Last night I went for a motorcycle ride on the back of my husband's BMW 1200GS. The spring evening was beautiful with a slight breeze and we joined 4 other couples for a ride up the Glenville /Woody road to eat dinner at Hassano's. I have to say the ride made me appreciate what I love about living in Kern County in the Spring. The curvy country road brought back so many memories..... As we got through the oilfields we steered up towards Woody and the beautiful green rolling hills that were spotted with granite boulders and magnificent oak trees. There were cows eating on the grass and an occasional horse. There were small fields of yellow fiddle neck with a spattering of purple lupines but since it has been a fairly dry winter the flowers were a lot sparser than in past years. In any case the sights, the sounds and the smells all brought back wonderful memories of Easter picnics when we would drive up this same road with picnic baskets of food and crawl under the barbed wire and then "move in". I remember crawling on giant boulders, hiking, running in the grass, making necklaces from "scissor plants" and just having a wonderful time in the green rolling hills. There was always lots of family and friends, plenty of fellowship and conversation . Now I know there are many beautiful places in this world and some people would laugh to think I find this area beautiful but Kern County hills are special and hold the memories of my childhood, my family and my life. As we rode back after enjoying a dinner with friends the smells of Bakersfield's orange blossoms lighted up your sense of smell (even through a full mask helmet). Ahhhhh...... no better smell in the world, the scent of orange blossoms filling the air on a beautiful spring evening.
Well, Happy Easter to all, HE IS RISEN, I believe this with all my heart and I pray that each of us celebrates this season and realize God's ultimate sacrifice of his son and then celebrate the fact that he died for us but then rose again. HE IS RISEN, he is a part of our lives, he is our LIFE.
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Very nice Kim. Beautiful photo--and I share your memories of Kern County in the Spring with family. Kite flying, herbed chicken in a basket of bread, Grandma's German Chocolate cake. Sh-sh-sh! We really don't want people to know--or Bakersfield will get even more crowded than it is.
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