One of my favorite blogs, for the vicarious pleasure of ranch/farm life, is Pioneer Woman. She takes the most incredible photos of life on their Oklahoma ranch, of her children, their horses and cows and dogs and the people who work the ranch. She also has a special section of her blog that is all about photography, and she often has contests for people to enter their own photos on a topic that Ree selects. Currently, the topic is "Coming Home", and as you can imagine, there are literally thousands of photos of soldiers coming home to their loved ones.
I was just scrolling through them all and it's enough to make even an old, black-hearted liberal like me shed a tear or two, especially this Memorial Day. Head on over and check them out. Just be sure to have the kleenex handy. The ones on Ree's blog are simply her own favorites; there are thousands more over on the Pioneer Woman Photography Assignment Flickr page(click for link).
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- kate
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- I am a bleeding-heart liberal, smart-ass, book-loving craft geek. Married to the love of my life, mother of 1 smart, smart-alec 10 year old. I ran my first marathon at 44 and can't wait to run another.
5 comments:
Wow, thanks for sharing that site. Very moving...
I loved looking at those! And I indeed shedded a tear or maybe more.
Kate, Have you ever been to the wall? Oh my. Really made me cry.
hugs, Cheryl
Cheryl,
Yes, my family (mom and siblings) took a trip to DC about 10 years ago for the dedication of the Peace Officers' Memorial (our dad was killed in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer, so his name was added to that wall.) We saw the Vietnam wall then, as well as the Korean war memorial. It really is heartbreaking to see so many names and wonder what their stories were.
That was emotional---thanks for sharing , It was a appropriate for Memorial Day weekend.
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