And cows dot the scenery like trees

I grew up in a big city. I knew nothing of cows, chicken coops, and horses, except for what I saw on television or read about in books. Then, when I was 13, we moved to a very rural area. And by rural, I mean that nothing is in walking distance except for the mailbox (and even that may be down the road a ways). So when we moved here, WOW, cows! Horses! Amish buggies! Farms! Fields! Corn stalks! Even now, 14 years after living here, sometimes I still find myself checking out the surrounding scenery with the same sense of novelty and awe that I had when we first moved here.

But not my kids. Since they’re growing up with it, to them horses and cows and buggies and farms and fields and the various plants and crops are just part of the scenery that they take in when we’re driving down the road.


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