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Kluski
AncestralPea
PeaNut 39,382
May 2002
Posts: 4,194
Layouts: 10
Loc: mid-atlantic region
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For example around here we often see the fighter jets flying in formation as they practice. Another, bonus is we see bald eagles on a regular basis.
I know somepea mentioned living near moose. That is pretty cool. |
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lovestorun
PeaNut 90,754
June 2003
Posts: 6,972
Layouts: 38
Loc: So Cal
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Definitely the ocean. We have a path that is paved along the sand called "The Strand" and I love it! If I want to be at the beach, I'm there in under 5 minutes!
I also take advantage of living in Los Angeles - I have access to everything from Disneyland to the Getty Museum! I always talk to my mom about how I cannot imagine that the people standing next to us in line at Disneyland probably had to save, and planned for a year or so to get there. We just drop in for a couple hours, ride a few rides, and go back. I'd say that's a pretty cool perk!  |
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WorkingClassDog
Rick Springfield Junkie
PeaNut 78,429
March 2003
Posts: 13,968
Layouts: 5
Loc: Mountain High Pea
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:30:48 PM
Mountains. I see them everyday. I swore when I moved here I would always notice them...so beautiful.. but now unless it's a beautiful clear day.. I forget.... |
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Shiloj
PeaAddict
PeaNut 433,735
August 2009
Posts: 1,760
Layouts: 33
Loc: Utah
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The mountain and national forests -Grand Canyon, Escalante National Monument, Moab National Park, Lake Powell all within 3 hours of here yet I have only been a few times and some I have never seen at all. |
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seasonscraps
PeaAddict
PeaNut 113,955
October 2003
Posts: 1,443
Layouts: 17
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:34:14 PM
I take NYC for granted. Except for work, I hardly go into Manhattan. There's so much we could do but don't take advantage of it. We're also pretty close to the beach and rarely go there either. We're kind of homebodies. |
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Nancie52
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 452,927
January 2010
Posts: 2,910
Layouts: 23
Loc: Mass
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:43:25 PM
I live in an ocean city also.. but don't ever use it.. I did when I was younger...
I also live adjacent to Boston and hardly ever go into the city. | |
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cmpeter
PEAceful Pea
PeaNut 14,521
April 2001
Posts: 34,350
Layouts: 31
Loc: Washington State
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Green...lots and lots of green. |
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peaname
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 510,579
June 2011
Posts: 2,447
Layouts: 0
Loc: The Land of Steady Habits
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Cows |
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I-95
It's all just nonsense anyway!
PeaNut 97,456
July 2003
Posts: 19,528
Layouts: 0
Loc: California, NY & Orlando
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:44:31 PM
Disney World. Sea World, Legoland
Really easy access to inexpensive quickie cruises to the Bahamas.
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EricaLynn
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 34,917
April 2002
Posts: 2,312
Layouts: 72
Loc: Owasso, OK
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Tornadoes? Wide open spaces?
I think the fact that cows graze across the street from my neighborhood, and there are a lot of people with horses nearby. Most people don't get to see that part of the world very often (hence the reason Pioneer Woman is so popular). | |
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nlwilkins
PeaAddict
PeaNut 280,462
October 2006
Posts: 1,830
Layouts: 2
Loc: Central Texas
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We see wild deer in many places around here. In fact in some places they are considered pests and it is illegal to feed them or doctor them from accidents.
funny side story to this. My son in law would feed his family from the deer around their home and not have to pay for a hunting lease. Except my daughter is very sentimental and loves the deer. So, her hubby told her that any deer she named and could remember the name would be safe from him. So she would name every deer she saw and would make their names from distinguishing markings they might have. So every night she would point out the deer and tell hubby their names.
