through the aspens

 

Fall was a wonderful season in which to visit Grand Teton National Park.  The aspens were golden, the sky blue -- a perfect day.

 

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

 



if walls could talk

 

Vendors at the antique mall pound nails and hang their wares, probably unknowingly, on historic walls.  Grand Central Station does business in a former bowling alley where supposedly Buddy Holly and Mac Davis bowled.  The "antiques" sign outside is imposed on the gigantic bowling pin that marks the location.  When the bowling alley closed, the lanes and equipment were shipped to China.  However, the murals, painted in the 1940s by an itinerant artist who had worked for Disney, are still evident -- although faded and pockmarked by nail holes.  This "almost" representation of Monticello is on the north wall; the south wall has fanciful creatures reminiscent of Disney characters.  When you visit the antique mall, be sure to stop by Abbeville Antiques to see what my friends Don and Sally have that you can't live without!

 

Grand Central Station Antiques

4020 Avenue Q

Lubbock, Texas