(The image above was “liberated” from Wikipedia.org. I took the rest.) Probably the most lasting image of Wytheville that most folks traveling I-81 take with them is that of the Wytheville water tower, painted in 1997 to look like a hot air balloon rising above the trees. The colorful tower is an imposing structure located [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2010
the super harvest moon
September 25th, 2010 · No Comments · music, photos
This past week has been an exciting one for star gazers. Last Monday, Jupiter made its closest approach to the Earth in 50 years. Celestial distances are measured in AU – astronomical units. One AU is about 93,000,000 miles, the distance from the Earth to the sun. Jupiter is about 3.95 AU from the Earth. [...]
Tags:astronomical units·autumnal equinox·Ella Fitzgerald·harvest moon·Jupiter·Mills Brothers·Paper Moon·Uranus
one for andy
September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · flora and fauna, photos, wildlife
Fall arrives tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22, at 11:09 pm. I thought I would say goodby to summer by showing one last shot of the Intercoastal Waterway at Oak Island, NC. This one is for my favorite Joisey Goil, Andy Jarvis.
a life unlived
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · musings, photos
It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. What words come to mind when you view this picture? Loneliness? Abandonment? Despair? What story does this picture tell? How about these?
Tags:cameron ausmus·photography·roadside shrines·wythe county
a few in black and white
September 10th, 2010 · No Comments · photos
the artist george krause
September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · arts and crafts, faces and places
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “postmodernism” as either “of, relating to, or being an era after a modern one,” or “of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature),” [...]
Tags:contemporary art·Corcoran Gallery of Art·Dan Steinhilber·George Krause·Louise Bourgois·postmodernism·Robert Rauschenberg
opening day at hillsville’s big show
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · arts and crafts, festivals, food
One of the best free shows east of the Mississippi opened this morning in Hillsville. The 43rd annual Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market is off to one of its best starts in years. Over 500,000 visitors are expected to flood the tiny town in Carroll County over the next four days. Several thousand [...]
Tags:hillsville flea market·hillsville gun show·hillsville virginia·labor day
clouds
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · musings, photos
Lucy: Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton. I could just lie here all day and watch them drift by. If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud’s formations. What do you think you see, Linus? Linus: Well, those clouds up there look to me [...]