Friday, February 17, 2012

Sunflowers and Buffalo Chips (again)

**Update** Guess what my husband gave me for Valentines Day? Yep. A framed print of Sunflowers and Buffalo Chips. He loves me.

In honor of that gift, I'm reposting this: 

There is a picture I love called "Sunflowers and Buffalo Chips" by Gary Kapp.
It's a pioneer mother standing in a field of sunflowers gathering buffalo chips to use as fuel so she can cook something to feed her family. I love how her girls ignore the buffalo poop chore and focus on picking sunflowers.

I also love how this painting is a perfect metaphor for real life. Sometimes it's sunflowers and everything is going great. We're happy and content in the beauty of life. And sometimes ... it's buffalo chips.

We just take the good with the bad and know that we need them both.

I gathered a lot of buffalo chips over the last year, hopefully enough to last a long time. So right now, I guess I'll just be thankful that I'm surrounded by sunflowers.


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16 comments:

  1. Brooke @ Silver LiningFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:25 PM

    What a beautiful picture! I love that metaphor. Where are you going to hang it?

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  2. Daisy CarterFebruary 18, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    This is lovely. Maybe you could hang it in your office, as a reminder?

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:29 PM

      Thanks Daisy. That's actually a good idea since I spend so much time there writing, I'd get to see it more.

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  3. T.J. ReedFebruary 18, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    Gathering the poo as fuel is what I do. The more poo that gets thrown at me in life, the more fuel for me to do better and succeed. Beautiful picture.

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:29 PM

      Hi TJ. Not quite the zombie massacre picture you'd probably want to write about. But I love it.

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  4. digilletteFebruary 18, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    Wow! That picture and the metaphor is simple perfection. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Erin ShakespearFebruary 19, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    That is lovely. Thanks for sharing! You've made me want to get my own!

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:47 PM

      Thanks Erin. I'm loving your posts on Utah Children's writers.

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  6. Traci KenworthFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    Great attitude!! Stopping by from the campaign!!

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:48 PM

      Hi Traci, thanks for stopping by. I checked out your blog and It's really interesting!

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  7. JeighFebruary 21, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    I love the picture and the analogy! Stopping by from the campaign. Nice to meet you!

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:06 PM

      Howdy, nice to meet you too. Thanks for following.

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  8. nutschellFebruary 21, 2012 at 3:06 PM

    Great post. The painting is beautiful. Wish I could ask the pioneer woman what she's thinking

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    1. Julie DainesFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:12 PM

      I'm glad you like it. And I loved your post on famous writer's desks! Thanks.

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