I always mean to participate in Kelly’s Show-Us-Your-Life Friday Tours, but then I forget. Or, more accurately, I’m too lazy. And this time is no exception.
For one thing, it’s Saturday, not Friday. And for another, I’m going to cheat. Instead of talking about my hometown (since I’m not really sure if that means where I grew up or where I live now), I’m going to talk about my home state.
OHIO!!
And I’ll be honest, as we traveled the country going to 52 Zoos in 52 Weeks, I said to myself on more than one occasion, “Why, again, do we live in Ohio?”
But we do. And always have (except for a brief stint in Indiana, which is just like Ohio except even more boring). And I’m going to make the most of it. It really is a lovely place if you give it a chance.
And to keep up the lazy part of my reputation, I’ve just pulled a collection of photos from Gabe’s Flickr page and his 1PhotoPerDay blog. Here we go!
This is the log cabin Gabe lived in growing up. It’s right outside Lima, OH.
I grew up 45 minutes away, just outside West Liberty, OH.
Now we live on the northeast side of our state’s beautiful capital city, Columbus.
This is our street by moonlight.
And in the spring:
This is an Ohio Bicentennial barn. I’m pretty sure that at least one barn in each of Ohio’s 88 counties was painted like this to celebrate Ohio’s 200th anniversary in 2003. I just drove by one yesterday that I’d never seen before, and it made me smile.
Another barn (we have a lot of barns in our state):
Our city is very proud of their football team, the Ohio State Buckeyes. Yes, my husband is sporting the colors of a foreign team. For shame.
We have a rockin’ zoo:
Home of the one and only Jungle Jack Hanna:
One of our favorite places to take visiting family and friends: The Inniswood Metro Gardens:
And that’s not even the half of it, but it’s more than enough for one post.
Thanks for stopping by! And thanks, Gabe, for all the pictures!
If you live in Ohio or have visited our delightful state, what’s your favorite part?
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I have visited Ohio a few times and always liked it. Graeters ice cream for one thing. Here are two blogposts I did about Ohio visits: http://sundrenchedmoments.blogspot.com/2009/06/ohio.html
http://sundrenchedmoments.blogspot.com/2009/03/travel-tuesday-jungle-jims.html
I love Broad Street – Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus Museum of Art, COSI, Palace Theatre, Capitol Square – it’s simply awesome.
what’s not to love? i’m proud to be an ohioan…plus it’s round on the ends and hi in the middle…what’s better than that?
I love buckeyes at Christmas! the football team is great.. but doesn’t compare to peanut butter and chocolate goodness! I like visiting Amish country… and White house donuts! http://www.whitehousefruitfarm.com/store/bakery.php
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I just love our Columbus Zoo and can’t wait to spend many days there this summer!:)
Your city is seriously beautiful!
3 cheers for Columbus!!! Home of the Buckeyes!! My husband is an OSU graduate and I worked at the Easton Town Center – to get him through the end of college (after graduating from Moody Bible). Anyway, just had to stop by from Kelly’s Korner and check out our old home city – we are still in Ohio but a bit more north now!
Great to meet you!
Courtney
http://www.womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com
Growing up in NY, then moving to OH…I LOVE having a real spring and a longer fall! And, sorry, Cincy zoo is the best, hands down. But Columbus zoo is pretty darn great as well!
i love the rolling landscape around West Liberty…it took us about 6 years of living in a flat, flat, flat part of Indiana to realize the amazing rolling hills we left behind. so gorgeous, especially in spring and summer!