Pictures of Home
 

Okay all, here are some pictures I took of different spots around Frankfort.
I think there are quite a few...so here goes..lol

The first two are of our courthouse. It is located in the center of downtown Frankfort.

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The next two are of the high school I attended and graduated from...

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First is our hospital and nex it our Police Dept. (it use to be the post office)

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The next two are our library. It's really a beautiful library inside and out, but the former director had the most horrible landscaping done. It hides the library.

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This is a mural downtown. It was painted by a local artist. You can see the founder John Pence and his wife and on the other wall is Will Geer of Walton's fame (he grew up here) and also the author of the Dick and Jane books is from Frankfort.

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Here are some pictures of our park. I do have to boast that this park is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. I can't show all the pictures, but here are some.

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This log cabin use to be the phone office out here where I live. They moved it to the park in Frankfort.

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The next two pictures are of the highway that runs through town heading west. The high school pictures I posted earlier are behind these pictures to the east

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This is the house I lived in from the time I was born in 1955 till I married in 1974. Mom and Dad built this house and it was in a field...lol. Mom still lives there. Ususally her camper and station wagon are in the drive, but she's camping this weekend.

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Here is our church. It is just 2.5 miles from our home. I haven't been there for awhile..long story, but I hope to start back soon.

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Can you guess who lives at this house???

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Okay now....I'm done...whew!!

Wow, Janet, you live in a beautiful community!! I love your courthouse. Have a thing about courthouses. You are very blessed!!

What a beautiful town! I really love the park, both your houses and the church.
Oh - and the murals! They're great.

I love small town living so far. You grew up in one. How nice that must have been.

Gorgeous pictures!!! You live in a wonderful town!

I see corn on the left side of the road to your house, but what is the crop on the right side of the road???

I loved seeing your pictures, Janet!! You have some really beautiful buildings!! Your church was wonderful! The mural was awesome!!! I forgot that we have a couple of small murals in our town. Maybe I'll take some pictures of them too! Thanks so much for sharing! One of these days I'm going to see them in person!!!!

I love the pictures Janet! I wish we could just take a giant 4WT vacation and visit everyone... and maybe end it with a week in mexico or something :D

Gayle the other field is planted with soybeans. That's pretty much the crop in Indiana and our county...corn and soybeans.

WOW Lindsey...wouldn't that be a trip...LOL :):)

Thanks for sharing, great shots Janet :)

Looks like a great little community - thanks for sharing

I thought it was soybeans, but didn't want to sound stupid if it wasn't :rolleyes: I grew up on the farm, but we didn't have soybeans, just wheat, corn, cotton, and feed that we called maize.

Maize is also called milo or grain sorghum. My husband grows this stuff. It's used for feed for pigs and chickens. Is this it?

Yep, that's it - what my granddad called maize. I'm sure milo is the new and improved plant - this was back in the 50's (wow, I'm old!).

Back then we didn't have a combine and couldn't afford to hire the feed cut by a combine. I remember the men in the field with sickles, cutting down the stalks at the ground and then they placed them with the heads up in a shock form, bottoms of the stalks out and heads together propping it up - here's a link to a picture of a corn shock http://family.webshots.com/photo/102...1040KnxlTRAoZW I couldn't post the picture.

Then they would come back and cut the heads off - and I don't remember what they did with them then - took them off to market I guess because they disappeared!

Goodness, that was a long time ago.

Janet, i loved seeing all the pictures! It's so different to what we are use to here, the buildings are gorgeous, i love the park, and adore your mom's home, it looks like a cosy cottage type of home, it really is lovely!

Yes, Mandy, it's a very small 2 bedroom and she and my father raised us four kids in it. Very crowded..indeed. I would love to see pictures of your town Mandy and the rest of you all too.

Janet,

It looks like some where I've been before. LOL.
You forgot pics of some to the people. LOL
You know the ones that have takenover. Sorry
I just had to type that.
ANd to think I worked in that Courthouse for 19 years................
Great Pics. Thanks so Much.........
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Janet,

I love your idea of pictures of our towns.

My camera finally quit right after I posted Annie's pix. Canon sent me a refurbished camera for $100 because I wasn't under the warranty anymore.
I have it in my bag and want to take pictures of my new area. It's just beautiful.

Well you get out there then and take some pictures for us girl!!! I would love to see more of your beautiful area, plus what you've done with the house. MOST important are pictures of Max and Annie.....you knew that right??? LOL

Janet thanks for sharing, what a beautiful town. I love the courthouse , the park , the murals, love it all. Seems so quaint..

It can be Gina. It really used to be so nice, but has changed so much and really not for the better in a lot of ways.

Diana, What else to you raise on your farm. I'm just a farm girl from indiana and
am only use to corn beans and wheat........

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We raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and milo (like what's pictured). We don't have any cattle because we don't hardly have any pasture and we enjoy having the winter off. Cattle are a lot of work and you have to feed them every day so we're strictly grain farmers. In our area we also have some sunflowers grown and they are SO pretty when they're blooming. If you go south a little ways you'll find a little bit of cotton but not much. Farmers also put up hay around here and we have a little bit from a meadow near the house.

Right now we're waiting to dry up from all of the rain then Glen will be busy, busy with harvest. We have corn that's more than ready to pick and a little while before the other crops are ready. Wheat is cut in the spring so that's already taken care of. It's a very different life than having an 8-5 job.

Will take pics for sure!

I have quite a few pix already, but I'm not finished. It's fall foliage season up here and it is just breathtaking!

I have pulled onto the shoulder of the road quite a few times and just clicked away.

Judy I bet it's just beautiful. I've never seen the different season except right here in Indiana. I hope you'll post lots and lots of pictures.

Cool!!! I can't wait for pictures!!!

After all this time, Janet sorry you had to wait so long, but i never forgot, this is where i live.

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How beautiful Mandy! How far are you from Amsterdam?

Oh my gosh Mandy...it was sure worth the wait....how beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a place so wonderful.

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!

Thanks everyone, Judy i am one and half hour away from Amsterdam.

Wow, Mandy!! The pictures were awesome!!! You live in a very beautiful place!! I love the old buildings. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

Janet, I loved looking at your pictures.

Mandy, you too. What beautiful places.