Part 1 of this entry can be found HERE. 1. This is Alder Burnette-Holliday and Abe Gorskey representing Phoenix Hardwoods, the woodworkers who created much of the handmade furniture in the hotel. They’re standing in front of one of their Phoenix Hardwood headboards in the Crooked Road room. I love this photo because I knew […]
1. The Hotel Floyd is an eco-friendly building in downtown Floyd that began construction this past spring and opened on October 1st. The owners wanted to showcase Floyd art, furniture, music, and culture, so they called on local groups and businesses to design fourteen themed rooms. Since the beginning I’ve been working on a Writer’s […]
AKA: We’re on our Way Home 1. Re-entry 2. Remembering 3. Returning 4. Point of departure Photos: 1. After a leisurely couple of days at the campground, it was hard to adjust to the speed on the drive into Portsmouth to meet up with a colleague of Joe’s. He treated us to an amazing gourmet […]
1. While in Virginia Beach, we visited the A.R.E. complex (Association of Research and Enlightenment), founded to carry on the work of Edgar Cayce. We picked up wireless in their library and had lunch in the meditation garden by a pond. The pink water lilies were in bloom and large gold fish swam between them. […]
1. The type that doesn’t wear seatbelts 2. Presumed innocent 3. Litter bug (aka shutter bug) 4. Justice 5. There’s one in every crowd Post notes: Photos — 1. Typewriter donated to the Hotel Floyd‘s Writer’s Room being transported. 2. Mug made by the Asheville Potter son. 3. Colleen putting eight month’s worth of pictures […]
1. Last call 2. It flew right by. 3. I’m already looking forward to next summer. Post Notes: 1. Butterfly in my yard. 2. Chair seen by the side of the road in Christiansburg on Friday morning when I was driving home after the John Mayer and Dave Matthews concert at VA Tech HERE. 3. […]
1. Red on red collision 2. A case of mistaken identity 3. My husband went to a Red Sox baseball game and all I got was this T-shirt. Note: For something that will really make you see red, go HERE.
The following are photos from the Community Temple Kiln Building. For more photos and narrative, scroll down to the next post or go HERE. 1. An inside job 2. Josh and Karl pondering the plans 3. Checking on the progress 4. The law of attraction 5. The mud that holds it all together 6. Noah’s […]
1. Wild Tiger Lily 2. Mullein army 3. Parkway purple 4. Don’t spare the goldenrod Post notes: All of the above flowers grow wild on the Blue Ridge Parkway and can be found within walking distance of my house. The ironweed and goldenrod are prolific now. The lilies are native but rare, which is why […]
1. Role model 2. Pink clique 3. Fall Fashion statement 4. Fresh faces 5. Attendance taking 6. Most likely to be teacher’s pet
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. – Jean Giraudoux 1. Start Here 2. in fast motion 3. because every ending 4. is a new beginning 5. and life lives large More virtual flip art with flowers HERE.
1. FloydFest Vest 2. Where’s Waldo? 3. Is it live or is it Memorex? 4. Predicting the best yet FloydFest 5. Bowled over 6. Yielding to gravity (AKA Floydfest rest) 7. Look what found its way center stage during a “Railroad Earth” set. 8. Look closer. This is what it’s all about. (Read more on […]
