The trees are God’s great alphabet:With them He writes in shining greenAcross the world His thoughts serene.~Leonora Speyer This little one-room barn is on my way to work – abandoned, and being eaten by this tree.
Category: Landmarks
Leave a message somewhere
A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life. ~ Bill Gothard This photo is a smaller part of a bigger abandoned storefront in Crows Landing, CA. The broken light is the most interesting visual item here, as well as the message. If you look at the…
Good Bank and Locker Service of Crows Landing
“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.†~ Robert Frost (American poet, 1874-1963) This is one storefront in an abandoned building in the small town of Crows Landing, CA. The county sign says the town has a population of…
Vista Point with beauty
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~ Stacia Tausche? Yesterday, we saw the plaque at this Vista Point along Hyw 5. Here’s my lovely 6 year old posing at that location, in front of the fields and aqueduct.
Vista Point
Take the back roads instead of the highways. ~ Minnie Pearl I stopped at this Vista Point on the way home, and took a picture of the placard describing its humble view. This is a portion, showing the local aqueducts (shown here). I just find these details interesting, kind of a forgotten, unremarkable stop on…
Roadside memorials – a fascinating cultural practice
Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer. ~Author Unknown In my first post on roadside memorials (Death is real, and your car is dangerous), I introduced the subject. Since then, I’ve done some more research, and an noticing them more. Many memorials have no name, often because the name has worn off from the elements. Like…