Everyday when I walk down the road to get our newspaper I walk past this abandoned concrete railway trestle. Part of the road (now named Whistlestop Trail) was once the railway bed, and steam trains stopped here to take on water from the nearby creek. This was part of the Gainesville Northwestern Railway line that was…
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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: Resting in the cabbage leaves
I love this photo! It makes me laugh out loud! Soon I hope to do a post explaining the cabbage. See more odd ball photos or join Cee’s challenge here.
Phoneography: View from the Walmart parking lot
If I had a choice, I wouldn’t shop at Walmart. I’d much prefer to buy what I need from locally-owned stores, but when no other stores near us carry what I need, and the options are a 15-minute drive to Walmart or an hour’s drive to a larger town, I go to Walmart. And the…
This Week In Our Small-Town Police Blotter: Choose A Woman and Go!
It’s unbelievable what law enforcement officials have to deal with around here. This, folks, is from the most recent edition of our weekly newspaper: “Police were advised of a truck driving at a high speed on Boulevard Street. When they located it, it was stopped in the roadway with the driver’s side door open. A…
Yonah Mountain in the Golden Hour
From the front porch, we have a seasonal view of Yonah Mountain. For the 18 years we have lived here we have looked out to see the mountain only in winter, but never have I seen it as it was at day’s end a couple of weeks ago, bathed in golden sunlight that intensified before…
Unexpected in common hours 