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place so precious that a lifetime is not enough time to take it all in
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place that always feels like you are on vacation and makes you feel so grateful
that you don't have to leave as you wave goodbye to others
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place that nearly everyone who visits would like to call home and those of
us who leave to visit another place are grateful to return
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place where children and grandchildren frolic outdoors all day and have to
be called in for dinner
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place where old timers point and say that there is where we played and
worked and where my great grandparents did the same
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place where worries and problems fall away as birds and flowers call
attention to the day
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place that makes an all day person out of morning and evening types for
there is no time that is worth missing except when sleep demands
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place that maps, and guides may put somewhere in their report yet only
few like you will know how deep is its import
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place so fertile and so green it's hard to put in words that all the trees
so laden with fruit were planted by passing birds.
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place where organic has never needed certification anymore than a rose
really needed any name to smell so sweet
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place whose essence wants to spread throughout the land again in routes that
flora, fauna, and we can take and warm our souls and hiking boots
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place where the trumpeter swans stop on their way to who knows where but
everybody looks a hello
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place where raccoons feel free to move about to stir up what seems like mischief
to us but is only providing for their families
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place where Black Berries are so insistent to feed all creatures that none
need ever go hungry
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place where the majestic ring-necked pheasants are happily reestablishing
their number of years ago
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place where you get to take a boat ride to visit America and you get to take
another to return
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place where environmental scientists practice their skills and reaffirm
their missions as the noble causes that they truly are.
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place where young scholars on field trips have a chance to catch the fever
of the wild and at least can run about giggle to their hearts content
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place where working is a word unfairly used when talking about your duties
giving back to the place that is so relentlessly rewarding
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place close to fishing so good that you would be content to be skunked and
just enjoy the trip
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place where sunny days are so common it's embarrassing to discuss the
weather with a friend long distance
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place where the night sky is so clear that you know most of the
constellations by name and see the northern lights every winter
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place where integrity becomes your normal manner ingrained and unpretentious
with no credit you can think of rightly you deserving
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place where all your friends are moved to speak admiringly of your choice of lifestyle
yet few are courageous enough to chose the same
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place where your legacy becomes richer than you ever dreamed and you begin
to see that life is much more than it seemed
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place so dear that ownership comes by providence to they who pull the sword
from the stone
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place that seems to fill your days with energy and laughter and presents to
you the gift to live " happily ever after"