Neatly kept two story farm houses set in freshly mowed lawns, encircled with white board fences accented with carefully tended flower beds.  An American Flag flying.   Run down trailers and doublewides in yards littered with objects abandoned in place, tall weeds growing through it all.  An American Flag flying.

It triggered a rather unexpected flare of patriotism.  It is a picture of the America I want to believe in, live in, and be proud of.  I love the quote, “Our country, right or wrong.”  “When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right”.  Carl Schurz.   We have stuff to fix but this is a country I’m proud and blessed to call home.