Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Book
Ok...so I have no idea how in the hell to pull my book out of blurb for critique other than just doing screen shots so here they are and I hope they are good enough for everyone to tell what I'm doing. I am still plugging in the rest of the information from the blog that I wrote on the history of these places but i'm almost finished researching them.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Late Here
Sorry about posting these late. Blogger.com would not let me post on my blog last night for some reason. I tried all day long but couldn't get the dialogue box to come up. So here are this week's pics.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
I found this building interesting because the sign reminded me of an old radio station. The store is actually an old electronics store. It is filled floor to ceiling with old tube televisions. This place actually just looks like a big storage area if you look in the windows but the sign is still cool.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
There is an overabundance of antique and junk shops in the panhandle, no doubt a product of military wives and retirees opening up businesses. Unfortunately, after growing up in a family who dealt antiques, I can tell you that most of them are full of junk.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
These murals are painted on old buildings all over the panhandle. This one is dedicated to the railroad that runs right through the center of downtown Crestview, FL.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
A good breakfast place in Crestview. When we first moved here, my husband and I went here for breakfast and asked for an egg white only omelet. The waitress looked at us and said, "we dont make those here." My husband laughed and said "ok I'll just have a regular one then." "Welcome to the redneck riviera," I said.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
Boll Weevil Monument
This monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a "herald of prosperity", it stands as the world's only monument built to honor an agricultural pest.
This monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a "herald of prosperity", it stands as the world's only monument built to honor an agricultural pest.
Enterprise AL and Crestview FL
The Rawls Hotel
Original two-story brick structure built in 1903 by Japeth Rawls, developer of some of earliest turpentine plants in Coffee County. Building remodeled in 1928 and three-story wings added by Jesse P. Rawls, founder of first electric power system in enterprise. Hotel was center for business and social gatherings until its closing in early 1970's. Listed on National REgister of Historic Places 1980.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Book Covers
I think I want to use to same pictures for front and back on all of them except I would put "bykendaforbes" on the back of each one for the author. Sorry I got these up late...I lost some of my pictures on my computer :(
Monday, June 28, 2010
Trip To Ponce De Leon, FL
On my way back from Ponce De Leon, I stopped in Defuniak Springs to grab some geocaches and take a couple more pictures. I wanted to get a picture of this last time but it was a Saturday when I went so there were more people out. This time I went on a Sunday and as I suspected the place was a ghost town! This tribute to southern values is common all over in the Panhandle. Nobody works on Sunday and nothing is open. Good thing McDonalds is just up the road:)
Trip To Ponce De Leon, FL
On my way back from Ponce De Leon, I drove through Defuniak Springs again to grab a couple geocaches :) My first trip I wanted to take a picture of this place but there were too many cars in the parking lot. This is called the Sanderson Sisters Antique Store and Cafe. Huh, imagine that, I never would have put those two together... But, it must be working because the last time I was there the cafe was packed! They must all be getting good food and counting all the stuff nailed to the outside.
Trip To Ponce De Leon, FL
This cement stone is engraved with a poem about the huge oak tree that hovers over it. Next door is Ponce de Leon's War Memorial. Even though this town is run down, the memorial is well kept and a tribute to what the people here value.
Trip To Ponce De Leon, FL
I thought this building to be interesting and beautiful in color so I wanted to photograph. Unfortunately, most of the town is run down like this building. I wasn't brave enough to enter because it looked like a snake pit and I already was covered in poison oak from the previous days excursions. The town looks as though it was left after a natural disaster and nobody ever came back to repopulate. It could be contributed to the railroad as many towns near railroads were poor and not kept up very well.
Trip To Ponce De Leon, FL
Ok...maybe these last three will seem really touristy and trivial but let me just tell you that I don't think it is very common to find an old car, a sculpture of antiquity and a giraffe all on one property. Please someone help these people out with their yard decor!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Trip to Boston, MA
Ok...this week I took a little vacation and visited a very important place where lots of American history has taken place. Unfortunately I only had a small period of time to visit so I took in as much history as I could. I will go back to taking pics of the panhandle next week but for now I hope you enjoy the pics and the history.
The Minuteman National Historic Park
Photograph of The Minute Man, a statue by Daniel Chester French erected in 1875 in Concord, Massachusetts. Although French had made sketches of some descendants of Isaac Davis, the first colonial killed during the fight at the North Bridge, April 19, 1775 (who was also the commander of the Acton Minute Men, one of the companies that fought there), French later wrote that he meant to depict in his statue the typical minute man of 1775.
Minuteman National Historic Park
The phrase is in the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" (1837), and describes the impact of the battle at Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775. Emerson wrote the "Concord Hymn" for the dedication of a battle monument very close to his family's home, and the words are meant to emphasize that a critical event happened at this location that triggered something of global importance. This is the inscription on the monument.
Minuteman National Historical Park
This national park in Boston is the site of so much history. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here at the North Bridge. This small house sits behind North Bridge and well preserved considering its front yard was the site of a battlefield filled with British and American soldiers. It looks so serene today but was the site of much bloodshed.
The Old North Church Boston, MA
The enduring fame of the Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea and not by land. This fateful event ignited the American Revolution. "One if by land, Two if by Sea"
The Salem Witch Trials
Some of the most important people in the Salem witch trials that were hung first were placed in a courtyard next to the graveyard where all the others are buried. Along the threshold going into the courtyard there is an inscription that is the statement all who were accused had to say before they could be released. "Lord Hear me.....I am wholly innocent of such wickedness....If I confess I should save my life...I am innocent..I do plead not guilty...I AM NOT A WITCH." Sadly many of them would not confess and were hanged anyway.
The Salem Witch Trials
Nothing can be creepier than graveyards but usually not so much in the middle of the day. However this graveyard in particular was the famous Salem graveyard where all accused of witchcraft were hanged and buried in the 1600's. Sarah Good was one of the first women to be accused of being a witch and was hanged on July 19, 1692 along with her husband John Proctor.
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