The story continues several years later with the addition of a son. When he was old enough to understand things, about four, he and dad were standing at the door watching the deer in the back yard. Grandson runs to his toy box, pulls out his toy rifle, gives it to daddy and says shoot them daddy! Dad was proud son knew what rifles did and made the connection with the deer and supper. Daughter did not know whether to be sad or proud. |
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~*kristina*~
Typical Liberal Pea
PeaNut 55,230
November 2002
Posts: 17,505
Layouts: 106
Loc: Hawkeye Nation
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:47:05 PM
About 2 blocks from where I work there are 8 bald eagles that have made their home in trees along the river. When the weather is nice and I'm out walking, I see them flying or roosting all the time.
I also see horses, cows and pigs on my driving commute to work AND the most beautiful farms. |
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,146
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:48:35 PM
Green
Friendly people
Clean roadsides (seriously, I am grossed out so often when I travel and see the level of garbage on roadsides)
Mountains
Ocean
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Katybee
PeaFixture
PeaNut 379,678
June 2008
Posts: 3,317
Layouts: 11
Loc: Enjoying the summer sun!
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Super-crowded highways? Dirt? Targets? Pick-up trucks? Scraggly/trashy cedar trees? (not even real cedar---they're some kind of juniper).
Yeah...I got nothin'. Can you tell I hate where I live? |
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Katybee
PeaFixture
PeaNut 379,678
June 2008
Posts: 3,317
Layouts: 11
Loc: Enjoying the summer sun!
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:53:28 PM
We see wild deer in many places around here. In fact in some places they are considered pests and it is illegal to feed them or doctor them from accidents.
Oh yes...I live in Central Tx, too. Lots of deer. Mostly because we're destroying any remaining habitat they have left with crappy subdivisons and strip malls. So, although when I moved here a few years ago, we had a lot of Ranch Land, now we have a lot of Mattress Firms. |
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sunny 5
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 472,024
June 2010
Posts: 2,068
Layouts: 0
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the golden gate bridge, the ocean...and all the beaches are public free beaches.
I have an expansive ocean view...great food and great museums. I'm planning to go to a dutch masters exhibit, an exhibit from versailles, and the chinese clay warriors within the next two weeks.
though we curse at it all the time...good public transportation. | |
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loveforpitbulls
PeaNut
PeaNut 577,998
January 2013
Posts: 216
Layouts: 5
Loc: Northern California
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:57:48 PM
Ginormous redwood trees
The Ocean
Gorgeous sunsets over the ocean
I do try to not take these things for granted though. I try to enjoy them, but I see them everyday so it is hard to always be appreciative. |
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2peafaithful
People not perfection
PeaNut 35,457
April 2002
Posts: 27,819
Layouts: 0
Loc: Right where I should be
| Posted: 3/15/2013 1:58:44 PM
I think I have lived here so long that it is hard to answer!
Maybe all the museums that we have and amazing shopping. We also have so many great options for families and homeschooling families. We don't homeschool any longer but when we did I realized from connecting with other homeschool families across the US that we had amazing options educationally here for our kids that many area's didn't have. | |
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Luvnlifelady
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 289,166
December 2006
Posts: 17,315
Layouts: 7
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:01:17 PM
The ocean for us too. 16 yo DD has even said she wants to raise her kids farther from the ocean so that it's special. Ugh! She's a very lucky kid to live this close. She's also the one that got sick of Disneyland though when we had passes so she doesn't really realize how special that was either.
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Just Jodi
PeaAddict
PeaNut 59,039
December 2002
Posts: 1,725
Layouts: 0
Loc: Hawaii
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:04:36 PM
I don't think we take it for granted but we don't go to the beach much anymore. I know it sounds bad but it kind of gets old after a while. We have been saying we are going to hike Diamond Head but we haven't yet.
