♡Old...Very old...And still beautiful... :-)

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I explain the photos, at the bottom of this post.

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My gracious but it is funny, to hear people say such nice things, about where we live and etc!!!  I think most of us feel that our life is *dull-as-dishwater,* don't we?  And that's why new bloggers, sometimes wonder WHAT will they write about????  ......  But even though most of our lives are quiet.  They are still INDIVIDUAL lives.  Our lives.  Same-but-different-from-every-one-else's.  Therefore, interesting to others.  Therefore ~~  Pretty Blog Land thrives!  :-) 

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Yes, we are lucky to live in a beautiful small city, which cherishes its Victorian History.  And yes, there are interesting places to walk, in my city.

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But...

Typically...

We don't make use of them...

Not as often as we should!!!

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But you know, I hope that's beginning to change!!!!!  I'm thinking of different places in our city, to which we can drive (just a bit) and get out and walk.  Why have we not been doing this, for years?!?!?   Silly isn't it, what we tend to over-look or not appreciate, what is right in "our own back yard," so to speak?

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Let's none of us do that, anymore!!!!!!!!!  Let's take off our *ho-humm-I've-lived-here-for-years-and-it's-all-'old-hat'-now* glasses.  Let's wake up and look around, and notice what we have been taking for granted, maybe.   Think of an area, not far from where we live, to which we can go, and take a walk and enjoy, etc.

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Thank you Dear Readers, for kind of waking me up to this idea....    For saying sweet things, in comments...  And making me view my surroundings, with more clarity.  And more appreciation.  Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I took these pictures, in our old, family, corner Drug Store.  It opened in 1860.  The druggist was part of the local militia,  who went to fight in the Civil War.  He turned the key in the door, went to war, came back and opened the door again, and it's been operating, ever since.

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"Uncle A." ran it for years and years and years.  Through both BAD and good times.   Our son runs it now.  He had to join with another pharmacy (from out of town), and switch to only compounding.  Otherwise, he would have had to close the door.   Because of the way Insurance Companies and Government do not pay, in a timely manner.  But the drug store has to pay-in-advance, for supplies.  It all catches up eventually, and so many small, pharmacist-owner-run pharmacies, have closed.  -sigh-

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But ours still goes on....  And "Uncle A." still works a few hours a week.  And he keeps his additional education going, to keep his license active.  It's mighty handy for our son to have him available, in times when our son *HAS* to leave the store, for some reason, toooooo.  (Family emergency, doc appointments, etc.)  He just calls his Dad, and can leave, on a very short notice.

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Description of the Photos

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Picture (1)...

Parts of the original old soda fountain. These beautiful, old, carved wood pieces were "lost" for years.  'Till someone (an old friend) found them, stored in a barn attic of his family home.  Told us, and let us come take them back.  ~~~~  And then "Uncle A." put in many hours, of his spare time, fully restoring and refinishing them.

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A real, very old "weigh-yourself-for-a-penny" scale.  (And notice the very old tile floor)  ~~~  But note, to the left of the picture, a bit shows of the new white compounding Lab.  Yes, they were blue booties, and hair covering and clothing!  -giggles-  They look kinda' weird, but It's The Law.

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One of the old photographs of inside the drug store, years ago.  We have kept the same dark woodwork.  The same old, old tile floor (see Pic (2), the same tin ceiling....  Apologies for the light fixture reflections, in it.

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Picture (4)...

Another view of old, restored wood of the original soda fountain.

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Picture (5)...

On the other side of the store, another old restored wood counter.  This time, with marble top. 

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And before anyone asks ~  NO, sadly we no longer have an active Soda Fountain.  When we bought the store (years ago), it had a *50's sort of* Soda Fountain.  But we could not afford to keep it, after a while.  My husband was supporting a growing family, from that store.  He could not continue to run (Soda Fountain) at a loss, just for the sentimentality.  -Sigh-  He needed the space it was taking up, to sell other products, to stay in business.  Sad.  But necessary.  We all well remember, when it had to be taken out.

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"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is 

than to persist in delusion, 

however satisfying and reassuring."

- Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

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