happy halloween

blue ridge parkway

 

We won't attempt all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  We're at the south end and only made a few miles of the gorgeous fall foliage.  On tomorrow to Sliding Rock and Looking Glass Falls.

 

Waynesville, North Carolina

six feet under

 

An interesting morning spent at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta's oldest burial ground with fine examples of Victorian funerary art.  It's the final resting place of both Confederate and Union soldiers, Georgia governors and mayors, novelist Margaret Mitchell and golfer Bobby Jones.  Conveniently  the "six feet under" restaurant serving cold beer is just across Memorial Drive.

 

Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, Georgia

san francisco coffee

 

A walk around the Virginia Highland neighborhood in Atlanta before bedtime.  Faked you out -- I'm not in San Francisco!

 



multi-purpose body shop

 

It was probably my affinity for weird signs that got an image accepted into the upcoming "When Language Meets Art" exhibit at the Underwood.  Like my take on this "body" sign:  welding? tattoos? flats fixed?  boob or lube job?

 

Sideways

2102 Clovis Highway

Lubbock, Texas

moon rise over eagle mountain lake

 

If the image looks blurry, drink a couple glasses of wine!  Handheld at 9:20 p.m.

 

Eagle Mountain Lake

Azle, Texas

"Big ball's in cow town"  Oops, wrong song, wrong town, wrong apostrophe placement.  These big balls are in front of The Ballpark in Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers.  These 3 foot baseballs take the place of security bullards.  We are working this week just a few blocks from The Ballpark and the Cowboys Stadium.  Good thing there were no games or traffic would have been horrific.

Arlington, Texas

haunted hotel

 

For only $224 a night, you can be scared to death to sleep in case you meet some of the  ghosts who inhibit the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter.  Established in 1886 and added to several times, the hotel is still operated by the fifth generation descendents of a Sicilian shoe cobbler.

 

Hotel Monteleone

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

10.13.2016

crosses of st. joseph's

 

That lone aged and blackened cross standing amongst the white ones is a sign of hope for some of us.

 

St. Joseph's Cemetery

Thibodaux, Louisiana

10.12.2016

 



on break

 

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

shadow crosses

 

The cemetery of St. Joseph's was established on the site of the original church about 1817.  Sometimes we're fortunate to have an hour after class before sunset to explore.  I especially like the Louisiana cemeteries, all whitewash and marble gleaming in the sun.

 

St. Joseph's Cemetery

Thibodaux, Louisiana

textile

 

They don't build them like this any more.  Texas Technological College was established in 1923 and in the Fall of 1925 all 313 of the School of Engineering students attended classes in the Textile Engineering Building. According to the master plan, the Textile Building at the north end of the Engineering Key was a counterpart to the Administration Building to the south.  The intricate portal is reminiscent of Southwest missions and is in keeping with the campus Spanish  Renaissance style. In the niches traditionally reserved for saints are stylized cotton bales -- the patron saint of the South Plains.

 

Textile Engineering (today known as Mechanical Engineering)

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

canyon road waterfall

 

My first trip to Utah was on business and there was only limited time to explore. I managed just a few miles before sunset on the Ogden River Scenic Byway toward the ski resorts in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.  The winding road had a pull-off by this waterfall.  Just enough great scenery to make me want to go back!

 

Ogden, Utah

10.6.2016



rooms to let

 

According to the sign, we could have stayed on Historic 25th Street rather than at the Hilton on 23rd.  However, this iconic sign was recently restored to the area.  It originally was designed in 1944 and originally graced the Star Noodle Parlour for 60 years.  In 1869, The Golden Spike brought together the first transcontinental railroad, roughly fifty miles to the northwest of Union Station, and created a boom town in Ogden.  25th Street was a bawdy area of brothels and bars.  The dragon sign is important because it symbolizes the Japanese-Americans who owned 40 businesses along 25th Street in the early decades of the 20th century.  Today the dragon is just a neat sign on a busy street with a gathering of all types.

 

Historic 25th Street

Ogden, Utah



historic 25th street

 

As you know, when in a new town I like to visit historic places.

 

Historic 25th Street

Ogden, Utah

urban renewal

 

Downtown Levelland is showing signs of revitalization.  This building is west of the court house square -- as seen from the alley!

 

Photo Walk 2016

Levelland, Texas

10.1.2016

 



workbench

 

The workbench appears to have almost a full set of metric wrenches; however it is not a matching set.  There are wrenches by Kobalt, Craftsman, Fuller, S*K and Channellock!

 

New Deal, Texas

9.30.2016

alley art

 

Someone used an alley wall as a blank canvas for his political view.  I would suggest art lessons.

 

Photowalk 2016

Levelland, Texas

10.1.2016

 

 

 



vacant lot vintage

 

This morning I joined over 20,000 photographers (well, really just 18 in Levelland) on the Worldwide Photo Walk.  I don't know what kind of car this is but I want one (restored, of course)!  I probably spent more time in the alleys than around the court house square seeking photo ops.

 

Levelland, Texas