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 The View from Sunflower Gardens By Marilyn Bentley Last Updated: August 22, 2013 Kansans like to collect cute objects Some Kansans like to collect antiques. We like our thrift stores — some objects are just cute collectables. Among the dear hearts and gentle people here, we have both! "When is an antique—antique? Is it Japanese, Greek, American or a European treasure? Must it be unique, symmetrical? Rarely seen? Some are valued items, like cobalt blue or jade green—or a family gift. It may be a vase or bowl, some say it must be 100 years old to be antique." -C.P. Campbell To some folks they are treasures. The best treasures are friends! Some of my books are treasures. Also old photos in old albums are dear to us. It helps us to remember our past—to "remember when." Part of our childhood is held dear in photos. Did you notice the old style in cars and clothes? "As we age, we come to understand that what we have learned is the minutest part of the vast sea of knowledge in libraries and in school books. We have only made a start. Research and inventions lead to change. Today's beliefs, tomorrow may re-arrange. Basic truths of history and values remain to help us solve life's mysteries. To sail uncharted seas and to comprehend!" -C.P. Campbell New technology and news on TV broadcasts may change your viewpoint daily. We are glad to learn our unchanging Christian faith as it helps us in daily life. "There isn't time—there isn't time—for all the things I want to do—for all the mountaintops to climb—for all the woods to wander through." -Anon We take time for our Sunday church, and Monday and Thursday coffee chat times. We take time for Tuesday Bible study, we like our potluck dinners, van trips, game nights, Friday night gospel sing-a-longs and to hear Nancy play piano tunes and hymns on Thursday. We take time to get our mail, to take a walk down the halls here or around our buildings. We take time to grocery shop or do jigsaw puzzles. Remember to pray for all our troops and their families. Remember, geography exercises powerful influence on our Kansas history. We don't have mountains or oceans but the Flint Hills are beautiful year-round. It's grazing land for Kansas cattle—and a lovely prairie area with wildflowers. We have been part of the Great Plains and in central part of the U.S. for centuries. We have important rivers in the Missouri and the Kaw, and the Arkansas, the Ninnescah and Neosho. Indians followed the rivers, streams and lakes in wanderings. They used the "geography" of their time. They used foods—fruits found wild in nature. We use post rock—(antique limestone) in fences! So our greatest antiques in Kansas are some hills and Indian trails and tracks made by covered wagons as civilization moved to the era of today! "Be kind anyway." — Mother Teresa |
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