Hope Floats...

 

Do you remember the 1998 movie? It was filmed in this small Texas town that is a short drive from my home. The billboard, boasting the movie filming, towers above the ground at the  towns' exit.

The movie will be featured tonight, on TV's Hallmark Channel. Click HERE to enjoy the movie trailer. You will recognize the large house and main street, where many of the scenes were filmed.

Harry Connick, Jr. walked on this very front porch...the home of Birdee Calvert (Sandra Bullock) and her mother (Gena Rowlands)

Buildings from Main Street...

                                        Main Street, again, where the parade took place.

One of my favorite quotes from the movie:

Beginnings are scary, ending are sad
But it is what's in the middle that counts
So, when you find yourself at the beginning,
Just give hope a chance to float up
               .......and it will !

Meggie Mac

Celebrating America !!

 

July 4th - Independence Day 2013

 

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

 

Lyric by Francis Scott Key

1814

 

Click HERE to read more...

 

Meggie Mac

 

Monday's Country Back Roads

                  A road to where.... I think I will let your imagination answer that question.

                                                                        Meggie Mac

Friday Fences

 

The White Picket Fence

 

This style of fencing has been used since America's earliest Colonial Days.

 

Meggie Mac

 

I'm linking with Jan 'n Jer's Friday Fences.

 

 

I Would Like You to Meet Shep

Not exactly an original name for a White German Shepherd. I learned, early in his life, he had a injury to one ear.

Do you see the gentle nature in his face?

              I met him a few months ago while purchasing the new landscape stones for my garden.

He was right there, watching the owner and me load up the stones on the truck.

 Click HERE to read another story about a dog named Shep.

The real story here is the love they share with each other.

The lucky two have been companions for over 12 years.

Meggie Mac

                          
                                                            

Sunday Under a Shade Tree

 

 Country Church

Country Town

Population 114

 

 

This small community's 15 minutes of fame came when it was filmed as a stand-in as Stubbs, Iowa, in the movie Michael.

 

Meggie Mac

 

I'm linking with Beth at E. Lizard Breath Speaks....Click HERE to check out her blog.

 

 

Friday's Fences

 

The domes, on a flat-bed trailer, caught my eye first....then I realized I had a fence photo for Friday.

 

The fence opening looks like something you would see in an old western movie.

 

Meggie Mac

I'm linking with Jan 'n Jer's Friday Fences