Hawaii is a great place to vacation. To live..not so much! |
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maryannscraps
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 75,215
March 2003
Posts: 6,370
Layouts: 2
Loc: massachusetts
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:08:15 PM
oceans
turkeys. Talk about pests! I had to honk at a flock to get in my driveway this morning. | |
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Monklady123
AncestralPea
PeaNut 475,028
July 2010
Posts: 4,494
Layouts: 0
Loc: Northern VA
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:08:25 PM
I live across the river from Washington, DC. So all of that is stuff I see every day. Last year I commuted right through downtown DC early in the morning. The sunrise over the monuments and the Potomac River was so lovely that I reminded myself I had been taking it all for granted.
Also the things on this side of the river -- Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Air Force Memorial, Arlington House, Mt. Vernon, some Civil War stuff... we could spend every day not taking things for granted. lol...
(I love living here.)
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Gennifer
Biting my tongue.
PeaNut 79,412
April 2003
Posts: 5,571
Layouts: 275
Loc: Utah
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:08:47 PM
Mountains, definitely.
Here's a pretty photo I took (through the windshield!) as we were driving on the freeway a couple of weeks ago.
ETA: I thought of something else... Not really a "see" but an opportunity I take for granted. I live about 15 minutes from Park City, and people travel from all over the world to vacation and ski here. I've never been skiing, and have no desire to.  |
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mirabelleswalker
My president has 6-pack abs.
PeaNut 175,521
November 2004
Posts: 10,932
Layouts: 14
Loc: Here today, gone to Morocco.
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The San Francisco skyline. We have about a 200 degree view from the South Bay to San Francisco to Marin to Richmond. I hardly ever pay attention to it. I sometimes notice it first thing in the morning when the sun is coming up because all of the windows in the City sparkle from the reflection, and sometimes at sunset, but it really does become like wallpaper. People come over and ooh and aah, and then I wake up to how lucky I am. |
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Ouiser
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 196,226
March 2005
Posts: 8,842
Layouts: 0
Loc: in the South
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:11:17 PM
Well, there is pasture behind me so I guess like Erica Lynn - I would have to say cows, but also around here there are buffalo. Since I live in a tourist town on the lake, I guess I would also say I take the lake for granted. |
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NurseSweets
AncestralPea
PeaNut 255,021
March 2006
Posts: 4,870
Layouts: 0
Loc: Notre Dame , In
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We live near the University of Notre Dame...the campus is beautiful! Other then that Indiana is pretty boring lol! |
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scrap4maddie
Sometimes you harm the cause more than you help.
PeaNut 175,985
November 2004
Posts: 12,490
Layouts: 33
Loc: Buffalo NY
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:12:26 PM
Niagara Falls. We never go. We could but we just don't. |
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GypsyMama
PeaAddict
PeaNut 136,139
March 2004
Posts: 1,863
Layouts: 6
Loc: Colorado City, TX
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:22:09 PM
absolutely nothing... i live in the middle of west texas and its windy and dirty and the towns are all run down and ugly looking with absolutely nothing to do... and there's tons of money out here and the lowest unemployment in the country, but apparently no one spends it on nice buildings or festivals or museums... so we drive and drive and drive just to get to the store much less actually DO something |
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Momof1sweet-lil-lad
& the Velcro dog
PeaNut 133,429
February 2004
Posts: 9,092
Layouts: 0
Loc: With my Shadow
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:23:52 PM
Mountains, trees, acres upon acres of undeveloped land, unmarked country roads that are basically travelling through a tunnel made of towering trees.
Wildlife...many different kinds.
I love that I have a mountain for my backyard.
My son in law would feed his family from the deer around their home and not have to pay for a hunting lease. Except my daughter is very sentimental and loves the deer. So, her hubby told her that any deer she named and could remember the name would be safe from him. So she would name every deer she saw and would make their names from distinguishing markings they might have. So every night she would point out the deer and tell hubby their names.
I'm the same. I don't have to name the critters. But, dh knows that we will not be eating our deer. He has to go elsewhere to hunt.
Same for the squirrels, though I won't eat them.
