The Unhappy Graveyard Cat
Here are some Pets I have encountered in the UK!
Church Steps, The Cottage Where the UnHappy Cat Lives when Happy
The Way to Wait While Shopping Dog
Another Way to Wait While Shopping Dog
The Pigeon Pet
The Fake Pigeon Pet on a Straw Roof
The Pet Swans
My Families’ Pet Sheep, Well for A While!
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Fuchsia
Fuchsia Painted in Waterlogue App
One of my favorite flowers!
My Cottage Garden at End of April
Today as I look at my garden I dream of an idea that I have seen and would love to do in my Woodland Garden! What do you think?
The Stone Circle
I hope you enjoyed our walk in the garden today! Get out there and see what’s going on in your neighborhood and post it for the IPhriday Photo Challenge! All photos were done with my IPhone!
Antebellum Trail, Madison, GA
Today, for our look at DOORS, we’re visiting Madison, Georgia, population 3,636. The Historic District in Madison is one of the largest in the state with almost 100 antebellum homes (homes built prior to the American Civil War) that to this day are still lovingly cared for and lived in. Most have never been sold, but passed along in the family. Madison is featured on Georgia’s Antebellum Trail (The Antebellum Trail is a 100 mile trek through seven historic communities that escaped Sherman’s burning march through Georgia, during the Civil War) Madison has been voted “The Prettiest Small Town in America.”
Location of Georgia Antebellum Trail
Towns on Georgia Antebellum Trail
First we have to get there! Just follow the country road and go through the covered bridge. There are not too many of these left either!
Covered Bridge near Madison, Georgia
Covered Bridge near Madison, Georgia
Entering Madison, first there is the business district, so well preserved on a town square.
Madison, Georgia County Courthouse and Town Hall
Chamber of Commerce, Madison, Georgia
The Pink Petit Jardin, Madison, Georgia
The SchoolHouse, Madison, Georgia
In Madison, they make it easy to look at some of the homes, just follow the Wellness Trail!
Wellness Trail, Madison, Georgia
No, I didn’t take a photo of every house, but I should have. And I photographed the entire site so you could get an idea of the architecture and size of the dwelling. I don’t have the correct southern drawl to just walk up to the front of the house like I’m a long lost relative! Most of the homes also sit on lovely lots of many acres, that were former plantations. In 1890, the population was 2,131, and the town boasted of an oil mill, a soap factory, a fertilizer factory, four steam ginneries, two carriage factories, a furniture factory, a grist and flour mill, bottling works, a distillery with a capacity of 120 gallons a day, an ice factory, a canning factory, a bank with a capital of $75,000 and a number of individual businesses! They were very well off I’d say! AND the homes reveal just how wealthy they were!
The Big House, Madison, Georgia
The Cottage Next to the Big House, Madison, Georgia
Madison was founded in 1807 and was named for President James Madison. It was described as “the most cultured and aristocratic town on the stagecoach route from Charleston to New Orleans.” Many believe that General William Tecumseh Sherman spared the town because it was too beautiful to burn down during his March to the Sea, but in truth Madison was home to pro-Union Senator Joshua Hill, who had ties with Sherman’s brother at West Point. It’s not what you know, but who you know, that counted here!
The Pale Blue Home, Madison, Georgia
Madison, Georgia
This one is getting an Up-Do!
Madison, Georgia
I hope you enjoyed our stroll through town. I am dividing this post into two sections, because there were so many great doors! Next week the Cottages of Madison, those for the regular folk! See you there!
This is just one of many photos in the Thursday Door Collection featured by Norm2.0! Won’t you join in or take a peak at all the doors?
Rome, Italy
Bubbles in Coffee
What do you prefer? Bubbles in Coffee or Bubbles in Beer?
Coffee Bubbles
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Pierre Loti, Istanbul Turkey
It will soon be summer, so let’s look out the summer window! What a great view! This could be your summer view from the hilltop village of Pierre Loti, in Istanbul, Turkey!
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Relaxing in London!
Or how about a nice quiet spot to relax, in London? A good place to just watch the world go by and enjoy your Pimms, Beer or Coffee! This photo was taken at the St Ermin’s Hotel in the Westminster district, close to St James Park! It is close to all the sights and an underground too!
For more photos of windows, by fellow bloggers, just look at Monday Window!
Strawberry Waffles at Saturday Market, Carmel, IN
Food! How can you go wrong with colorful food? We Eat With Our Eyes! It’s that time of year when it is fun to eat outside at the markets and street fairs!
Piada Italian Street Food, Carmel, IN
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Boxes and Boxes of Seed Packs at Renfrow General Merchandise, Matthews, NC
Seed Boxes at Renfrow General Merchandise, Matthews, NC
During a Photography Meet-Up Group Day I took a stroll through the town of Matthews, NC.
Matthews was an unspoiled rolling woodland with large strands of trees; the ancestral home of the Waxhaw and Catawba Indians. By the 1800’s this rich and fertile land attracted settlers, who were mainly farmers. The farmers began clearing the land and cotton grew well and became the primary cash crop. As the land was cleared for planting there were so many tree stumps left standing, that the early settlement was called unofficially Stumptown!
Box Shaped Store Fronts in Matthews, NC
Box Shaped Store Fronts in Matthews, NC
The Bicycle Shop, Matthews, NC
Most of the main street shops are in the shape of boxes. There is still a general merchandise store that sells everything! Well for planting that is! If you need ANY type of Seed this is the place for you! Have fun as you look around the small town of Matthews. Lots of boxes here and some outside the box images too!
Renfrow General Merchandise Store, Matthews, NC
Renfrow Hardware and General Merchandise, Matthews, NC
Outside Renfrow General Store, Matthews, NC
Renfrow General Store, Matthews, NC
Renfrow General Store, Matthews, NC
Renfrow General Merchandise got its start before 1900 with Thomas Jefferson “Captain” Renfrow, a mining engineer. Renfrow came to Matthews after the Civil War and opened the Rea gold mine. A movie theater is built upon one of the mine shaft’s openings. As the mine became successful, Renfrow purchased farmland and oversaw a flourishing cotton farm, later becoming a cotton ginner and broker. Renfrow began ginning cotton in 1906 and at one point had four gins operating in one building. The Renfrow General Merchandise Store is an American icon! And one last look at another photo; the BOXcar!
BOXcar, in Matthews, NC
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The Stirewalt House
The Stirewalt House Painted in Waterlogue
The Stirewalt House Painted in Brushstroke
Taking a walk along North Main Street, there are oodles of old homes. Today’s picture is the Stirewalt home. By 1871, Valentine Stirewalt was serving as the manager of Steward’s Hall, the official boarding house for the first students at the college. In 1872 Stirewalt gave up his position and built his home on a lot near campus where the college held the commencement exercises in earlier times. Mr Stirewalt built well, Mrs Currie recalled, “he hewed out the doors from solid oak planks.” His son Bynum and daughter Sallie, the early widowed Mrs. James Paisley, lived nearly all their lives in this home. She played the church organ and he sang in the choir.
There are so many fascinating stories about our small town that I am going to put together a collection and start a new posting series! This will start at the beginning of May, so I’ll keep you posted on that! It will be under the heading LIST, Life In a Small Town.
I hope you enjoyed our walk through the village today! Get out there and see what’s going on in your neighborhood and post it for the IPhriday Photo Challenge! All photos and Apps applications were done with my IPhone!
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