tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post7821876806282487729..comments2024-03-28T11:30:52.313-07:00Comments on Henny Penny Lane: Visiting RobbinsHenny Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-20731580220025396142014-11-16T20:19:44.406-08:002014-11-16T20:19:44.406-08:00Times change and we change too...I am glad you got...Times change and we change too...I am glad you got a chance to go back even if it wasn't all as nice as you remember:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-437105967098976632014-11-15T17:19:21.864-08:002014-11-15T17:19:21.864-08:00I have a different story. My home town is so impro...I have a different story. My home town is so improved and upscale, you would never recognize it as the sleepy little town I grew up in. My hometown is Sonoma CA (of the Sonoma-Napa wine industry), which once was so small that the school principals and town mayor knew me by name. Now, Sonoma is a town of elites from San Francisco and no longer friendly in my opinion.At Rivercrest Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068816102263605128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-44407985179860347172014-11-15T10:06:52.524-08:002014-11-15T10:06:52.524-08:00I keep all of my old memories safe in my mind, but...I keep all of my old memories safe in my mind, but when I do actually see an old place (like my grandparent's old homes) I tend to compare what I remember to reality. Now the houses always look smaller, the yards tinier, and I always think my grandparents kept their places up nicer. :) I'm glad you got to see the old house, and had a good day with family. Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-195650621253763332014-11-15T06:35:52.380-08:002014-11-15T06:35:52.380-08:00So true! Thank you. If I had gone back alone it wo...So true! Thank you. If I had gone back alone it would have been much sadder. Having my sister along made it fun.Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-59523213650474501412014-11-15T06:33:55.341-08:002014-11-15T06:33:55.341-08:00That's right. Sometimes I think that I am a li...That's right. Sometimes I think that I am a little "touched in the head" because I dwell on my childhood so much. Hope not! :)Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-22293049840810796412014-11-15T06:31:19.986-08:002014-11-15T06:31:19.986-08:00Oh Vicki, it was so good to spend time with you. W...Oh Vicki, it was so good to spend time with you. Wish we could do it more often. Shelby and I want you to try and go with us to the fair next year, so kinda be thinking about it. I love you, Vicki!Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-77039304393264489872014-11-15T06:29:01.861-08:002014-11-15T06:29:01.861-08:00Seagrove really is not too far from High Point. Se...Seagrove really is not too far from High Point. Seagrove surely was the place you and your sister visited. It is amazing how people come from all over the world to visit and buy pottery from Seagrove. It is such a country little place. My Mother's family is scattered around the county there and we are kin to several of the potters. Hope you get to go back. Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-9836686367278584862014-11-15T06:19:08.362-08:002014-11-15T06:19:08.362-08:00Sounds a lot like our experience. I haven't be...Sounds a lot like our experience. I haven't been able to clear my mind of the changes we saw in Robbins. Thank you CynthiaHenny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-8835242561173477532014-11-15T06:16:41.277-08:002014-11-15T06:16:41.277-08:00Absolutely, that makes perfect sense. Close but no...Absolutely, that makes perfect sense. Close but not right there to see the changes every day. Thank you for visiting especially as busy as you are!Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-70384988271308032642014-11-15T06:13:26.315-08:002014-11-15T06:13:26.315-08:00Sometimes I guess it is best not to go back. Havin...Sometimes I guess it is best not to go back. Having Shelby with me made it more fun as we laughed about things we did as children. Don't you love to be watching TV and see a story about home!Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-78263148733773477782014-11-14T19:32:26.028-08:002014-11-14T19:32:26.028-08:00In our mind home doesn't change. In reality ho...In our mind home doesn't change. In reality home changes as in some things actually disappear. You give a great description of your trip back home.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-81425696636081778262014-11-14T19:12:12.190-08:002014-11-14T19:12:12.190-08:00it's so true that we can't go home again, ...it's so true that we can't go home again, except in our memories. Your memories sound lovely.Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-3955371747458377342014-11-14T17:01:32.356-08:002014-11-14T17:01:32.356-08:00I am so happy that I got to see you and Aunt Shelb...I am so happy that I got to see you and Aunt Shelby!! I love you both so much and would love to spend more time with you. I will cherish this memory for a very long time. <br />Love you <br />vickit43https://www.blogger.com/profile/13323200977207915004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-12354040488507482032014-11-14T15:17:09.278-08:002014-11-14T15:17:09.278-08:00Seagrove...is it near High Point. My sister lives ...Seagrove...is it near High Point. My sister lives in NC, originally from NJ, and she took me to this amazing pottery village when I visited. Maybe it was Seagrove. I hope one day to go back again. Timelessladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02209621762521509292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-65274887738654092402014-11-14T14:59:50.637-08:002014-11-14T14:59:50.637-08:00Thank goodness for photos and our own memories tha...Thank goodness for photos and our own memories that allow us to keep our childhoods just as they were! I had a similar experience a few years ago when I returned to the town I grew up in to empty my grandparents house. So much in the town had changed and the company where my dad worked that was the center of the town -- gone! I enjoyed your photos.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-86874290398762608912014-11-14T14:03:06.704-08:002014-11-14T14:03:06.704-08:00Yes going home can sometimes be very hard. Sometim...Yes going home can sometimes be very hard. Sometimes its easier to go to a different spot that you didn't actually live but can still feel home. Well that is how it is for me. I could not live exactly where I did growing up, last time I was there it was ...whew ... very difficult. But a hour or so in another direction in a town I didn't ever live in. I feel at peace and love it there. Allows me the feelings and all my memories in tact in my mind as they were growing up, and gives me the feeling of home. Not sure this makes sense. I would like to retire back in the state I am from, but not the same exact town and spot I am from. Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-46881823178755679062014-11-14T12:19:01.498-08:002014-11-14T12:19:01.498-08:00I think I'm glad that most of my memories are ...I think I'm glad that most of my memories are too far away to visit. I want to remember my Oklahoma grandparents' houses the way they were. <br />I was watching one of the house hunter shows on TV yesterday and they were in my hometown of Arlington, Virginia. Completely unrecognizable. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.com