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in and near Mansfield including Sullivan, Rutland, Covington and more
Visit the History Center on Main Street at 83 North Main Street. We also have a locaton at 61 North Main Street. Regular hours are noon to 3 T, W Th or by appointment. Also visit us on Facebook |
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My Four Walls
By Ted Besanceney
October 6, 2001
As growing older can place limits on one’s environment,
Those limits are often a matter of perspective.
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On the north, my "wall" has those big old hickory leaves ---- turning
yellowish-brown with a backdrop of pine needles. Close by the kitchen is the flowering crabapple that once was
The berries will feed the ruffled grouse who walk with dainty steps from limb to limb. |
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My east wall is a lawn with big pines and a border of
blueberry bushes with purple leaves. The southeast corner is the pond.
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My south wall is pretty much one and one-half acres
of lawn, the old barn and the board-fenced horse pasture stretching to the pond with the silhouette of "upside-down" pine trees reflected in it, then on across the road spreads fifty acres of green hayfield with the skyline of the Armenia Mountain range a few miles away. |
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My west wall includes the old maroon farm house
(built in the 1860s), the barn, green fields and the orchard, the Ida Red apple trees loaded with ruby fruit that the deer cannot reach, and the garden which has been harvested except for a few bronze pumpkins and spaghetti squash. I don’t know who invented that variety, but whoever did will never get my vote! |
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My thanks to the Creator for my Four Beautiful Walls.
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Hi Joyce,
The first teaching job that Mr Besanceny had was at the State Road
School. (in Sullivan Township). My family had moved up in 1932 in the depression,
and went back to Virginia in 1936.We had moved from Mainesburg to the Haarry
Hilfiger farm and went to the State Road School. I was in Mr Besanceny's
first Class.
He was a great teacher!
Fay
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