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Free carriage rides around the downtown area which had just been fully decorated for the holiday season.
My small town (about 20,000) doesn't have a lot of excitement to share, but recently on a trip to the library I saw some things that brought back to me the special pleasures of living in my small town.
Our small town's "Winter Skate", a skating rink filled with families on a beautiful Saturday afternoon enjoying skating, music and hot chocolate.
A statue erected in honor of a town "character" who rode his bike around town picking up trash and bringing small gifts and good cheer to people, all day everyday. He died about 2 years ago when he was hit by a car when he was picking up trash on the side of the road. The statue was created with funds collected in jars in all the stores around town.
I got an especially warm feeling of neighbors helping neighbors seeing people carrying boxes and boxes of food that they had collected for the food bank run by a small local church.
No, it is not big city excitement, but sometimes the little pleasures of a small town can be fun too.
Love a small town! I grew up in one and now living in one....great place to live! Have a wonderful Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI love the church picture. In my hometown, a small wooden Episcopal church burned down a few weeks ago. Enjoy the place while you can.
ReplyDeleteI love small town life..Im a former small town girl and miss it more than I can say. Love that statue and the story behind it.
ReplyDeleteI love the small town feel. Someday I'll have it again. That's a pretty little church!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful horses!!!
ReplyDeleteThere is something about a small town that, no matter how hard you might try, just can't be duplicated in a big city. That anyone would notice a bike rider picking up trash let along making a statue for him is at the true heart of a small town.
Happy SIMC, jj
Love your pictures! They talk about easy, comfortable living. The carriage rides look like fun! Would love to have the small town feel here where I am!
ReplyDeleteI love small town life. Friendly and relaxing. But what gets me is that those carriage rides are FREE. You don't see that too often. Nice.
ReplyDeleteI think you live in a wonderful town! So sad about the guy who picked up trash and seemed like a very genuine person to have died in such a manner, I am glad his memory was honored like that. Always so neat too to see people helping others out in food drives, etc!
ReplyDeleteDid you or are you going to take a carriage ride? Sounds like fun!
betty
I found the statue to be so touching. Seriously, I'm all choked up over it.
ReplyDeleteI love small town life. That statue story is wonderful! The weather sure looks great where you are...we had a gray, gray, wet dreary day here yesterday. Looks to be more of the same here today...I am not complaining though. I really don't want snow until my girls are home for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteI am learning about the pleasures of a small town and I think it is sweet and back to what is important. People caring about each other.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the beautiful tour of your small town. Heck, that's a city to us 'round these parts. You small town is about five times as large as our Tiny Town.
ReplyDeleteGod bless an have an incredible week sweetie!!!
I almost forgot you are practically my neighbor until I saw the statue of the bike and man... I remember him from Flatirons (o: the carriage rides sound great... maybe we should head over there and go for a ride (o:
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I remember when that bike dude was killed. Wasn't it a hit-and-run?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the dang snow??????????????
Have a lovely holiday, friend.
I love your pictures of your small town!! Ours use to be small but it's grown so much in the past few years. It's so sad!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely place. Outdoor skating rinks make a community, I think. Wish there were one in my town.
ReplyDeleteIn my hometown (population about 300) they put up a GIANT Christmas tree in the middle of Main Street each year. My sister, who still lives there, said that Louise (she's about 85 and used to drive the school bus that I rode) got to looking at the Christmas lights along the street and ran over the Christmas tree in her car. Flattened the tree as well as two tires. She just drove it on home. I LOVE small towns!
ReplyDeleteLovely kids! Merry Christmas.
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