Thank you, Dan! @bluemoon It is always a challenge when they are only partly bloomy, they have many, many acres to go, and hopefully, the pictures will show it off even better. They are a little late this year, but they are making a brilliant recovery from it.
One of my best friends here (he went to school with me when I was growing up, his father got transferred to Washington, DC when we were in high school! Small world, yes? We kept in touch and now he is a beekeeper, minutes out of the Beltway. Crazy coincidence that we kept in touch.
The Beltway refers to Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, a circumferential highway (beltway) that has encircled Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States) since 1964. Some speakers of American English now employ the word as a metonym for federal government insiders. They call them Beltway Bandits.
Now there is information about the area that you never asked for. :) There is more, but, I won't bore you! LOL
Anyway, back to my friend. He has a good amount of land, but, his dad bought it years ago. This area had a lot of farms outside of the city and some are still here. I am a little further out than he is, but still, they are buying a farm that is about 3km away. The father passed away and the kids didn't want to farm. This is not a new story. I do love this area, but it seems like it will be citified further out than I will put up with.
So let us just enjoy the field of dreams while we can and share the joy! Thank you so much for visiting, Dan! Have a wonderful day!
#MarketFriday loves you!
I love this. Thanks for telling me this story which, of course, I didn't know.
You took me by surprise, @dswigle! I should have realized there was more to it than just visiting farms. How I would love it and how glad I would be to know you are a farmer now too. I have to say I'll put that in prayer too...
I love the farms, Dan, but not to own. Farms are a lot of work that I am not equipped to run - nor do I want to. That probably makes me seem lazy, but, I know my strengths. That is not one of them.
I do love visiting different farms, and working farms. They are interesting to me.
I love the term Beltway Bandits, although that describes most that work around here as working for the government is what everyone does. :)
I hope you are having a great weekend!
That's what I thought you said but it turns out I misunderstood.
Surely a farm means a lot of work, I thought you were interested in land as an investment.
Otherwise, I too am lazy and have no desire to engage in hard work.
Already weekend... I wish you a pleasant and restful one too!
You are right. I have bought land for investment purposes. Even if I don't sell it, it would be passed on to my kids who would have a nest egg to sell.
I used to work harder than I do now, but, life has to have balance, so I am taking my balance so I am not in a deficit mode. :)
I hope your week has started out wonderfully! @bluemoon
The week started with temperatures of 40-42 degrees Celsius and will remain so until the weekend. I like that I can stay indoors more... I have a kind of holiday at home!
I'm glad it's like that, that you've invested. I, too, invested in some land, about 15 km from Bucharest. It hasn't yet reached the value that would make me sell and even if I needed the money now, I prefer to leave the land, which will pass to my son... eventually.
It's normal to stop working so hard, I like your balance and I'm glad you do so.
I wish you a wonderful summer, @dswigle!
I agree with you on that, Dan. I have given each child a piece of land so that they can build on it when the time is right in life. This way, they don't have to wait for me to pass. I am not going to sell it, and it gives them a little incentive to make it something wonderful. while they are young.
We will see.
Yes, we will see! I hope we'll see and like it...