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Ain't It Weird How Places From Your Childhood Are So Much Larger In your Memories Than The Actual Reality?

10/28/2014

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Saw this sign while driving by my old childhood stomping grounds the other day and just knew I had to check it out .....after 45 years.....(shut up, I know I'm old!)
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The church was down a long lane.....
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When I drove up, it looked much smaller than what I remembered....
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I had forgotten it was tucked in a grove...
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I remember lots of nice people pouring in on 
Sunday mornings....
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But I don't remember the entrance being so small...
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I remembered the windows....and the steeple....
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So I peered in. 

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The church pews look the same. 
It all just looked...
smaller than I remembered, is all.






I wonder if everything from childhood is larger in our memories?
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Okay, that's enough introspection! 
Let's move on to some other pics I took back at 
me old stomping grounds from days gone by!
I remember these long gravel roads....
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And the Angus Farm signs....
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This was an interesting piece of art in someone's 
front lawn. 
I used the zoom on my camera to get this picture
and then quickly got back into the car...one never knows when a dog is around to take a bite out of a neck!
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This bridge has always intrigued me 
to no end, when I drive by. 
I love the metalwork and rust 
and contrast with the puffy clouds, floaty sky.
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And I've always wondered where this 
roads ends. 
I know some wisecracker is gonna say "probably in Mediapolis." 
SHUT UP! 
I prefer to think it never ends, thankyouverymuch.
:)
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And the old metal bridge actually crosses a babbling creek....
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Now we move onto this super cool garage I have passed for years and drooled over!!  I wanted to take a picture of the front of this awesome 70s style house but was afraid...you know...that a dog would come out and greet me by my 
Adam's apple!
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Who loves this artistic mailbox???? Who?????
ME!!!!!
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Okay, I likey little cottage style houses, 
but I gotta tell ya...something about this house spoke to me! I love everything about it!! 
Including the punch of color on the front porch!
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As I was traveling through ye olde stomping grounds, 
I decided to take a quick ride through Grandview.
Downtown Grandview seems to have changed a bit 
since 1970.    
*sigh*
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I really loved the naturalness of this old house though....
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And Grandview Elementary School...
my two older siblings went here. 
I think my Letts grade school bus stopped here sometimes.
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Of course the school's been closed for some time now....
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But oh my, look at this, the flagpole had it's own special walkway....
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Nothing stays the same though, 


it seems....
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YES I'M OLD!!!


 
NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!








So as I was driving Hwy 92 between Grandview and Letts, I'm looking...
...and looking
...and looking 
for this...

the Graffiti Barn!!!! 
The barn has been like this since the late 60s/early 70s at least, 
just down the road from my childhood farmhouse.
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After further investigation, I discovered this quirky, iconic building was burnt down by crappy little half brained nitwit arsonists in 2011.




Nothing stays the same.
*sigh*









So naturally after driving through Grandview, I wanted to see my old elementary school in Letts. 

I could NOT find my old school!! 
Was it tore down?? 
I went exploring for answers but didn't get too far because there's not much left in the town that I remembered...
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This kind of, sort of, reminded me of my elementary school. 
Do you think it was?
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This was part of someone's farmstead. 
I put the zoom on in my camera....
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Now if this wasn't the elementary school, then what was it originally??!!
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And where did that old huge brick elementary school from 
1970 1st and 2nd grade go to???
Why can't I find anything online about it??


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As I was taking these pictures that day, 
an old farmer in a pickup truck stopped and asked did I want to take his picture too. 
I responded,"Of course, you're a 
nice looking gentleman!" 
He just laughed and drove away.
I should have asked him if he knew where my old school went. 
Crap!

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Okay guys, after days of googling, 
I finally found out what happened to my 
elementary school in Letts...





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Little half brained, crappy, dim witted arsonists burned it down in 2005.













*Siiiiiiiiigh*















Nothing ever stays the same.












On my way back to interstate, I saw this cool barn style house. This was the closest I could get to it though, CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOME DOG WILL BE DOTTING HIS MOUTH WITH A NAPKIN AFTER HAVING JUST ATE YOU FOR LUNCH WITH A SIDE OF KETCHUP!!!
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No, I don't need therapy. 












Why do you ask?



















Lastly, I saw a fun Halloween display outside this mobile home off the highway. I inched my car up as close as I could and put the zoom on in my camera. 
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You really can't see the 
cool Halloween display, 
but if you think I was gonna step out of that car and get Cujo'd all over my fat .....
well,  you get the drift.











I told you earlier I don't need therapy.






Why do you keep asking?










Okay, that's all I got for today, kiddos!! 
I've been cook cook cookin' away in the kitchen and will be sharing some yummy dishes yet this week! 
I'm hungry now in fact :)


Hey, have a great Fall day and we'll talk at ya soon!!!






















3 Comments
Mike Townsley
10/6/2015 10:25:43 am

Angie,
What years did you go the Letts school? I was there 1960-67. The building on this page that was brick that you wondered about oustide of Letts was the old Jordon Sausage farm where they used to make their famous sausages . Thanks for the memories. Mike

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Angie @Turnkey
10/8/2015 01:29:11 pm

So Mike, I was there maybe 1970 and 71ish. Yeah, I had a couple folks mention to me after posting that the building was the old sausage plant. Letts looks a lot different now than the 70s but I'm so glad they kept the integrity of that building. It really is cool. Thanks for commenting!!

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