wonderful to be wise, to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a person's face, softening its harshness."</I><BR/><BR/>How 'bout THAT for a beauty treatment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-55137311377193496312008-11-06T17:37:00.000-08:002008-11-06T17:37:00.000-08:00I loved Betty R's comment. I loved the three seaso...I loved Betty R's comment. I loved the three seasons captured on the photo you took. A story...time changes things....it's all good! KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-64850492394094342022008-11-06T12:14:00.000-08:002008-11-06T12:14:00.000-08:00Beautiful photo indeed!Beautiful photo indeed!Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362147804352937504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-25942231406901564072008-11-06T11:31:00.000-08:002008-11-06T11:31:00.000-08:00I pass by that barn.. and I oft gaze at it too, th...I pass by that barn.. and I oft gaze at it too, thankful that some modern machine hasn't demolished it. I wonder... what stories could that barn tell? <BR/>So sad that our modern society has taken the 'old' out of the word beauty!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029451742280017744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-6852986042035228302008-11-06T10:21:00.000-08:002008-11-06T10:21:00.000-08:00I absolutely love old barns..always have!I choose ...I absolutely love old barns..always have!<BR/>I choose to age gracefully and I might add I am well on the way in that dept!! heheBettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214584150711242076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-44078246257285224062008-11-06T09:43:00.000-08:002008-11-06T09:43:00.000-08:00I read a poem on true beauty tips - it was making ...I read a poem on true beauty tips - it was making the rounds of the Internet. Audrey Hepburn often quoted it although she didn't actually write it.<BR/><BR/>You can read it here<BR/><BR/>http://www.slideshare.net/justmirella/audrey-hepburn-beauty-tips/<BR/><BR/>Why is it so easy for us to see beauty in an old barn but so hard in the mirror? I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.Islandsparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474765495506044446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-43333714851696766582008-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:002008-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:00Really nice photo Lovella! Lori TReally nice photo Lovella! Lori TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-35644056202016674882008-11-06T08:22:00.000-08:002008-11-06T08:22:00.000-08:00The SLC newspaper had an article about a woman wit...The SLC newspaper had an article about a woman with some physical issue that aged her more than usual.Her response was to hang 40 mirrors in her house at eye level so she could keep a realistic image of herself in her mind, and "own" herself as she appeared each day that God gave her, rather than eschew the gift of that day and live in the past. <BR/><BR/>Us bloggers who "dare" to post pictures of ourselves regardless of what our media influenced mind says about our looks is one way of keeping the our mental world real too.<BR/><BR/>I will observe however that old barns and older faces do look especially sweet when viewed though a bit of a misty fog. I think that is why our vision fades a bit too as we age...to provide us with that way of softening the edge of reality.<BR/><BR/>(And of course you don't want to get me started on the elegant advantage of wearing hats with veils. Boomer ladies...know what your grandmother's knew and add a veil to a classy chapeau!)Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-52670478045141364872008-11-06T07:42:00.000-08:002008-11-06T07:42:00.000-08:00Growing old gracefully. Yes, I want to do that. ...Growing old gracefully. Yes, I want to do that. Yesterday in the teachers' lounge, someone commented about how 'painful' it is to grow old, and I reminded her, "Consider the alternative." Shall we call the lines 'experience lines' not 'age lines'?<BR/><BR/>Goodness! Look what thoughts an old barn can generate. Its voice of experience calls to us!Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-11682964513665858762008-11-06T06:30:00.000-08:002008-11-06T06:30:00.000-08:00Love the aging barn in this wonderful setting. Jus...Love the aging barn in this wonderful setting. Just so beautiful. I do hope to age gracefully and have happy lines in my face and not bitter :0)<BR/>Enjoy your weather today!!ellen b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14531430948905935301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-92144815175964948852008-11-06T06:18:00.000-08:002008-11-06T06:18:00.000-08:00I've always loved old barns. Thank you for the sc...I've always loved old barns. Thank you for the scenic photo.<BR/><BR/>Actually, by Kentucky standards, that is still a very usable barn (it's standing). It appears perfectly capable of holding a crop of hanging tobacco or sheltering a small herd of cattle from the rain. <BR/><BR/>I've always had a desire to pull over and photograph every old barn I see. Next trip back to Kentucky, I may do just that.<BR/><BR/>Aging? I'm not going there... heehee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-3951435135155791752008-11-06T05:31:00.000-08:002008-11-06T05:31:00.000-08:00I find it beautiful, too. What is it? The sagging ...I find it beautiful, too. What is it? The sagging foundation? The graceful lines? I don't know...perhaps we'll need to look more closely at what the essence of beauty is. Guess that it's always in the eye of the beholder, but beyond that ????<BR/><BR/>Your posts always make me think, Lovella.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.com