Southern Sunrise
A recent sunrise I couldn't resist. Looking onto the property adjacent to mine through ancient live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss just as the last of the morning's mist rises…
Southern Magnolia – One Bloom Three Ways
The magnolias are still blooming around here and what a joy they are. When fully open they are the size of small dinner plates and they are happy to share…
The Deep South in North Florida
Most of northern Florida is very much like the rest of the Deep South. A place where time seems to move a little slower. A place where well enough…
Where Time Stands Still – a Photo Essay
There is a farm, a small family farm, in the rural South where time seems to be standing still. Time moves on, of course, but here, like small farms everywhere,…
Flower and Water Garden at the Warrior Motel
We are traveling east along old, two lane, US 19, heading for the Eastern Gateway of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Cherokee, NC. The day is cold, dark and…
Abandoned in Natchez
Three abandoned kittens, people-watching in front of an old derelict building, just yards from the Mississippi River in Natchez. Just don't get too close or they will disappear faster than you…
In the Middle of Nowhere
In the middle of nowhere following the railroad tracks. Heading west across Louisiana surrounded by untold acres of sugar cane. Miles and miles of lonesome road interspersed with beauty and…
Sheldon Church – Mystery and History of Backroads
Our road trips take longer than they used to. Whenever possible we travel the back roads, the blue highways, the roads less traveled. While America’s interstate highways are efficient, they are also predictable and boring. But there is a lot of mystery and history to be discovered on the roads less traveled. Recently, while exploring the swamps and marshes of coastal South Carolina, we learned of the ruins of a pre-Revolutionary War church. After more research and reading we found out there are actually five such church ruins tucked away in these backwaters and all but forgotten.
Enterprise M’F’G. Co.
Somewhere along highway 42 in rural North Carolina. I have no idea what Enterprise manufactured, but it appears to have been a general store too, selling dry goods, candy, feed, and…