My grandparent's farm, Green County, KY
When my grandpa decided that he could no longer keep up my grandparent's second property, a 60+ woodland paradise in Central Kentucky, we were all devastated.
On our last Labor Day there, I took a kind of farewell journey through the woods with my camera, taking pictures of every magical thing I loved. It's the only time I've ever felt safe walking in the woods by myself...this was OUR land.
Most of what we called 'the farm' was really forest, with streams of water running through it, beautiful silent groves appearing in it from out of nowhere, and, in the morning, you could spot deer emerging from it through the window of the cabin.
But the previous owners of the property had inexplicably cleared an area in the middle of the forest, maybe to build a house...or a baseball field?
Regardless, it had its own beauty, and I took pictures of the field just as I had everything else.
Every time I hear 'Fields of Gold', I remember that last beautiful day.
'Fields of Gold'
Written by Sting
Performed by Eva Cassidy
For a long time, I thought the line in the song was about "fields of Bali" which makes no sense at all but somehow my brain wanted it so. Makes a lot more sense with barley!
ReplyDeleteFields of Bali...LOLOL! I forget what that is called...let me think...
DeleteMondegreen!!! (I had to look it up).
Well, sort of. :)
What a moving post, and an excellent song! I will say there is such a song in my mind, which I heard on the car radio coming home from a party a long long time ago. "Rainy Day People" by Gordon Lightfoot.
ReplyDeleteOh, I just listened to that song, how is it I never heard it before? So nice.
DeleteWhenever I drive by where my papaw lived now I get sad because the current owners cleared his garden out. But that's kind of selfish of me to get sad about - it's a natural feeling though :) I had a lot of great memories of that garden :)
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right! I didn't think about it that way...I'm sure the current owners are enjoying it just as much as we did.
DeleteAt least we have the memories.
Heard this one before, a nice tune indeed and nice memory you have too.
ReplyDeleteIt is, Sting's version is nice but Eva Cassidy made it beautiful. Every time she covered a song, she somehow made it more special than the original.
DeleteHow beautiful. I'm so glad you had the forethought to take your camera that day.
ReplyDeleteMy family is like the paparazzi...we never do family things without ALL of us having cameras. At birthday parties you could possibly go blind with all the bulbs flashing in your face as you open each present. :)
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