The only thing he's allowed to kill are the ground hogs that like to raid the garden in the summer. Those are fair game.
We've had the priviledge of seeing newborn fawns (twins) that mama dear birthed on my in-law's property, right behind our house. It is a memory I will always cherish.
Plus, we had a mama deer that was lame. She had gotten into a fence or something and one of her rear legs drug the ground. I would watch for her and signs of her. The leg would leave drag marks on the driveway. She survived for a few years.
I always worried myself through hunting season. It was always a relief to see that telltale drag.
It's been a number of years and I miss her. 
I  living rural! |
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Luvnlifelady
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 289,166
December 2006
Posts: 17,315
Layouts: 7
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:27:48 PM
Gennifer-that pic. is absolutely beautiful! Being from Southern CA, my 16 yo DD has already said she's going to college where it snows. I will be showing her your pic. So breathtaking!
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Momof1sweet-lil-lad
& the Velcro dog
PeaNut 133,429
February 2004
Posts: 9,092
Layouts: 0
Loc: With my Shadow
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:28:28 PM
I live about 15 minutes from Park City, and people travel from all over the world to vacation and ski here. I've never been skiing, and have no desire to.
Gennifer, I've lived 40 minutes from a ski resort my whole life. It wasn't until a few years ago that my son & I went tubing there.
Just not something that I ever had interest in. |
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FrozenPea
PeaNut 16,260
June 2001
Posts: 6,560
Layouts: 47
Loc: The Frozen Land of Alaska
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:29:45 PM
Moose, bald eagles, and mountains! |
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sunluver
PeaAddict
PeaNut 387,904
August 2008
Posts: 1,839
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:34:03 PM
Mountains, lakes, rivers, lots of evergreen trees and the occasional deer, coyote or turkey that walks thru our development. I do not take any of it for granted. I once lived where there was nothing but flat land and corn fields...boring. | |
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,476
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:35:16 PM
Panhandlers.
Taxis and buses and trains.
The river.
A few I can think of. Though I love the Chicago River. They will be dying it green tomorrow! |
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Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
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B. Pea
PeaNut
PeaNut 453,111
January 2010
Posts: 365
Layouts: 0
Loc: midwest
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:36:21 PM
I don't take it for granted because we're only living in the area temporarily, but we have such nice views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline in our area. My kids are immune to it now though. I still point out spectacular sunsets or views on clear days and finally my 7yo asked me to stop because she's seen it "literally a million times, Mom." | |
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giatocj
AncestralPea
PeaNut 6,331
August 2000
Posts: 4,874
Layouts: 143
Loc: Beautiful New England
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:37:39 PM
Definitely the ocean, sad as it is to admit. | |
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mapchic
Top Tier Pea
PeaNut 31,157
February 2002
Posts: 12,166
Layouts: 55
Loc: Chicagoland
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scrapmingo
PeaAddict
PeaNut 173,756
October 2004
Posts: 1,918
Layouts: 18
Loc: Maine
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:43:10 PM
Road side peddlers- We can buy anything from wreaths to clams, sea lavender to Lobsters on the side of the road here. And it didn't fall of the back of a truck! I forget that doesn't happen most other places!
We are 40 minutes from the ocean and we don't go nearly enough. Same with an abundance of Lakes.
We see wildlife all of the time- turkey, deer, coyotes, rabbits etc. It is the norm for us.
I am sure there are a ton more!
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,476
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:48:15 PM
I thought "take for granted" meant negatively. That's how I take it.
I don't take for granted the gorgeous historic architecture I see everyday, or the beautiful lakefront, the museums, restaurants, shops, music venues, and a zillion cultural opportunities I see every day. I don't have enough time in my life to take advantage.
