Country Girl

 

Hawks Nest, Lumberland, NY

 

2011

 

 

 

"There is sunshine, there is grace, in my little country place"

 

 

Everyone has that one thing that reminds them they are close to home.

Eagles Nest was my reminder that I was close to my weekend home.

The excitement would hit when the winding road would appear in front of us.

 

Sitting on the side of the road sat my favorite place to eat as a child.

It was a little building that looked like nothing exciting.

But when you walked threw the door you found an amazing site.

 

In the back of the building was my favorite place to eat.

It was a partially in closed porch that over looked the cliff.

Below you the side of the mountain cascaded to the river.

The owner had wild flowers growing there with little walking paths threw them.

 

It was the simple food that made that place so great.

Soda's in big plastic cups, the smell of ketchup,

My chicken fingers coming in a basket.

It was everything I loved about being up there.

 

To this day when I sit in a restaurant and I smell that smell,

I go back to my childhood and the memories of Hawks Nest.

I loved feeling like I belong there,

A small town girl who was growing up in the wrong place.