I'm going to put out a coffee table book of weird signs. First we saw "road ends in water" and now "No Trespassing after Dark". That's fabulous! So, we can trespass during the day, right?
05 February 2007
Spudnuts
I think Blogger is going to cut this image off early so you can't see the complete name of this business: Spudnuts! What a great name. Unfortunately the coffee shop was closed when we stopped for the picture, but the name had us giggling for a little while.
Slave Quarters
The "dependencies" at Monticello are self-guided; this photograph is from the slave quarters occupied by a married couple.
Monticello
It turns out that Branchland, the family plantation, is down the street, literally, from the turn off to Monticello. So, while we were hunting down family history in Charlottesville, we also made a trip to a National Monument, Monticello.
Branchland
This is my family's plantation, Branchland, in Charlottesville, VA. Ok, so it's my family by marriage, but I still inherited a lot from them. See if you can follow this: my paternal grandmother's sister married Channing Moore Bolton, that's where my middle name comes from. Channing Moore Bolton's father, also Channing Moore Bolton, bought this plantation in the late 1800s and this is where Uncle Chan was born and bred.
Today is an assisted living facility.
29 January 2007
21 January 2007
Different View
Like a mangrove swamp but without the swamp...or the mangroves.
It was interesting to see this tree have a system of roots above ground. So, I climbed down into the trough over and around which the roots were growing then tried to shoot a photo of the river through the branches.
I didn't get the river, but the branches are in full view.
Inside the fixer-upper
I hope the timber foundation in this picture doesn't get omitted by the automatic cropping of blogger.
It was really interesting for me to realize that underneath the plank floorboards would be simple timber. I was expecting the Lowe's generic 2x4, or its equivalent, but was surprised to learn that there were unfinished logs beneath the planks. Cool.
You can see through the fixer-upper
About half way around the loop was this "fixer upper" as my family would say. You see these abandoned, wooden structures all over North Carolina. This is the first one I investigated.
Just inside the door to the right is a flight of stairs. They were still intact and the first couple held my weight, but in the end I decided it wasn't the brightest idea to climb up. So, I wimped out and stayed on the ground.
Whirl
Parts of the Eno River contained flowing AND stagnant water at the same time. I would have thought that an oxymoron had I not been there with my own eyes. Regardless, the end result made a great shot.
Action + Clarity
Back from the greater Phoenix area it was time to embrace my remaining months in North Carolina. To do that, I've set a goal of a minimum of one hike per week. Ideally I'll get more than one hike in each week, but let's be realistic.
My first attempt to reach my goal was to spend a day wandering through Eno River State Park in Durham. The ranger helped me pick a hike that would be both scenic and within my time frame.
Here's the Eno River.
12 January 2007
Confetti
You go Leak. We really do love you (now that we have our championships)! Sorry we were so hard on you; way to take the heat and shut us all up!
Congrats, Urban!
To coin a phrase: The urban renewal is doing well! What do you mean someone's already used that?! Well, crap. Now what? Nevermind, I'm just glad to have exorcised my SOS and "Zooker" demons!
Hetland Makes It!
Our kicker who was four of 13 in the regular season managed to make both field goals in the National Championship Game. Nothing like saving your best for last!
Tebow's In
Tebow powers through to the end zone!!! Here's the future of Florida Football - GO GATORS!
11 January 2007
Minutes Before Kick Off
I don't know if the whole picture will show up. Lately the right side of my images get cut off when I blog them. Here goes nothing. Me and friends at the game...ready to demonstrate just how overrated the Big Ten, OSU specifically, were this season!
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