But I am so happy to be surrounded by the architecture all day at work, and now I live in a neighborhood with amazing architecture. I love it. |
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Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
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peano
Lead With Love
PeaNut 43,034
July 2002
Posts: 6,188
Layouts: 4
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:48:31 PM
Well I don't think I take it for granted but maybe I don't appreciate it enough until I get back from someplace unlike here. Our town fiercely guards its historical character and buildings dating back as far as Colonial times. It protects open space and closely monitors development, so we have no fast food restaurants, few shopping areas and those that are here are done in a low-key way--no garish signs or tacky displays. Purchases of open space are part of the long-range plan to prevent over development and to preserve its rural character. I love living in the country, but having quick access to major metro areas like NYC and Boston.
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SDeven
Love Letters Pea
PeaNut 65,852
January 2003
Posts: 28,195
Layouts: 380
Loc: Nashville, TN!
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:49:30 PM
Musicians...saw Sheryl Crow at the airport last week. Lots of local churches have really outstanding musical teams because musicians are so numerous here. |
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simplykayla
PeaNut
PeaNut 1,565
September 1999
Posts: 419
Layouts: 9
Loc: The great Northwest
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Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, kind people and a family friendly community. | |
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valincal
Comfortably numb.
PeaNut 227,939
October 2005
Posts: 13,599
Layouts: 5
Loc: Southern Alberta
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:50:13 PM
The Rocky Mountains. I only take them for granted until I start heading west out of the city. Then within minutes I'm feeling a warm rush of awe at how beautiful they are, and how lucky we are to be so close. |
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mikklynn
PeaAddict
PeaNut 294,285
January 2007
Posts: 1,490
Layouts: 1
Loc: Minnesota
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:01:39 PM
Lakes, trees and wildlife. I work adjacent to a preserve so I see bald eagles, deer, wild turkeys and coyotes almost every day. |
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irishscrappermom8
AncestralPea
PeaNut 220,508
August 2005
Posts: 4,532
Layouts: 52
Loc: IL
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:13:11 PM
The fields of corn and soy beans and other foodstuffs. It may not be exciting, but without the amazing fertile ground around me a lot of people would go hungry. |
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melanell
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 26,836
January 2002
Posts: 14,452
Layouts: 86
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:13:28 PM
If I knew then I wouldn't be taking it for granted, right? 
I don't know. I've lived here (N.E. PA) my entire life. I don't know what we have that other people would find special.
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fruitysuet
2Ps Digital Creative Team
PeaNut 151,913
June 2004
Posts: 7,967
Layouts: 1,006
Loc: Derbyshire, England
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:18:27 PM
Greenery for me too, together with the many varieties of garden birds (and squirrels) which frequent our garden daily.
As for a local place that people travel from all over to visit but we rarely do, Chatsworth House is just over half an hour away from us.
"Chatsworth House appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It represented Pemberley, Mr Darcy's home.[21] The house itself is named in the novel as one of the estates Elizabeth Bennet visits before arriving at Pemberley. The house was also used in The Duchess (2008), featuring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, and The Wolfman (2010), with Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins."
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dresdendoll
PeaNut
PeaNut 572,288
November 2012
Posts: 29
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:20:12 PM
Having been here in MI all my life sometimes I forget that I may live somewhere that people may actually board a plane to come see. I am surrounded on three sides of beautiful lakes. Many boating activities. Lots and lots of awesome camping sights with gorgeous trees and hills. I do enjoy these quite a bit. The four seasons you can set your watch to. My favorite being summertime which is BEAUTIFUL! | |
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pretzels
AncestralPea
PeaNut 479,777
August 2010
Posts: 4,433
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:23:10 PM
That's it's pretty much green year around here. I don't think about it until I post a pic on FB during the winter and my northern friends comment on it. |
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shannoninkc
PeaAddict
PeaNut 304,038
March 2007
Posts: 1,354
Layouts: 0
Loc: Where you vacation.
| Posted: 3/15/2013 3:28:57 PM
strip clubs and adult video stores. When I first moved here, I noticed them on every single corner, everywhere. Now, they just blend in. | |
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