North Carolina: A Better Place to Be

These photos come from J. & A. Loewensteiner from North Carolina.   In this first picture, I guess they don’t sell much granola. 

Usually you don’t want to visualize a chicken coop when thinking about eating.  Chicken coops can get pretty nasty.  But by the looks of how old that sign is, I guess it works for them.  Also brings to mind how fresh the chickens are. 

 

Any eating establishment frequented by police officers is usually good.  Why?  They have to eat on the job and don’t usually have the ability to bring their own lunch (no fridge or microwave makes that harder).  So they get try a lot of different places on their patrols and I’m sure they go to where they like best.  So as a nice travel rule, ask the cops for some place good to eat. 

The Show Me State

These photos are from. S. Sontheimer DeVaughan from Missouri.  There is a saying (though I don’t know who said it) that eyes are the windows to the soul.  If that is the case, then photography is like looking into that window (and why some cultures viewed photographs as stealing a part of your soul).  Looking at this set of photos, I see a sunny disposition (and not just in the actual lighting, but the morning setting helps). 

What I like here is the sense of community that is shared at a farmer’s market. 

I liked the contrast of the red jacket the most in this picture. 

 

The longer shadows tell me it had to be kind of early for this picture to be taken and it usually necessary to be early to get the best items at a farmers market.  The next three photos give a nice snapshot of what appears to be a nice neighborhood with restaurants and cafes to hang out.  Makes you want to move in next door. 

Georgia on My Mind

 

Photos submitted by Tiffany Rossell of Georgia.  Not the typical photos people expect (or least I expect) when one thinks of Georgia.  No peaches or plantations and certainly nothing that resembles Gone with the Wind.  These pictures look more like New Georgia; a state that is similar to a lot of other places.  Costco (or other warehouse stores) dominate the landscape. 

I like the single car in the parking lot in the distance.  Commentary on the isolation of suburbia?  Perhaps. 

 

I like the early morning sun here being filtered by the fog.  The condensation on the car windows gives the photo a tactile feeling.