HFF!
Happy Fence Friday! I don't get that (yeah, I know it's a Flickr thing), but I thought I'd participate. Not all things have to make sense... that's partly what makes life so interesting. The United States Constitution does not guarantee the right to happiness, but it does give the right to pursue happiness... if this is such a pursuit, I'm all for it. Now, you may think that my fence may not look happy, and that it may be the scorn and ridicule of modern fences, but you would be wrong. It's a bit dysfunctional, as you can plainly see. However, one of the conclusions I arrived at some time ago is that nearly all the heroes of the Bible came from dysfunctional families and were often dysfunctional themselves... yet God cared for them and gave them purpose. My fence, though worn through the years, is still cared for and has a reason to be... no less than you. That's something to be happy about. Well, that, and it is Friday, after all.
This was taken just behind the old red barn next to the Blue Ridge Parkway in the region of Price Lake. Though not on this day, that fence still keeps cattle bound to that pasture. One odd thing I noted was that buttercups abounded in the pasture, though I didn't see any on my side of the fence... it's either doing double-duty keeping the buttercups corralled, or buttercups thrive where cattle have been. This gives credence to Proverbs 14:4, "Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests." The "strength" spoken of here isn't the ox, but what the ox leaves behind on the manger floor... even back in the day, they knew the value of good fertilizer! And so do buttercups, apparently, as they have purpose, too. Now, go make the most of the weekend!
HFF!
Happy Fence Friday! I don't get that (yeah, I know it's a Flickr thing), but I thought I'd participate. Not all things have to make sense... that's partly what makes life so interesting. The United States Constitution does not guarantee the right to happiness, but it does give the right to pursue happiness... if this is such a pursuit, I'm all for it. Now, you may think that my fence may not look happy, and that it may be the scorn and ridicule of modern fences, but you would be wrong. It's a bit dysfunctional, as you can plainly see. However, one of the conclusions I arrived at some time ago is that nearly all the heroes of the Bible came from dysfunctional families and were often dysfunctional themselves... yet God cared for them and gave them purpose. My fence, though worn through the years, is still cared for and has a reason to be... no less than you. That's something to be happy about. Well, that, and it is Friday, after all.
This was taken just behind the old red barn next to the Blue Ridge Parkway in the region of Price Lake. Though not on this day, that fence still keeps cattle bound to that pasture. One odd thing I noted was that buttercups abounded in the pasture, though I didn't see any on my side of the fence... it's either doing double-duty keeping the buttercups corralled, or buttercups thrive where cattle have been. This gives credence to Proverbs 14:4, "Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests." The "strength" spoken of here isn't the ox, but what the ox leaves behind on the manger floor... even back in the day, they knew the value of good fertilizer! And so do buttercups, apparently, as they have purpose, too. Now, go make the most of the weekend!