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1Isiiu� Adv(), (Itu, July 30, 19t36
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The greatest thrill about living in
the country is the closeness to nature.
You can live in a city or even a
large town and never know that
winter is going on out there in the
country. When the roads are just a lit-
tle heavy with snow in town, the
white -outs in the country are enough
to deter even the bravest - or most
foolhardy - drivers.
Spring can be bursting out all over
in the country but city dwellers see
only a few green leaves, some dirty
snowbanks and full gutters. Even the
tall months in the city can be reduc-
ed to a few dirty brown leaves clogg-
ing the eavestroughs.
We moved to the country more than
20 years ago. 1 was born in rural Or-
taniobut lived in cities and towns rot
too many years before coming back
to my rural roots.
The wonderful scenes we have seen
here have convinced me that I could
never again be happy living in a city.
I say that knowing that millions of
people in Canada do not know what I
ant talking about. They are so far
removed from the wonders of nature
that they would not recognize God's
handiwork if they tripped over a
robin's nest on their back porch. Or
didn't hold their head high when the
smell of new -mown hay assaulted
their olfactory glands.
Regular readers know 1 walk three
miles a day since having a bypass
operation to my left leg more than a
year ago. In these glorious summer
months, 1 try to gauge my walking
time with the setting of the sun. Last
night, 1 left the house about 8:45 just
as the sun disappeared.
Want quilts
for showing
Show your quilt! The Huron Coun-
ty Pioneer Museum would like to in-
clude your quilt in its second annual
Quilt Show. The deadline for submis-
sion is August 18. The show opens
August 23 and continues through to
September 14. For more information
call the museum at 524-2686.
Last year over 100 quilts were
displayed. More than 600 visitors en-
joyed the three day show.
This year the show will run for
three weeks. A specific area has been
set aside for the display with special
lighting arranged for the quilts.
The sky was glorious. Great bursts
of pine, red and light blue sprawled
across the sky from the western
horizon to the eastern horizon.
Magenta hues cries -crossed from
north to south.
It lasted less than 10 minutes. Sud-
denly, it was black.
I walked north and turned around.
As I continued my walk, the color
returned. In exploding pink and red,
the setting sun hit another layer of
clouds and the whole panoramic view
repeated itself.
It was just as though the Lord had
decided he was not ready to end a
beautiful day. In another 10 minutes,
the scene had changed to darkness
again. But it was not over. Still
another layer of clouds caught the
glorious rays of the sun and the entire
sky was again ablaze with God's
grand colors.
1 have been watching sunsets for
more than half a century. I have seen
the sun set in a dozen countries but I
have never watched the sun re -set
three times in one evening. It was
ineffable.
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Wagnall or your Merriam -Webster,
friends).
I finished my walk and the sky
stayed light pink for more than half
an hour. I wondered if the Lord had
put on a great show just for me. I
could not help but hope that every
person in the area had seen the
display. And, of course, I spoiled my
little reverie by telling myself that
most people were sitting in front of an
idiot box (read: TV set ), imprisoned
in a viewing room and unable to see
the sky.
I tried to explain the phenomenon
to a few friends and relatives who had
not seen the glorious scene. My three
daughters understood. They nodded
knowingly because they were brought
up in the country.
But it was left to my youngest
granddaughter to explain it properly.
I had said that the final scene looked
like a huge pink angel wing spread all
across the sky.
"Well, Paw -Bob," said Kaiti, .the
just -turned five-year-old, "don't you
understand? God just didn't want to
put away his paint brush."
Out of the mouths of babes.
BEST FAIR BANTAMS — Michael and
two of the champion bantams entered
poultry show.
Earl Becker are shown with
in Saturday's Zurich Fall Fair
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