Nebraska has picture taking opportunities too.

Most people who follow this blog know I am from Nebraska.  I grew up in Nebraska.   As a teenager, I just wanted to leave Nebraska.  I think a lot of teenagers want to get away from where they grew up.  Since becoming an adult I have realized

Nebraska is a great place.  

There is beauty in Nebraska.

The views can be gorgeous, especially the sky.

Things can get green in Nebraska, and it is not as bleak as the Bruce Springsteen album cover.

Things change in Nebraska.  One day you have a field of tall alfalfa.  The next days you have rows of hay being raked.  A few days later, you have the hay gathered into stacks or bales.

The pictures in this post are only from Dakota, Dixon, Thurston, & Wayne counties.  They are in the Eastern part of the state.  These are 4 of the 93 counties in Nebraska.

I am partial to Nebraska because I have a lot of family and friends in Nebraska.

One thing about most of the Nebraskans I know, is that they are there for 

each other in times of need.

If I could predict the weather or when people would leave this world I would 

have stayed in Nebraska a little longer.   

Tornadoes ravaged the communities of Pilger and Wakefield while I have been gone.  I have friends and relatives who live in the vicinity.  

The last Aunt on my Dad's side of the family passed away just after I traveled to Nome.  

One of my cousin's wife passed away just before I left Nome to return to Nebraska.

Then on my return trip to Nome.

Just after I had left Nebraska.  One of my closest friends died in an accident. 

I was in Nome, AK while his funeral was being held in Nebraska.

Nebraskans are not perfect, but in general, they tend to be friendly.

Sometimes they even paint smiles on the sides of barns.

When someone attempt to take your picture, I hope you will smile and let them.  It may be the last memory they have of you.  Remember to take pictures of those you love, when you see them.  You may not get another chance.  

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Ferris Bueller