'BOUTANOUR....
term country people use to describe the distance
from their home to the desired destination.
It takes approximately 1 hour from their home to get anywhere....
groceries, restaurants, clothes, movies, friends, etc....
"How long does it take?"
'Boutanour.
When I was a little girl,
we would take looonnnng car rides
wherever we needed to go.
It's a thing you do when you live way out in the middle of nowhere....
Ya Drive!!!
Tagging along with
my parents and all of their friends, Wasn't really big enough to be a 3rd wheel...
more like a spare tire to an 18 wheeler.
Everyone would meet up at some 'local' restaurant
"'boutanour"
away
and have a grand time eating,
drinking and sometimes dancing.
By the end of the night,
the tablecloth seemed to be my best friend
and we would snuggle up together
until it was time to take
the looonnnng drive home....
"'boutanour"
away.
In those days...
the security of seat belts was not yet "realized"
and as a pencil thin kid,
the best seat in the house was calling my name.
It was the back shelf of the car
overlooking the metallic back deck...
aka the trunk
with a picture window
to die for...
literally...
I could've died...
Thanks be to God.... I didn't then!
Snug as a bobble headed bug
on the rear car rug...
It was
Stargazing at its best.
So many nights,
I drifted off into the Land of Questions...
Where does the world end?
How many stars are in the universe?
Who made all of this vastness?
Looking out that window
driving along the long dark Arkansas highway
and seeing the giantness around
was the closest definition to Infinity
that I've ever achieved.
The artwork I did below is a tribute to the limitless nature of our God.
It reminds me of the twinkling heavenly hosts on those many curious nights...
all coming together
to help paint a picture
of the One who created me.
I used to make pictures with the stars in my mind...
they became my bedtime stories to help pass the time
on the looonnnng drive home
"'boutanour"
away!
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| 12" x 18" $375 |
By the word of the Lord
were the heavens made.
Their starry host
By the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters
of the sea into jars;
He puts the deep
into storehouses.
Let the earth fear the LORD:
let all the people of the world
revere Him.
For He spoke,
and it came to be;
He commanded,
and it stood firm.
The LORD foils the plans for the nations;
He thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the LORD
stands firm forever,
the purposes of His heart
through all generations.
Psalm 33: 6-11
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| Gon Pecan... Sold the day it was posted! Will try and do another... |
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