Friday, August 7, 2015

The Beauty of It all

Here's to  summer time in southern Illinois. The Shawnee forest provides this area with much beauty. This area is called bell smith spring and is a lovely place for families to visit.

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  1. Very pretty! I've never been to Illinois, but I have family there.

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    1. Illinois there is so much to see, the city, the country side, rivers, beaches and so much more I invite you to come visit some time

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  2. Oh wow, that place is stunning! I have never been to Illinois, but I would love to visit it. I will keep the Shawnee Forest in mind when I go there.

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    1. please do, come visit us the beauty will surprise you, we love to simply sit and look at the river or watch the animals in the forest Peace and quite you will surely find

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  3. What a lovely forest. I would love to spend some time hiking there.

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    1. hiking is one thing that we like to do, while we do not move as fast as others we take our time and enjoy nature walks

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  4. wow what a beautiful and peaceful place. I could stay here foreve awhile.

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    1. yep exactly what we do some days simply sit and ponder at the beauty the quite helps to revive us

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  5. Love how clear the water is.. would love to rest my hot tired feet in the wonderful spring water!

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    1. refreshing in deed, here in southern Illinois you will find several different places jus like this

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  6. That is a gorgeous photo. So calm and peaceful.

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    1. thank you , we love nature and simply can never get enough of it

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  7. That looks really lovely. One of these days I will visit Illinois and partake of some of that beauty.

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    1. I invite you to come take part in the beauty of the nature where you can visit the beauty of the forest and the river in the same day.

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  8. That area is gorgeous! I love visiting peaceful places like that.

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    1. we do to , great after a stressful day, we also love to spend the day just relaxing and having family fun in places like this

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  9. I'm in Illinois and have been to Southern Illinois a number of times. What a beautiful photo!

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    1. awesome, so you have seen the beauty that southern Illinois has to offer, what part of the state are you from?

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  10. It looks really peaceful and untouched. It looks like a really nice place to relax and unwind

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    1. I know many times I think of how the time in history may of been without cars back in horse and wagon time I think it must have been beautiful

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous! We've got some hidden treasures like that here in Oregon.

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  12. I've been to Illinois, but only to Chicago. I have found places of beauty there - but not like this. I love a lazy wooded river - always makes me want to canoe!

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  13. That is so awesome. Just beautiful

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  14. That's such a nice picture. I'd definitely take plenty of relaxing walks there.

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  15. I love this, I've only ever been to Chicago once before but I'd like to come back to visit the state again!

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  16. I have never been to Illinois. This place looks so relaxing.

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  17. I have never been to Illinois. This place looks so relaxing.

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  18. I have been to Illinois but never to this area - looks lovely.

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  19. What a beautiful place. Looks so peaceful and relaxing.

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  20. Very pretty. I have been to Illinois a couple times (mostly to Chicago) but the parts that I have seen were not this nice

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  21. It looks like a peaceful nice time to me. What a pretty picture.

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  22. Love how beautiful the water is.. would love to visit it! Looks wonderful!

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