Just down the road from the Palmer Institute and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, on Wendover East heading towards Burlington, development butts heads with rural living. On this property is a home, The family on this property lives behind the long-ago diner in Sedalia that we featured here. With the Dollar Store peeking in the background, likely, it will not be long before retail and new-construction engulf this property. However, for now, it fits the definition of arrested development. Development has been stopped. The spot of greenery looks so cool and cozy, as if you could sit all day and reminisce on the good old ways. Pull up a chair and rest a spell.

We can assure you that if this photo had sound, you would hear barking dogs; you would hear the owners opening screen doors to see who was on their property. You would hear crickets and frogs and see lightening bugs; all-the-while, the buzz of lights from the lot at the Dollar General next door is a perpetual reminder that retail is a stone’s throw away.